1998 Toulon Tournament

1998 Toulon Tournament
Tournament details
Host country France 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) Argentina Guerrero, England Emile Heskey)
Best player Argentina 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

Venues

The matches were played in these communes:

Results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 320133+06
 France 312041+35
 England 311144+04
 South Africa 301214–31

1998-05-14
Argentina  1 0 South Africa 
Guerrero

1998-05-14
France  1 1 England 
Sana Heskey

1998-05-16
England  3 1 South Africa 
Lampard
Heskey (2)
Salmon

1998-05-16
France  3 0 Argentina 
Moreira
Saha
Dabo

1998-05-18
Argentina  2 0 England 
Quintana
Guerrero

1998-05-18
France  0 0 South Africa 

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 320121+16
 China PR 312032+15
 Brazil 311143+14
 Germany 301225–31

All times local (CEST)

1998-05-15
Germany  1 1 China PR 
Hertzch Sui Dongliang

1998-05-15
Portugal  1 0 Brazil 
Boa Morte

1998-05-17
China PR  1 0 Portugal 
Li Jinyu

1998-05-17
Brazil  3 1 Germany 
Eriberto (2)
Adailton
Sidney (o.g.)

1998-05-19
Brazil  1 1 China PR 
Leandro Ma Yongkang

1998-05-19
Portugal  1 0 Germany 
Jose Antonio

Knockout stage

Semifinals

May 21, 1998
Argentina  1 0 China PR 
Galetti  91'

May 21, 1998
France  0 0 Portugal 
  Penalties  
4 1

Third place play-off

21 May 1998 (1998-05-21)
Portugal  2 – 0  China PR
Boa Morte
Delfim
Report

Final

May 23, 1998
Argentina  2 0 France 
F.Guerrero  48'
W. Samuel  69'

References

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