1998 Toulon Tournament

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.

1998 Toulon Tournament
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates14 May – 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 PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored58 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s) Guerrero, Emile Heskey)
Best player(s) Juan Román Riquelme

Participants

Venues

The matches were played in these communes:

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
Source:
Argentina 1 – 0South Africa 
Guerrero
France 1 – 1England 
Sana Heskey
England 3 – 1South Africa 
Lampard
Heskey (2)		 Salmon
France 3 – 0Argentina 
Moreira
Saha
Dabo
Argentina 2 – 0England 
Quintana
Guerrero
France 0 – 0South 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
Source:

All times local (CEST)

Germany 1 – 1China PR 
Hertzch Sui Dongliang
Portugal 1 – 0Brazil 
Boa Morte
China PR 1 – 0Portugal 
Li Jinyu
Brazil 3 – 1Germany 
Eriberto (2)
Adailton		 Sidney (o.g.)
Brazil 1 – 1China PR 
Leandro Ma Yongkang
Portugal 1 – 0Germany 
Jose Antonio

Knockout stage

Semifinals
Argentina 1 – 0China PR 
Galletti  91'
France 0 – 0Portugal 
Penalties
4 – 1

Third place play-off
Portugal 2 – 0 China PR
Boa Morte
Delfim		 Report

Final
Argentina 2 – 0France 
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.
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