2008 Toulon Tournament

The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between Italy and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Osvaldo in the 70th minute.

2008 Toulon Tournament
Toulon Youth Festival
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates20 May – 29 May
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored42 (2.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sekou Cissé (4 goals)
Best player(s) Sebastian Giovinco

Participant teams

Venues

The matches were held in these communes:

Squads
Main article: 2008 Toulon Tournament squads

Results

Table
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Chile 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Japan 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
 France 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
Source:

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

Japan 1 – 0 Netherlands
Lee  64' report
France 3 – 5 Chile
Bonnet  19'
Quercia  23'
Pentecôte  47'		 report Fuenzalida  33'
Martínez  54'
Louvion  80' (o.g.)
Lorca  89'
Sagredo  90'
France 1 – 2 Japan
Quercia  71' report Umesaki  17'
Morimoto  60'
Netherlands 0 – 2 Chile
report Fuenzalida  19'
Orellana  84' (pen.)
France 0 – 1 Netherlands
report Kivuvu  53'
Chile 2 – 0 Japan
Carmona  75'
Morales  90+2'		 report

Table
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
 United States 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source:

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

Turkey 3 – 2 United States
Güngör  19'
Şahin  35'
Parlak  59'		 Report Brunner  58'
Ochoa  72'
Ivory Coast 0 – 2 Italy
Report Giovinco  65', 73'
Ivory Coast 1 – 0 United States
Djapka  70' (pen.) Report
Italy 2 – 1 Turkey
Lanzafame  32'
Marchisio  89'		 Report Yılmaz  50'
Italy 2 – 0 United States
Abate  31'
Dessena  36'		 Report
Ivory Coast 4 – 0 Turkey
Cissé  43', 45+2', 86'
Moura  75'		 Report

Semi-finals
Chile 2 – 1 Ivory Coast
Morales  5'
Orellana  60'		 Report Djapka  40'
Toulon
Italy 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Japan
Report
Penalties
Bocchetti
Abate
Cigarini
Candreva
Giovinco 		5 – 4 K. Honda
Kajiyama
Morishige
Mizuno
Mizumoto
Toulon

Third-place playoff
Ivory Coast 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Japan
Fofana  31'
Cissé  90+4'		 Report Escudero  72'
Morishige  82'
Penalties
Djapka
Fofana
Kone
Anthony
Cissé 		4 – 3 Honda
Morishige
Morimoto
Lee
Mizumoto
Toulon

Final
Chile 0 – 1 Italy
Report Osvaldo  70'
Toulon
 2008 Toulon Tournament 

Italy
First title

Goal scorers
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Individual awards

Referees

Selected referees according to official website:[2]

References
  1. "Giovinco was Named as the Best Player in Toulon". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  2. "The Referees in 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
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