Tournoi de France

The Tournoi de France (French for Tournament of France) was a swept in France in June 1997 football tournament. The competition served to prepare for the 1998 World Cup (for future World Cup tournaments this function was taken over by the FIFA Confederations Cup ) and was held in Paris and other French cities. It was attended by four teams: Brazil, England, Italy and France as host.

It was played in the Round Robin system, so that each of the four teams played three games. The winner was finally England against Brazil, France and Italy.

Highlights of the tournament were the hard-fought 3-3 draw between the Italian and the Brazilian selection, as well as the free kick from Roberto Carlos in the 1-1 draw in the opening game between France and Brazil, as the ball is in an exceptional trajectory to the French defensive wall turned and landed in the right corner of the net. Alessandro Del Piero was with three top scorer of the tournament, Romário scored twice.

Host Cities and Stadiums

Tournament Results

Squad

Brazil

Coach: Mário Zagallo

England

Coach: Glenn Hoddle

France

Trainer: Aimé Jacquet

Italy

Coach: Cesare Maldini

  • Football competition for national teams
Lyon Montpellier Stade de la Mosson Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire Parc des Princes Roberto Carlos (footballer) Marc Keller Paul Scholes Alan Shearer Aldair Attilio Lombardo Ronaldo Pierluigi Casiraghi Youri Djorkaeff Cafu Parma F.C. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas Mauro Silva Giovanni Silva de Oliveira Djalminha Blackburn Rovers F.C. Gary Neville Manchester United F.C. Stuart Pearce Nottingham Forest F.C. Gareth Southgate Aston Villa F.C. Graeme Le Saux Sol Campbell Paul Ince David Beckham Paul Gascoigne Newcastle United F.C. David Batty AJ Auxerre Fabien Barthez AS Monaco FC Vincent Candela Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly A.C. Milan Bixente Lizarazu Athletic Bilbao Lilian Thuram Pierre Laigle Didier Deschamps Patrick Vieira Christian Karembeu Christophe Dugarry Patrice Loko Ibrahim Ba FC Girondins de Bordeaux FC Metz Florian Maurice Olympique Lyonnais Angelo Peruzzi Gianluca Pagliuca Ciro Ferrara Paolo Maldini Fabio Cannavaro Alessandro Costacurta Christian Panucci Alessandro Nesta S.S. Lazio Antonio Benarrivo Dino Baggio Angelo Di Livio Roberto Di Matteo Demetrio Albertini Diego Fuser Gianfranco Zola Christian Vieri Filippo Inzaghi Atalanta B.C. Enrico Chiesa
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