Portsmouth Centenary Tournament

Portsmouth Centenary Tournament

Founded	1998
Region	Europe
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Sochaux (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Sochaux (1 title)

The Portsmouth Centenary Tournament was an invitational football tournament to celebrate the centenary of Portsmouth FC at Fratton Park, Portsmouth. The only edition took place between 1 and 2 August 1998. It was contested by four teams.

Tournament

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Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 August – Portsmouth (Fratton Park)
	Portsmouth	2
					2 August – Portsmouth (Fratton Park)
	Genoa	2
					Genoa	1
	1 August – Portsmouth (Fratton Park)
					Sochaux	2
	Wimbledon	1
	Sochaux	1
					Third place
					2 August – Portsmouth (Fratton Park)
					Portsmouth	1
					Wimbledon	3

Genoa beat Portsmouth 8–7 on penalties.
Sochaux beat Wimbledon 4–3 on penalties.

Results

Portsmouth v Genoa

1 August 1998Semi Final	Portsmouth	2 – 2 (7–8 p)	Genoa	Fratton Park
	Durnin 2' Aloisi 22'		Pasa 13' Di Muri 74'

Wimbledon v Sochaux

1 August 1998Semi Final

Wimbledon

1 – 1 (3–4 p)

Sochaux

Fratton Park

Portsmouth v Wimbledon

2 August 19983rd/4th Place	Portsmouth	1 – 3	Wimbledon	Fratton Park
	Durnin 44'		Kennedy 44' Ardley 49' Euell 70'	Attendance: 1,950

Sochaux v Genoa

2 August 1998Final	Sochaux	2 – 1	Genoa	Fratton Park
	Bouger 9' Klausz 75'		Flachez o.g. 48'	Attendance: 1,950

References

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