:1997 Tournoi de France

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 1997

| yearr =

| other_titles = Warm-up for 1998 FIFA World Cup

| image = Tournoi de France 1997-logo.png

| size =

| caption =

| city =

| country = France

| dates = 3–11 June

| num_teams = 4

| confederations =

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion = England

| second = Brazil

| third = France

| third-flagvar = 1974

| fourth = Italy

| matches = 6

| goals = 16

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|ITA}} Alessandro Del Piero
(3 goals)

| player =

| prevseason = 1988

| nextseason =

}}

The 1997 Tournoi de France ({{IPA|fr|tuʁnwa də fʁɑ̃s|}}; 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.{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jun/25/vault-england-le-tournoi-france-1997|title=From the Vault: recalling how England won Le Tournoi de France in 1997|date=|work=Guardian |access-date=13 August 2013 }} 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.{{cite web|url= http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2019/04/tournaments-part-10-1997-tournoi-de.html|title =1997 Tournoi de France|date=21 June 2019|work=Soccernostalgia|access-date=21 June 2019}}

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.{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11153466|title=Roberto Carlos wonder goal 'no fluke', say physicists|date=10 September 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=13 August 2013 }}[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvojZONF_A The Cross Ratio], Numberphile, 2018.

= Elo Ratings before the tournament =

colspan="2"\|Elo Ratings before Le Tournoi
class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
Team ! Elo Ranking (2 June 1997)
style="background:silver" \| {{fb\|BRA}}	align="center"\|2 (2039)
style="background:#c96" \| {{fb\|FRA\|1974}}	align="center"\|3 (2008)
{{fb\|ITA}}	align="center"\|5 (1964)
style="background:gold" \| {{fb\|ENG}}	align="center"\|7 (1932)

Venues

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Nantes ! Montpellier ! Paris ! Lyon
Stade de la Beaujoire \| Stade de la Mosson \| Parc des Princes \| Stade de Gerland
{{Coord\|47\|15\|20.27\|N\|1\|31\|31.35\|W\|region:FR_type:landmark\|display=inline\|name=Stade de la Beaujoire}} \| {{Coord\|43\|37\|19.85\|N\|3\|48\|43.28\|E\|region:FR_type:landmark\|display=inline\|name=Stade de la Mosson}} \| {{Coord\|48\|50\|29\|N\|2\|15\|11\|E\|region:FR_type:landmark\|display=inline\|name=Parc des Princes}} \| {{Coord\|45\|43\|26\|N\|4\|49\|56\|E\|region:FR_type:landmark\|display=inline\|name=Stade de Gerland}}
Capacity: 39,500 \| Capacity: 32,900 \| Capacity: 48,875 \| Capacity: 34,000
200px \| 200px \| 200px \| 200px
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Nantes

! Montpellier

! Paris

! Lyon

Stade de la Beaujoire

| Stade de la Mosson

| Parc des Princes

| Stade de Gerland

{{Coord|47|15|20.27|N|1|31|31.35|W|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Stade de la Beaujoire}}

| {{Coord|43|37|19.85|N|3|48|43.28|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Stade de la Mosson}}

| {{Coord|48|50|29|N|2|15|11|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Parc des Princes}}

| {{Coord|45|43|26|N|4|49|56|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Stade de Gerland}}

Capacity: 39,500

| Capacity: 32,900

| Capacity: 48,875

| Capacity: 34,000

200px

| 200px

colspan="4" rowspan="10"|

{{location map+|France|float=center|width=475|places=

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.841389|long=2.253056|label=Paris|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=47.255631|long=-1.525375|label=Nantes}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=43.622181|long=3.812022|label=Montpellier}}

}}

Squads

Table

width=165\|Team !width=20\|Pld !width=20\|W !width=20\|D !width=20\|L !width=20\|GF !width=20\|GA !width=20\|GD !width=20\|Pts
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bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|ENG}} \|3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|BRA}} \|3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|FRA\|1974}} \|3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|ITA}} \|3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	2

Results

{{football box

| date = 3 June 1997

| time = 21:40

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

| score = 1–1

| report = [http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10735 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

| goals1 = Keller {{goal|55}}

| goals2 = Roberto Carlos {{goal|21}}

| stadium = Stade de Gerland, Lyon

| attendance = 28,193

| referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 4 June 1997

| time = 21:10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}

| score = 2–0

| report = [http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10733 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|ITA}}

| goals1 = Wright {{goal|26}}
Scholes {{goal|43}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

| attendance = 25,000

| referee = Günter Benkö (Austria)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 7 June 1997

| time = 22:10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

| score = 0–1

| report = [http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10731 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|ENG}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Shearer {{goal|86}}

| stadium = Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

| attendance = 23,000

| referee = Said Belqola (Morocco)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 8 June 1997

| time = 21:10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}

| score = 3–3

| report = [http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10843 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

| goals1 = Del Piero {{goal|6||61|pen.}}
Aldair {{goal|23|o.g.}}

| goals2 = Lombardo {{goal|35|o.g.}}
Ronaldo {{goal|70}}
Romário {{goal|84}}

| stadium = Stade de Gerland, Lyon

| attendance = 30,000

| referee = Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 10 June 1997

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}

| score = 0–1

| report = [http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10908 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Romário {{goal|61}}

| stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

| attendance = 40,000

| referee = John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 11 June 1997

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}

| score = 2–2

| report = [http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=10792 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|ITA}}

| goals1 = Zidane {{goal|12}}
Djorkaeff {{goal|73}}

| goals2 = Casiraghi {{goal|61}}
Del Piero {{goal|89|pen.}}

| stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

| attendance = 35,000

| referee = Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

}}

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

{{goalscorers

|matches=6|goals=16

|3 goals=

{{fbicon|ITA}} Alessandro Del Piero

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|BRA}} Romário

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|BRA}} Roberto Carlos
{{fbicon|BRA}} Ronaldo
{{fbicon|ENG}} Alan Shearer
{{fbicon|ENG}} Ian Wright
{{fbicon|ENG}} Paul Scholes
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Marc Keller
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Youri Djorkaeff
{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} Zinedine Zidane
{{fbicon|ITA}} Pierluigi Casiraghi

|1 own goal=

{{fbicon|BRA}} Aldair (playing against Italy)
{{fbicon|ITA}} Attilio Lombardo (playing against Brazil)

}}

Broadcasters

NileTV
{{fbicon|ITA}} Rai 1
{{fbicon|ESP}} FORTA
{{fbicon|SWE}} SVT
{{fbicon|USA}} Fox Sports (English), Telemundo (Spanish)
{{Fbicon|BRA}} Globo
{{fbicon|INA}} ANTV
{{fbicon|UK}} Sky Sports

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tfrance97.html RSSSF]

1997

Category:1996–97 in English football

Category:1996–97 in French football

Category:1996–97 in Italian football

Category:1997 in Brazilian football

Category:1998 FIFA World Cup

Category:June 1997 sports events in France

Category:International men's association football invitational tournaments

colspan="2"\|Elo Ratings before Le Tournoi
class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
Team ! Elo Ranking (2 June 1997)
style="background:silver" \| {{fb\|BRA}}	align="center"\|2 (2039)
style="background:#c96" \| {{fb\|FRA\|1974}}	align="center"\|3 (2008)
{{fb\|ITA}}	align="center"\|5 (1964)
style="background:gold" \| {{fb\|ENG}}	align="center"\|7 (1932)

:1997 Tournoi de France

Event

= Elo Ratings before the tournament =

Venues

Squads

Table

Results

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

Broadcasters

See also

References

External links