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The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament

Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams...

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

Italy national under-21 football team

The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

and Chile

Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...

at Stade Mayol

Stade Mayol

Stade Mayol is a multi-purpose stadium in Toulon, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of RC Toulonnais. The stadium is able to hold 13,700 people....

in Toulon

Toulon

Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Daniel Osvaldo

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo is an Argentine-born Italian footballer, who plays as a striker for Serie A club for Roma.-Club career:...

on 70th minute.

Venues

The matches were held in these communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

Aubagne
Aubagne
Aubagne is a commune located east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there...
Hyères
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....
La Londe
La Londe
-Places of interest: * A memorial to the Canadian soldiers that liberated the town in August 1944.* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.* A seventeenth century château.* A stone cross from the sixteenth century.* Some Roman ruins....
La Seyne
Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.In addition to Saint-Cyr itself, the commune includes the villages of Les Lecques, a port and beach resort, and La Madrague, a small port.The town square of Saint-Cyr contains a...
Solliès-Pont
Solliès-Pont
Solliès-Pont is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

Table

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	9	3
9
	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Match summaries

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Table

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	6	1
9
	3	2	0	1	5	2
6
	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Match summaries

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Semi-finals

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Third-place playoff

Final

Goal scorers

4 goals (Top Scorer) Sekou Cissé

Sekou Cissé

Sekou Cissé is an Ivorian football winger, who plays in the Eredivisie, for the football club Feyenoord.- Career :...

2 goals José Pedro Fuenzalida

José Pedro Fuenzalida

José Pedro Fuenzalida Gana is a Chilean footballer also known as "Chapita". Fuenzalida is a midfielder, who currently plays for Colo-Colo. He went through the Universidad Católica's youth system, until 2005 when he made his professional debut with the adult squad at the age of 19...

Pedro Morales Flores Fabián Orellana

Fabián Orellana

Fabián Ariel Orellana Valenzuela is a Chilean footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo on loan from Granada CF in Spain, as a forward.-Club career:Orellana began his career in Colo-Colo, and moved in 2000 to Audax Italiano...

Constant Djapka

Constant Djakpa is an Ivorian football defender who plays as a Left back for Eintracht Frankfurt.-Career:On 12 December 2009, during a Bundesliga match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, he scored an incredible own goal, involuntarily kicking the ball backwards in open field and with no pressure...

Julien Quercia

Julien Quercia is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Lorient.- External links :...

Sebastian Giovinco

Sebastian Giovinco is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Parma and the Italian national team. Giovinco is an attacking midfielder with noted dribbling skills, play-making skills and he is known for his freekicks....

1 goal Carlos Carmona

Carlos Carmona

Carlos Emilio Carmona Tello is a professional Chilean footballer who started his career as a centre midfielder in Coquimbo Unido and has already captained Chile's U-20 and U-23 sides...

Juan Gonzalo Lorca

Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso is a Chilean footballer. Lorca currently plays for Chilean club O'Higgins as a forward.-Colo-Colo:...

Hans Martínez

Hans Alexis Martínez Cabrera is a Chilean footballer, who has been part of Chilean club Universidad Católica since the age of eleven. Martínez was part of the Chile U-20, which finished fourth place at the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. He was a regular with the first team...

Marco Vergara Beko Ismael Fofana Anthony Moura Alexandre Bonnet

Alexandre Bonnet

Alexandre Bonnet is a French football midfielder currently playing for Le Havre AC in the French Ligue 2.- External links :*...

Xavier Pentecôte

Xavier Pentecôte is a French professional footballer who plays for OGC Nice, as a striker.-Career:Born in Saint-Dié, Pentecôte joined Toulouse in 2001 and turned professional in 2004...

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo is an Argentine-born Italian footballer, who plays as a striker for Serie A club for Roma.-Club career:...

Ignazio Abate

Ignazio Abate is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a fullback for Serie A club Milan. He is renowned for his quick sprints down the right wing and accurate crosses.- Early years :...

Daniele Dessena

Daniele Dessena is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Sampdoria.-Club career:A central midfielder, who can also play on the right wing, and a product of Parma youth system, Dessena has a growing reputation within Serie A. Known for his deft touch and range of passing from the centre...

Davide Lanzafame

Davide Lanzafame is an Italian football striker/winger, who currently plays for Calcio Catania, in a co-ownership with Palermo, in the Italian Serie A.-Juventus:...

Claudio Marchisio

Claudio Marchisio is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. A product of the Juventus youth system, he has spent his whole career thus far at his hometown club, with the exception of a season-long loan spell at Empoli...

Sergio Ariel Escudero

is a naturalized Japanese football player. Currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.-Biography:He was born to Argentine parents of Spanish descent in Spain, and thus held dual Argentine and Spanish citizenship. In 2007, he acquired Japanese citizenship automatically as a result of his father's...

Tadanari Lee

is a Japanese football player of Korean descent currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League Division 1.-Career:Lee was born to third generation Zainichi Korean parents in Tanashi , Tokyo. His Korean name is Lee Chung-Sung and also had used pass name...

Takayuki Morimoto

is a Japanese footballer who plays for Novara in the Serie A, in a co-ownership bid with Catania.Morimoto holds the record for the youngest Japanese player to make his professional debut and the youngest scorer in J. League history...

Masato Morishige Tsukasa Umesaki

Tsukasa Umesaki

is a Japanese football player, who as of December 26, 2007 joined Urawa Red Diamonds from Oita Trinita. He is a right-footed attacking midfielder.-Club career:...

Dominique Kivuvu

Dominique Kivuvu is a Dutch-Angolan footballer who plays for Liga I club CFR Cluj and the Angolan national team.- Club career :...

Eren Güngör

Eren Güngör is a Turkish footballer currently playing for Kayserispor and the Turkish National Team. He plays as a central defender or a left-back.-Club career:...

İlhan Parlak

Ilhan Parlak

İlhan Parlak is a professional football player currently playing for Ankaraspor.Standing at 181 centimeters and weighing in at 75 kilograms, İlhan is a young Turkish striker with quick acceleration and pace. In July 2007, he was bought by Fenerbahçe from Kayserispor and signed a 5 year contract...

Nuri Şahin

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Kâzım Şahin is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Turkish national team and Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga BBVA...

Aydın Yılmaz

Aydin Yilmaz

Aydın Yılmaz is a Turkish footballer playing as attacking midfielder for Galatasaray in the Süper Lig.-Club career:Aydın is a product of the Galatasaray Youth Team....

Eric Brunner

Eric Brunner is an American soccer player who currently plays for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...

Sammy Ochoa

Own goal Cyriaque Louvion

Cyriaque Louvion

Cyriaque Louvion is a French football defender. He currently plays for Le Havre.-External links:* at L'Equipe.fr...

(for Chile)

Individual awards

Player of the tournament:

} Sebastian Giovinco

Sebastian Giovinco

The Best goalkeeper:

} Davide Bassi

Davide Bassi

Davide Bassi is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sassuolo.-Biography:Born in Sarzana, Liguria, Bassi started his professional career at Tuscany club Massese. In 2005 he returned to Empoli in co-ownership deal. Bassi formally returned to Empoli on 1 July 2006. He became the first...

Referees

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

Kenji Ogiya

Kenji Ogiya 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, having officiated 2 international games since 2007....

Jorg Sousa Iain Brines

Iain Brines

Iain Robertson Brines is a Scottish football referee in the Scottish Premier League. Brines has been a referee since 1989 and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2003.-Controversy:...

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

External links

Schedule

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