1998 Toulon Tournament

1998 Toulon Tournament
Tournament details
Host country France France
Dates 14 May – 23 May
Teams 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) Arles, Aubagne, Cannes, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Lorgues, Mallemort, Manosque, Nîmes, Six-Fours-les-Plages, Toulon
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up  France
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 58 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Guerrero, England Emile Heskey)
Best player Argentina Juan Román Riquelme

The 1998 Toulon Tournament was the 26th edition of the Toulon Tournament. The competition took place between 14 May and 23 May 1998 [1] mostly in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of South Eastern France. Argentina achieved their second title, beating France 2-0 in the Final.

Participants

Venues

The matches were played in these communes:

Results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 320133+06
 France 312041+35
 England 311144+04
 South Africa 301214–31
Argentina  1 – 0 South Africa 
Guerrero
France  1 – 1 England 
Sana Heskey
England  3 – 1 South Africa 
Lampard
Heskey (2)		 Salmon
France  3 – 0 Argentina 
Moreira
Saha
Dabo
Argentina  2 – 0 England 
Quintana
Guerrero
France  0 – 0 South Africa 

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 320121+16
 China PR 312032+15
 Brazil 311143+14
 Germany 301225–31

All times local (CEST)

Germany  1 – 1 China PR 
Hertzch Sui Dongliang
Portugal  1 – 0 Brazil 
Boa Morte
China PR  1 – 0 Portugal 
Li Jinyu
Brazil  3 – 1 Germany 
Eriberto (2)
Adailton		 Sidney (o.g.)
Brazil  1 – 1 China PR 
Leandro Ma Yongkang
Portugal  1 – 0 Germany 
Jose Antonio

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Argentina  1 – 0 China PR 
Galetti  91'
France  0 – 0 Portugal 
Penalties
4 – 1

Third place play-off

Portugal  2 – 0  China PR
Boa Morte
Delfim		 Report

Final

Argentina  2 – 0 France 
F.Guerrero  48'
W. Samuel  69'

References

  1. ↑ 26ème Festival Foot "Espoirs"
  2. ↑ "Les equipes". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
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