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Tournoi de France

1997 Tournoi de France
Warm-up for 1998 FIFA World Cup
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Tournament details
Host country France
Dates 3–11 June 1997
Teams 4
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  England (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  France
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 16 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Italy Alessandro Del Piero
(3 goals)

The 1997 Tournoi de France (French for "Tournament of France", often referred to as Le Tournoi) was a friendly 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.

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 from a 35-metre curled free kick, often considered one of the best in the modern game.


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