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1997 Tournoi de France

Football competition

Football competition

FieldValue
year1997
other_titlesWarm-up for [1998 FIFA World Cup](1998-fifa-world-cup)
imageTournoi de France 1997-logo.png
countryFrance
dates3–11 June
num_teams4
venues4
cities4
championEngland
secondBrazil
thirdFrance
third-flagvar1974
fourthItaly
matches6
goals16
top_scorerAlessandro Del Piero
(3 goals)
prevseason[1988](1988-tournoi-de-france)

| third-flagvar = 1974 (3 goals) The 1997 Tournoi de France (; French, 'Tournament of France'), often referred to as Le Tournoi, was an international football tournament held in France in early June 1997 as a warm-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The four national teams participating at the tournament were Brazil, England, hosts France, and Italy. They played against each other in a single round-robin tournament with the group winner also being the winner of the tournament. It was the second Tournoi de France tournament after 1988.

Event

England won the tournament after collecting six points by winning their first two matches, against Italy and France, and losing one to Brazil. Brazil were second with five points, a product of a win and two draws. Their 3–3 draw with Italy included two goals from then 22-year-old Alessandro Del Piero and one goal apiece from Romário and Ronaldo as well as one own goal from each of the teams. Del Piero was the top goalscorer of the tournament with three goals scored while Romário scored twice.

In the 21st minute of the opening match between France and Brazil, Roberto Carlos scored his famous Banana Shot free kick goal, curling from a 33.13-metre distance and often considered to be one of the best in the modern game.

Elo Ratings before the tournament

Elo Ratings before Le TournoiTeamElo Ranking
(2 June 1997)
2 (2039)
3 (2008)
5 (1964)
7 (1932)

Venues

NantesMontpellierParisLyon
Stade de la BeaujoireStade de la MossonParc des PrincesStade de Gerland
Capacity: **39,500**Capacity: **32,900**Capacity: **48,875**Capacity: **34,000**
[[File:Stade de la Beaujoire.jpg200px]][[File:Australie-Fidji.4.JPG200px]][[File:Paris-Parc-des-Princes.jpg200px]][[File:Stade-Gerland-RWC2007.JPG200px]]

Squads

Main article: 1997 Tournoi de France squads

Table

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
320131+2**6**
312054+1**5**
302134−1**2**
302157−2**2**

Results

Scholes

Aldair Ronaldo Romário

Djorkaeff Del Piero

Statistics

Goalscorers

  • Alessandro Del Piero

  • Romário

  • Roberto Carlos

  • Ronaldo

  • Alan Shearer

  • Ian Wright

  • Paul Scholes

  • Marc Keller

  • Youri Djorkaeff

  • Zinedine Zidane

  • Pierluigi Casiraghi

  • Aldair (playing against Italy)

  • Attilio Lombardo (playing against Brazil)

Broadcasters

  • Rai 1
  • FORTA
  • SVT
  • Fox Sports (English), Telemundo (Spanish)
  • Globo
  • ANTV
  • Sky Sports

References

References

  1. "From the Vault: recalling how England won Le Tournoi de France in 1997". Guardian.
  2. (21 June 2019). "1997 Tournoi de France". Soccernostalgia.
  3. (10 September 2010). "Roberto Carlos wonder goal 'no fluke', say physicists". BBC News.
  4. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvojZONF_A The Cross Ratio], Numberphile, 2018.
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