The 2008 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.
Format The 48 teams are seeded in 12 pools, split up into 6-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and the two best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are a single tie. The Round of 16 envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds. Semifinal losing teams play 3rd-place final with penalties after regular time. The winning sides play the final with extra time and repeat the match if the draw holds.
Participating teams Italian teams
Ascoli Atalanta Benevento Castelnuovo Cesena Cisco Roma Cuoiocappiano Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Massese Milan Novara Parma Pergocrema Piacenza Serie D Representatives Reggina Rimini Roma Città di San Benedetto Sampdoria Sansovino Siena Torino Vicenza
European teams
Anderlecht Belasica Interblock Ljubljana Midtjylland Olympiacos Shakhtar Donetsk Sparta Praha Spartak Moscow Tottenham Újpest
Asian teams
Malaysian Indian Paxtakor
African Team
A.S. De Camberene International Allies
American teams
L.I.A.C. of New York Club Guaraní River Plate Pumas
Oceanian teams APIA Tigers
Group stage
Group 1 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Genoa7321083 Cisco Roma6320123 Tottenham43111114APIA Leichhardt Tigers03003117
Group 2 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Juventus73210122 Pumas UNAM5312086 International Allies3310235 Massese13012312
Group 3 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Milan73210141 Cesena5312082 Belasica Strumica4311136 Malaysian Indian03003117
Group 4 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Atalanta9330073 Újpest4311145 Midtjylland3310232 Sansovino1301248
Group 5 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Empoli9330072 River Plate4311185 Cuoiocappiano4311156 A.S. de Camberene0300329
Group 6 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA AscoliDrawn.5312032 Shakhtar Donetsk5312032 Siena5312032 Roma0300335
Group 7 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Vicenza6320178 Sparta Praha6320157 Anderlecht4311194 Pergocrema1301246
Group 8 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Club Guaraní7321052 Sampdoria63201115 Parma4311131 Benevento03003112
Group 9 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Fiorentina93300130 Interblock Ljubljana4311163 Sambenedettese2321232 New York Stars13012015
Group 10 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Spartak Moscow5312061 Torino5312042 Castelnuovo4311144 Rimini1301218
Group 11 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Inter9330072 Reggina6320152 Piacenza3310244 Olympiacos0300308
Group 12 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA Serie D Repress.93300100 Lazio6320163 Pakhtakor3310217 Novara0300307
Knockout stage
Champions Torneo di Viareggio 2008 ChampionsF.C. Internazionale Milan5th time
Top goalscorers
7 goals
Mario Balotelli ( Inter Milan) Stefano Scappini ( Sampdoria)
6 goals Samuel Di Carmine ( Fiorentina) 5 goals
Samon Reider Rodríguez ( Serie D Repress.) Emmanuel Ledesma ( Genoa)
Footnotes
External links Official Site (Italian) Results on RSSSF.COM