2008 Torneo di Viareggio

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.

2008 Torneo Mondiale di Calcio Coppa Carnevale

60° Torneo di Viareggio
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Viareggio
Dates	January 23, 2008 - February 13, 2008
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Inter Milan
Runners-up	Empoli
Third place	Atalanta
Fourth place	Vicenza
Tournament statistics
Matches played	89
Goals scored	290 (3.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mario Balotelli (7)

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 two 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 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.[1]

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Genoa	7	3	2	1	0	8	3
Cisco Roma	6	3	2	0	1	2	3
Tottenham	4	3	1	1	1	11	4
APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0	3	0	0	3	1	17

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Juventus	7	3	2	1	0	12	2
Pumas UNAM	5	3	1	2	0	8	6
International Allies	3	3	1	0	2	3	5
Massese	1	3	0	1	2	3	12

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Milan	7	3	2	1	0	14	1
Cesena	5	3	1	2	0	8	2
Belasica Strumica	4	3	1	1	1	3	6
Malaysian Indian	0	3	0	0	3	1	17

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Atalanta	9	3	3	0	0	7	3
Újpest	4	3	1	1	1	4	5
Midtjylland	3	3	1	0	2	3	2
Sansovino	1	3	0	1	2	4	8

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Empoli	9	3	3	0	0	7	2
River Plate	4	3	1	1	1	8	5
Cuoiocappiano	4	3	1	1	1	5	6
A.S. de Camberene	0	3	0	0	3	2	9

Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Ascoli[2]	5	3	1	2	0	3	2
Shakhtar Donetsk	5	3	1	2	0	3	2
Siena	5	3	1	2	0	3	2
Roma	0	3	0	0	3	3	5

Group 7

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Vicenza	6	3	2	0	1	7	8
Sparta Praha	6	3	2	0	1	5	7
Anderlecht	4	3	1	1	1	9	4
Pergocrema	1	3	0	1	2	4	6

Group 8

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Club Guaraní	7	3	2	1	0	5	2
Sampdoria	6	3	2	0	1	11	5
Parma	4	3	1	1	1	3	1
Benevento	0	3	0	0	3	1	12

Group 9

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Fiorentina	9	3	3	0	0	13	0
Interblock Ljubljana	4	3	1	1	1	6	3
Sambenedettese	2	3	2	1	2	3	2
New York Stars	1	3	0	1	2	0	15

Group 10

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Spartak Moscow	5	3	1	2	0	6	1
Torino	5	3	1	2	0	4	2
Castelnuovo	4	3	1	1	1	4	4
Rimini	1	3	0	1	2	1	8

Group 11

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Inter	9	3	3	0	0	7	2
Reggina	6	3	2	0	1	5	2
Piacenza	3	3	1	0	2	4	4
Olympiacos	0	3	0	0	3	0	8

Group 12

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Serie D Repress.	9	3	3	0	0	10	0
Lazio	6	3	2	0	1	6	3
Pakhtakor	3	3	1	0	2	1	7
Novara	0	3	0	0	3	0	7

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Fiorentina

4

Genoa

1

Fiorentina

1

Empoli

2

Empoli (pen)

2

Sampdoria

1

Empoli

2

Vicenza

0

Milan

0 [3]

Vicenza (pen)

0 [4]

Vicenza (pen)

1 [5]

Ascoli

1 [3]

Club Guaraní

1

Ascoli

2

Empoli

2 [6]

Inter (pen)

2 [7][3]

Inter

4

Cisco Roma

3

Inter (aet)

0 [2]

Cesena

0 [0]

Serie D Selection

3 [6]

Cesena (pen)

3 [8]

Atalanta

1

Inter

2

Third place

Atalanta (pen)

2 [5]

Spartak Moscow

2 [3]

Atalanta

4

Atalanta

1

Lazio

0

Vicenza

0

Juventus

0

Lazio

2

Champions

Torneo di Viareggio 2008 Champions
F.C. Internazionale Milan 5th 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

1. "2008 Viareggio Rules" (in Italian). Retrieved February 23, 2012.
2. Drawn.
3. The match was repeated. The original result was Empoli-Inter 1-1

External links

• Official Site (Italian)
• Results on RSSSF.COM