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2008 Toulon Tournament


FieldValue
tourney_nameToulon Tournament
year2008
other_titlesToulon Youth Festival
countryFrance
dates20–29 May
num_teams8
confederations5
venues7
cities1
champion_other
count1
second_other
matches16
goals42
top_scorerCIV Sekou Cissé (4 goals)
playerITA Sebastian Giovinco

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.

Participant teams

  • (host)

Venues

The matches were held in these communes:

  • Aubagne
  • Hyères
  • La Londe
  • La Seyne
  • Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
  • Solliès-Pont
  • Toulon

Squads

Main article: 2008 Toulon Tournament squads

Results

Group A

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)


Quercia
Pentecôte Martínez
Louvion
Lorca
Sagredo

Morimoto

Orellana


Morales

Group B

Table

Match summaries

All times local (UTC+2)

Şahin
Parlak Ochoa



Marchisio

Dessena

Moura

Semi-finals

Orellana

Abate Cigarini Candreva Giovinco Kajiyama Morishige Mizuno Mizumoto

Third-place playoff

Cissé Morishige Fofana Kone Anthony Cissé Morishige Morimoto Lee Mizumoto

Final

20:45

Goal scorers

;4 goals

  • CIV Sekou Cissé ;2 goals
  • CHI José Pedro Fuenzalida
  • CHI Pedro Morales Flores
  • CHI Fabián Orellana
  • CIV Constant Djapka
  • FRA Julien Quercia
  • ITA Sebastian Giovinco ;1 goal
  • CHI Carlos Carmona
  • CHI Juan Gonzalo Lorca
  • CHI Hans Martínez
  • CHI Boris Sagredo
  • CIV Beko Ismael Fofana
  • CIV Anthony Moura
  • FRA Alexandre Bonnet
  • FRA Xavier Pentecôte
  • ITA Pablo Osvaldo
  • ITA Ignazio Abate
  • ITA Daniele Dessena
  • ITA Davide Lanzafame
  • ITA Claudio Marchisio
  • JPN Sergio Escudero
  • JPN Tadanari Lee
  • JPN Takayuki Morimoto
  • JPN Masato Morishige
  • JPN Tsukasa Umesaki
  • NED Dominique Kivuvu
  • TUR Eren Güngör
  • TUR İlhan Parlak
  • TUR Nuri Şahin
  • TUR Aydın Yılmaz
  • USA Eric Brunner
  • USA Sammy Ochoa ;Own goal
  • FRA Cyriaque Louvion (for Chile)

Individual awards

  • Player of the tournament:
    • ITA Sebastian Giovinco
  • The Best goalkeeper:
    • ITA Davide Bassi

Referees

Selected referees according to official website:

Referees:

  • CAN Steven Depiero
  • CIV Monetchet Nahi
  • FRA Olivier Thual
  • ITA Paolo Tagliavento
  • JPN Kenji Ogiya
  • POR Jorg Sousa
  • SCO Iain Brines
  • TUR Fırat Aydınus

Assistant Referees:

  • CAN Daniel Belleau
  • CAN Darren Clark
  • FRA Karl Santigli
  • ITA Massimiliano Grilli
  • ITA Renato Faverani
  • POR Jose Ramalho
  • SCO Francis Andrews
  • SCO Stuart Macaulay

References

References

  1. "Giovinco was Named as the Best Player in Toulon".
  2. "The Referees in 2008".
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