Tournoi de France

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Tournoi de France
Organising body French Football Federation (FFF)
Founded1988
Abolished1997
Number of teams4 teams
Last champions Flag of England.svg England
Most successful club(s) Flag of France.svg France and Flag of England.svg England (1)

The Tournoi de France (French, 'Tournament of France') was a friendly international football tournament organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) that was held in France. There have been two tournaments: the first in February 1988 and the second in June 1997 (as a warm-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup). Austria, Switzerland, Morocco and hosts France were the four participants of the first edition that was won by France after beating Morocco 2-1 in the final; [1] and Italy, Brazil, England and hosts France were the four participants of the second edition, which was won by England with 6 points. [2] [3]

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Results

YearWinnerRunner-upThird placeTop scorerGoals
1988 Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg Alain Sutter
Flag of Morocco.svg Moulay El Gharef
2 goals
1997 Flag of England.svg  England Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero 3 goals

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoalsTournaments
1 Alessandro Del Piero Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31997
2 Alain Sutter Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 21988
Moulay El Gharef Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1988
Romário Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1997

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