The 2003 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 40 teams are seeded in 10 pools, split up into 5-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and three best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are 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 with Golden goal rule 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, no Golden goal rule and repeat the match if the draw holds.
Participating teams Italian teams
Ascoli Bari Benevento Brescia Brindisi Catania Cittadella Cosenza Empoli Florentia Viola Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Messina Milan Napoli Palermo Parma Perugia Reggina Roma Salernitana Ternana Torino Vicenza
European teams
Bayern Munich Maccabi Haifa OFK Belgrade Obilić Slavia Prague Grasshoppers
American teams
New York United Boca Juniors Costa Rica United Pumas Desportiva Capixaba Santos Marcilio Dias Irineu
Oceanian teams APIA Tigers
Group stage Group 1 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Juventus 7321062+4 Parma43111660 Santos 4311134-1 Florentia Viola1301236-3
Group 2 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Cosenza9330040+4 Napoli6320062+4 Reggina 3310214-3 APIA Tigers 0300305-5
Group 3 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Cittadella 5312020+2 OFK Belgrade 5312054+1 Roma5312043+1 Boca Juniors0300359-4
Group 4 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Ascoli 6320052+3 Messina6320064+2 Irineu63200330 Brescia0300316-5
Group 5 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Maccabi Haifa 9330062+4 Inter Milan6320082+6 Bayern Munich33102510-5 Ternana 0300316-5
Group 6 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Lazio 7321082+6 Costa Rica United 6320076+1 Milan3310248-4 Catania1301025-3
Group 7 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Slavia Prague 93300121+11 Salernitana6320065+1 Torino3310225-3 New York United 0300309-9
Group 8 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Vicenza 7321041+3 Benevento7321042+2 Obilić1301213-2 Desportiva Capixaba1301203-3
Group 9 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Bari 7321062+4 Grasshoppers6320062+4 Brindisi2302126-4 Marcilio Dias1301226-4
Group 10 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Empoli 73210116+5 Pumas4311145-1 Perugia4311156-1 Palermo1301247-3
Knockout stage
Champions Torneo di Viareggio 2003 ChampionsF.C. Juventus3rd time
Notes
External links Official Site (Italian) Results on RSSSF.com