2003 Toulon Tournament

2003 Toulon Tournament

Tournament details
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
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

Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2003. Source: RSSSF,[3] Toulon Tournament.[4]

Match summaries

10 June 2003 (2003-06-10)

Burkina Faso	0–2	Colombia
Acosta 44' Anchico 79'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

10 June 2003 (2003-06-10)

Italy	3–2	Mexico
Ruopolo 11' Paro 43' Pagano 52'		de la Cruz Ortiz 18' de la Barrera 23'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

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12 June 2003 (2003-06-12)

Burkina Faso	4–0	Poland
Coulibaly 21' Ouedraogo 43', 60' Tassembedo 50'

Stade du Ray, Nice

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

12 June 2003 (2003-06-12)

Italy	1–1	Colombia
Bovo 9'		Acosta 15'

Stade du Ray, Nice

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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14 June 2003 (2003-06-14)

Burkina Faso	0–3	Italy
		Crocetti 27' Ruopolo 31' Pagano 36'

Stade de Lattre, Aubagne

Referee: Joji Kashihara (Japan)

14 June 2003 (2003-06-14)

Mexico	3–1	Poland
Medina 3', 22' Romo 38'		Brożek 33'

Stade de Lattre, Aubagne

Referee: Kuddusi Muftutoglu (Turkey)

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16 June 2003 (2003-06-16)

Burkina Faso	1–2	Mexico
Diallo 24'		Romo 49' Ortiz Velásquez 76'

Stade Pourcin, Fréjus

Referee: Joji Kashihara (Japan)

16 June 2003 (2003-06-16)

Colombia	2–1	Poland
Fawcett 12' Mendoza 70'		Brożek 23'

Stade Pourcin, Fréjus

Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

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18 June 2003 (2003-06-18)

Colombia	1–2	Mexico
Castrillón 44'		de la Barrera 27' Medina 67'

Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

18 June 2003 (2003-06-18)

Italy	2–1	Poland
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
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

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2003. Source: RSSSF,[3] Toulon Tournament.[4]

Match summaries

11 June 2003 (2003-06-11)

Argentina	1–0	Japan
Mascherano

Stade des Costières, Nîmes

Referee: Seydou Banao (Burkina Faso)

11 June 2003 (2003-06-11)

England	0–3	Portugal
	Report	Custódio 52' Lourenço 60' Ronaldo 76'

Stade des Costières, Nîmes

Referee: Abramo Lima (Mexico)

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13 June 2003 (2003-06-13)

Japan	1–1	Turkey
Abe 52'		Sağlık 38'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

13 June 2003 (2003-06-13)

England	0–8	Argentina
		Charras 7' Rivas 25' Fernández 31', 68' Herrera 48', 75' Hylton 58' (o.g.) Carter 71' (o.g.)

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

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15 June 2003 (2003-06-15)

England	0–1	Turkey
		Cora 29'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Carlos Lopez Buitrago (Colombia)

15 June 2003 (2003-06-15)

Argentina	0–3	Portugal
	Report	Custódio 4' Lourenço 37', 42'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

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17 June 2003 (2003-06-17)

Japan	1–0	Portugal
Mogi 83'	Report

Stade Pourcin, Fréjus

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

17 June 2003 (2003-06-17)

Argentina	2–0	Turkey
Bottinelli 30', 48'

Stade Pourcin, Fréjus

Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

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19 June 2003 (2003-06-19)

Turkey	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Viveiros 7' Danny 78'

Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

19 June 2003 (2003-06-19)

England	0–1	Japan
		Bowditch 2' (o.g.)

Stade Scaglia, La Seyne-sur-Mer

Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria)

Third place match

21 June 2003 (2003-06-21)

Argentina	1–0	Mexico
Herrera 27'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

Final

21 June 2003 (2003-06-21)

Portugal	3–1	Italy
Paiva 72', 80' Danny 77'	Report	Ruopolo 68'

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Referee: Mike Dean (England)

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

1. "31è Festival International Espoirs". Toulon Tournament (in French). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
2. "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.
3. "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
4. "Les rencontres de 2003". Toulon Tournament (in French). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.