1998 Toulon Tournament

1998 Toulon Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	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)	Guerrero, Emile Heskey)
Best player	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. Brazil achieved their second title, beating France 2-0 in the Final.

Participants

France [2] (hosts)  Argentina  Brazil  China PR

England  Germany  Portugal  South Africa

Venues

The matches were played in these communes:

• Arles
• Aubagne
• Cannes
• La Seyne-sur-Mer
• Lorges
• Mallemort
• Manosque
• Nîmes
• Six-Fours-les-Plages
• Toulon

Results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	0	1	3	3	+0	6
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

Argentina  v South Africa 

1998-05-14

Argentina	1 – 0	South Africa

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France  v England 

1998-05-14

France	1 – 1	England

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England  v South Africa 

1998-05-16

England	3 – 1	South Africa

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France  v Argentina 

1998-05-16

France	3 – 0	Argentina

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Argentina  v England 

1998-05-18

Argentina	2 – 0	England

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France  v South Africa 

1998-05-18

France	0 – 0	South Africa

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
China PR	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

All times local (CEST)

Germany  v China PR 

1998-05-15

Germany	1 – 1	China PR

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Portugal  v Brazil 

1998-05-15

Portugal	1 – 0	Brazil

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China PR  v Portugal 

1998-05-17

China PR	1 – 0	Portugal

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Brazil  v Germany 

1998-05-17

Brazil	3 – 1	Germany

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Brazil  v China PR 

1998-05-19

Brazil	1 – 1	China PR

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Portugal  v Germany 

1998-05-19

Portugal	1 – 0	Germany

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Argentina  v China PR 

May 21, 1998

Argentina	1 – 0	China PR
Galetti  91'

Lorgues

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France  v Portugal 

May 21, 1998

France	0 – 0	Portugal
	Penalties
	4 – 1

Cannes

Third place play-off

Portugal  v  China PR

21 May 1998

Portugal	2 – 0	China PR
Boa Morte Delfim	Report

Toulon

Final

Argentina  v France 

May 23, 1998

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

References

1. 26ème Festival Foot "Espoirs"
2. Les equipes

External links

• Toulon Tournament RSSSF