2003 Torneo di Viareggio explained

Tourney Name:	Torneo Mondiale di Calcio Coppa Carnevale
Year:	2003
Other Titles:	55° Torneo di Viareggio
City:	Viareggio
Country:	Italy
Dates:	-
Num Teams:	40
Champion Other:	Juventus
Second Other:	Slavia Prague
Third Other:	Cittadella
Fourth Other:	Vicenza
Matches:	76
Goals:	208
Prevseason:	2002
Nextseason:	2004

The 2003 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.^[1]

Participating teams

Italian teams

European teams

American teams

New York United
Boca Juniors
Costa Rica United
Pumas
Desportiva Capixaba
Santos
Marcilio Dias
Irineu

Oceanian teams

APIA Tigers

Group stage

Group 1

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Juventus	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Parma	4	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1
Florentia Viola	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3

Group 2

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Cosenza	9	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
Napoli	6	3	2	0	0	6	2	+4
	3	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3
	0	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5

Group 3

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Cittadella	5	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
	5	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Roma	5	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Boca Juniors	0	3	0	0	3	5	9	-4

Group 4

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Ascoli	6	3	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Messina	6	3	2	0	0	6	4	+2
Irineu	6	3	2	0	0	3	3	0
Brescia	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5

Group 5

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Maccabi Haifa	9	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4
Inter Milan	6	3	2	0	0	8	2	+6
Bayern Munich	3	3	1	0	2	5	10	-5
	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5

Group 6

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Lazio	7	3		2	1	0	8	2	+6
Costa Rica United	6	3	2	0	0	7	6	+1
Milan	3	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4
Catania	1	3	0	1	0	2	5	-3

Group 7

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Slavia Prague	9	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
Salernitana	6	3	2	0	0	6	5	+1
Torino	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3
New York United	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9

Group 8

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Vicenza	7	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Benevento	7	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Obilić	1	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2
Desportiva Capixaba	1	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3

Group 9

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Bari	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Grasshoppers	6	3	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Brindisi	2	3	0	2	1	2	6	-4
Marcilio Dias	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4

Group 10

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Empoli	7	3	2	1	0	11	6	+5
Pumas	4	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1
Perugia	4	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1
Palermo	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3

Notes

Web site: 2003 Viareggio Rules . February 29, 2012 . Italian . https://archive.today/20130218150806/http://www.torneoviareggio.it/edizioni_precedenti/55esimo/regolamento.html . February 18, 2013 . dead .