2003 Toulon Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Dates | 10–21 June |
Teams | 10 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Portugal |
Runners-up | Italy |
Third place | Argentina |
Fourth place | Mexico |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 61 (2.77 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Germán Herrera Luís Lourenço Francesco Ruopolo (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Javier Mascherano |
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The 2003 Toulon Tournament was the 31st edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 10 to 21 June 2003.[1] It was won by Portugal, after they beat Italy in the final.[2]
Results
Group A
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Qualified for the final |
2 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Qualified for the third place match |
3 | Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
4 | Burkina Faso | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
5 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
Match summaries
Burkina Faso | 0–2 | Colombia |
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Acosta 44' Anchico 79' |
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Italy | 3–2 | Mexico |
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Ruopolo 11' Paro 43' Pagano 52' |
de la Cruz Ortiz 18' de la Barrera 23' |
Burkina Faso | 4–0 | Poland |
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Coulibaly 21' Ouedraogo 43', 60' Tassembedo 50' |
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Burkina Faso | 1–2 | Mexico |
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Diallo 24' | Romo 49' Ortiz Velásquez 76' |
Referee: Joji Kashihara (Japan)
Colombia | 1–2 | Mexico |
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Castrillón 44' | de la Barrera 27' Medina 67' |
Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Italy | 2–1 | Poland |
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Berardi 65' Quadri 73' |
Romańczuk 71' |
Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Referee: Kuddusi Muftutoglu (Turkey)
Group B
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Qualified for the final |
2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Qualified for the third place match |
3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | |
4 | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
5 | England | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Match summaries
Argentina | 1–0 | Japan |
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Mascherano |
Referee: Seydou Banao (Burkina Faso)
Japan | 1–1 | Turkey |
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Abe 52' | Sağlık 38' |
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)
England | 0–8 | Argentina |
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Charras 7' Rivas 25' Fernández 31', 68' Herrera 48', 75' Hylton 58' (o.g.) Carter 71' (o.g.) |
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)
Japan | 1–0 | Portugal |
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Mogi 83' | Report |
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)
Argentina | 2–0 | Turkey |
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Bottinelli 30', 48' |
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)
Turkey | 0–2 | Portugal |
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Report | Viveiros 7' Danny 78' |
Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
England | 0–1 | Japan |
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Bowditch 2' (o.g.) |
Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)
Third place match
Argentina | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Herrera 27' |
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)
Final
Awards
After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[1]
- Best player: Javier Mascherano[2]
- Most elegant player (Second best player): Raul Meireles
- Most courteous player (Third best player): Juan Carlos Medina
- Best goalkeeper: Bruno Vale
- Top scorers: Germán Herrera, Luís Lourenço, Francesco Ruopolo (3 goals each)
- Special Prize: Francesco Ruopolo
- Younger player of the final: Cristiano Ronaldo[2]
- Best goal of the tournament: Hiroto Mogi
References
- ^ a b "31è Festival International Espoirs". Toulon Tournament (in French). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "The Toulon Tournament's most memorable moments: 2003, when Cristiano Ronaldo and Javier Mascherano faced each other for the first time". Toulon Tournament. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Les rencontres de 2003". Toulon Tournament (in French). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.