The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the

Toulon Tournament The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...

, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

at Stade Mayol in

Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...

as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Osvaldo in the 70th minute.

Participant teams

* * * (host) * (Olympic team) * * * *

Venues

The matches were held in these

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: *

Aubagne Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan language, Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In ...

Hyères Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The old town lies from the sea clustered around t ...

La Londe La Londe () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It was first mentioned in historical records in 1170. Geography A forestry and farming village situated some southwest of Rouen, at the junctio ...

* La Seyne *

Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (, literally ''Saint-Cyr on Sea''; Occitan and Provençal: ''Sant Ceri'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 11,580. It neighbou ...

Solliès-Pont Solliès-Pont (; oc, Soliers-Pònt) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It was the first location of the 1995 Éric Borel spree killings. Population In popular culture Solliè ...

Squads

Results

Group A

Table

Match summaries

All times local (

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Group B

Table

Match summaries

All times local (

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Semi-finals

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Third-place playoff

Final

Goal scorers

;4 goals *

Sekou Cissé Sekou Cissé (born 23 May 1985) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He most recently played for Anorthosis Famagusta in the Cypriot First Division. Club career Cissé began his career in his home country, but moved t ...

;2 goals * José Pedro Fuenzalida * Pedro Morales Flores *

Fabián Orellana Fabián Ariel Orellana Valenzuela (; born 27 January 1986) is a Chilean professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica and the Chile national football t ...

* Constant Djapka * Julien Quercia *

Sebastian Giovinco Sebastian Giovinco (; born 26 January 1987) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A quick and creative player on the ball, Giovinco was a versatile forward capable of playing in multiple offensive positions. Gio ...

;1 goal * Carlos Carmona *

Juan Gonzalo Lorca Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso (born 15 January 1985) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Lorca began his career with Colo-Colo's youth squad when he turned twelve years old. He began as an attacking midfielder, but s ...

* Hans Martínez *

Boris Sagredo Boris Alexis Sagredo Romero (, born 21 March 1989) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for A.C. Barnechea as an attacking midfielder. Club career Colo-Colo He made his debut on October 3, 2007, against Everton. His name became somew ...

* Beko Ismael Fofana * Anthony Moura *

Alexandre Bonnet Alexandre Bonnet (born 17 October 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Quevilly-Rouen. Club career Bonnet made his professional debut with Toulouse. In 2009, Bonnet joined Ligue 2 club Le Havre. In Ju ...

* Xavier Pentecôte * Pablo Osvaldo *

Ignazio Abate Ignazio Abate (; born 12 November 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back and manager of AC Milan's under-19 side. On early stage deployed as a winger, he was also capable of playing as a wide midfielder or ...

Daniele Dessena Daniele Dessena (born 10 May 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Olbia on loan from Virtus Entella. Club career Parma Dessena began his football career in the youth ranks of Parma and made his official ...

* Davide Lanzafame *

Claudio Marchisio Claudio Marchisio (; born 19 January 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A product of the Juventus youth system, he spent a large portion of his career at his hometown club, with the exception of a sea ...

* Sergio Escudero *

Tadanari Lee is a Japanese football player of Korean descent who plays for Singapore-based Albirex Niigata. He has made 11 appearances for the Japanese national team. He is sometimes known as Chung, in reference to his Korean name, Lee Chung-sung. Lee is ...

Takayuki Morimoto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Taiwan Football Premier League club Taichung Futuro. He holds the record for the youngest Japanese player to make his professional debut and the youngest scorer in J1 League h ...

Masato Morishige is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club FC Tokyo. International career In July 2007, Morishige was elected Japan U20 national team for 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played three matches as ...

Tsukasa Umesaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Oita Trinita as an attacking midfielder. Club career Umesaki is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. Umesaki made his J-League debut on 10 July 2005 in a ...

Dominique Kivuvu Dominique Kivuvu (born 16 September 1987) is an Angolan footballer who plays for ZSGOWMS in the Dutch Derde Klasse. He formerly played for CFR Cluj and Mjällby AIF. He is also a former international for the Angolan national team. Club career ...

* Eren Güngör *

İlhan Parlak İlhan Parlak (born 19 January 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kayserispor. Club career In July 2007, Parlak was bought by Fenerbahçe from Kayserispor and signed a five-year contract. It was speculated th ...

Nuri Şahin Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a central midfielder. He is the manager of Antalyaspor. He began his career at Borussia Dortmund, spending six years there – including a ye ...

Aydın Yılmaz Aydın Yılmaz (, born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer. Early life 1988 born in Istanbul Aydın Yılmaz, Florya Metin Oktay Facilities at 9 years old football player stepped into audition. Aydın Yılmaz into junior team of ...

Eric Brunner Eric Brunner (born February 12, 1986) is a retired American soccer player who played as a defender. Career Professional Following his college career Brunner was selected 16th in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He initially sig ...

Sammy Ochoa Samuel Ochoa Oregel (born September 4, 1986) is a former American professional soccer player. Professional career Ochoa began his professional career in the youth ranks of Estudiantes Tecos. He made his debut for Tecos first team during the 20 ...

;Own goal * Cyriaque Louvion (for Chile)

Individual awards

*Player of the tournament: **

*The Best goalkeeper: ** Davide Bassi

Referees

Selected referees according to official website: Referees: * Steven Depiero * Monetchet Nahi * Olivier Thual * Paolo Tagliavento *

Kenji Ogiya Kenji Ogiya ( ja, 扇谷健司 ''Oogiya Kenji'') is a Japanese association football referee who has refereed in the J-League, J. League Division 2 as well as the Polish Ekstraklasa and Polish First League. He is also an international referee, ...

* Jorg Sousa *

Iain Brines Iain Robertson Brines (born 22 July 1967) is a former Scottish football referee in the Scottish Premier League. Brines had been a referee since 1989 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2003;

Fırat Aydınus Fırat Aydınus (; born 25 October 1973) is a former Turkish international football referee. He studied and practiced geophysical engineering. In January 2012, he was promoted from UEFA Category 1 to the Elite Development category. He refereed ...

Assistant Referees: * Daniel Belleau * Darren Clark * Karl Santigli * Massimiliano Grilli * Renato Faverani * Jose Ramalho * Francis Andrews * Stuart Macaulay

References

External links

Schedule
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