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1998 Toulon Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance France
Dates14–23 May
Teams8 (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
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored58 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Guerrero

England Emile Heskey

(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Argentina Juan Román Riquelme
Best goalkeeperPortugal Nuno Santos
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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 Qualification
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 Advance to Semi-final
 France 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
 England 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
Argentina 1–0 South Africa
Guerrero
France 1–1 England
Sana Heskey
England 3–1 South Africa
Lampard
Heskey 		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 Qualification
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6 Advance to Semi-final
 China 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Brazil 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Germany 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]

All times local (CEST)

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Argentina 1–0 China
Galletti 91'
Lorgues
France 0–0 Portugal
Penalties
Dabo soccer ball with check mark
Heninsoccer ball with check mark
Silvestre soccer ball with check mark
Delhommeau soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 Delfim soccer ball with check mark
Cannes

Third place play-off

Portugal 2–0 China
Boa Morte
Delfim 		Report
Toulon

Final

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

References

  1. ^ "26ème Festival Foot "Espoirs"". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
  2. ^ "Les equipes". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2015-01-26.

External links

Maurice Revello Tournament
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