The 2000 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.
Format The 40 teams are seeded in 10 pools, split up into 5-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and three 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 with Golden goal rule 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, no Golden goal rule and repeat the match if the draw holds.
Participating teams Italian teams
Atalanta Bari Brescia Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Livorno Milan Napoli Parma Perugia Pistoiese Pontedera Roma Salernitana Siena Torino Verona Vicenza
European teams
Bellinzona Lugano Hajduk AB
African teams
Jomo Cosmos Udoji UnitedIn the tournament presentation Udoji United is mentioned as the team participating from Nigeria, while in non-official statistics it is substituted with Delta Force, another Nigerian team. Further confusion comes from the fact that in the official tournament statistics the team is not mentioned and Esperia Viareggio Italian local club is reported to have participated in the matches.
Asian teams Maccabi Haifa American teams
Pumas Commack United NY Corinthians Vitória Campinas Santa Catarina Irineu Linense São Bento Matsubara
Oceanian teams Marconi Stallions
Group stage Group 1 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Lazio 7321040+4 Corinthians5312052+3 Milan4311123-1 Maccabi Haifa0300317-6
Group 2 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Brescia 7321031+2 Hajduk5312043+1 Bellinzona3310223-1 Torino1301235-2
Group 3 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Bari 7321040+4 Empoli6320164+2 Santa Catarina2311167-1 Pistoiese1300349-5
Group 4 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Campinas 7321053+2 Napoli5312032+1 Perugia43111550 Marconi Stallions0300314-3
Group 5 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Fiorentina 9330071+6 Salernitana6302131+2 São Bento3310225-3 Jomo Cosmos 0300305-5
Group 6 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Inter Milan 6320171+6 Verona 6320191+8 Matsubara3310293+6 Commack United NY33102020-20
Group 7 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Juventus 7321093+6 Vicenza 7321064+2 Linense1301257-2 AB13013410-6
Group 8 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Roma 93300132+11 Irineu43111660 Pumas43111330 Livorno03003314-11
Group 9 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Atalanta 7321051+4 Vitória5321021+1 Lugano3310224-2 Siena1301214-3
Group 10 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Parma 73210103+7 Pontedera5312065+1 Genoa43111770 Udoji United03003412-8
Knockout stage
Champions Torneo di Viareggio 2000 ChampionsEmpoli1st time
Notes
External links Official Site (Italian) Results on RSSSF.com