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{{Short description|Football competition}}
{{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&ndash;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]]<br />(3 goals) 
| player         = 
| prevseason     = [[1988 Tournoi de France|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 (soccer)|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 national football team|Brazil]], [[England national football team|England]], hosts [[France national football team|France]], and [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. They played against each other in a single [[round-robin tournament]] with the group winner also being the winner of the tournament.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 (Brazilian footballer)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>			

In the 21st minute of the opening match between France and Brazil, [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] scored his famous ''Banana Shot'' [[direct free kick|free kick]] goal, curling from a 33.13-metre distance and often considered to be one of the best in the modern game.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvojZONF_A The Cross Ratio], Numberphile, 2018.</ref>

=== Elo Ratings before the tournament ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!colspan="2"|[[World Football Elo Ratings|Elo Ratings]] before Le Tournoi
|-
! Team
! Elo Ranking<br />(2 June 1997)
|-style="background:silver"
| {{fb|BRA}} || align="center"|2 <small>(2039)</small>
|-style="background:#c96"
| {{fb|FRA|1974}} || align="center"|3 <small>(2008)</small>
|-
| {{fb|ITA}} || align="center"|5 <small>(1964)</small>
|-style="background:gold"
| {{fb|ENG}} || align="center"|7 <small>(1932)</small>
|-
|}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! [[Nantes]]
! [[Montpellier]]
! [[Paris]]
! [[Lyon]]
|-
| [[Stade de la Beaujoire]]
| [[Stade de la Mosson]]
| [[Parc des Princes]]
| [[Stade de Gerland]]
|-
| <small>{{Coord|47|15|20.27|N|1|31|31.35|W|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Stade de la Beaujoire}}</small>
| <small>{{Coord|43|37|19.85|N|3|48|43.28|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Stade de la Mosson}}</small>
| <small>{{Coord|48|50|29|N|2|15|11|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Parc des Princes}}</small>
| <small>{{Coord|45|43|26|N|4|49|56|E|region:FR_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Stade de Gerland}}</small>
|-
| Capacity: '''39,500'''
| Capacity: '''32,900'''
| Capacity: '''48,875'''
| Capacity: '''34,000'''
|-
| [[File:Stade de la Beaujoire.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Australie-Fidji.4.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:Paris-Parc-des-Princes.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stade-Gerland-RWC2007.JPG|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=45.723889|long=4.832222|label=[[Lyon]]}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=47.255631|long=-1.525375|label=[[Nantes]]}}
{{Location map~|France|lat=43.622181|long=3.812022|label=[[Montpellier]]}}
}}
|-
|}

==Squads==
{{main|1997 Tournoi de France squads}}

==Table==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!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
|- 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||&minus;1||'''2'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA}}
|3||0||2||1||5||7||&minus;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     = [[Marc Keller|Keller]] {{goal|55}}
| goals2     = [[Roberto Carlos]] {{goal|21}}
| stadium    = [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
| attendance = 28,193
| referee    = [[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}
----
{{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     = [[Ian Wright|Wright]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Paul Scholes|Scholes]] {{goal|43}}
| goals2     = 
| stadium    = [[Stade de la Beaujoire]], [[Nantes]]
| attendance = 25,000
| referee    = [[Günter Benkö]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
}}
----
{{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     = [[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|86}}
| stadium    = [[Stade de la Mosson]], [[Montpellier]]
| attendance = 23,000
| referee    = [[Said Belqola]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}
----
{{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     = [[Alessandro Del Piero|Del Piero]] {{goal|6||61|pen.}}<br />[[Aldair]] {{goal|23|o.g.}}
| goals2     = [[Attilio Lombardo|Lombardo]] {{goal|35|o.g.}}<br />[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|70}}<br />[[Romário]] {{goal|84}}
| stadium    = [[Stade de Gerland]], [[Lyon]]
| attendance = 30,000
| referee    = [[Serge Muhmenthaler]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}
----
{{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]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
}}
----
{{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     = [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]] {{goal|73}}
| goals2     = [[Pierluigi Casiraghi|Casiraghi]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Alessandro Del Piero|Del Piero]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
| stadium    = [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]]
| attendance = 35,000
| referee    = [[Antonio Jesús López Nieto]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}

{{winners|fb|1997 Tournoi de France|England|First}}

==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 (Brazilian footballer)|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 ==
* {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Rai 1]]
* {{fbicon|ESP}} [[FORTA]]
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]
* {{fbicon|USA}} [[Fox Sports]] (English), [[Telemundo]] (Spanish)
* {{Fbicon|BRA}} [[TV Globo|Globo]]
*{{fbicon|INA}} [[ANTV]]
*{{fbicon|UK}} [[Sky Sports]]

== See also ==
* [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tfrance97.html RSSSF]

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