1978 Torneo di Viareggio

The 1978 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.

1978 Torneo Mondiale di Calcio Coppa Carnevale
30° Torneo di Viareggio
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
CityViareggio
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Fiorentina
Runners-upItaly Roma
Third placeItaly Inter Milan
Fourth placeSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored71 (2.37 per match)
1977
1979

Format

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The 16 teams are seeded in 4 groups. Each team from a group meets the others in a single tie. The winner of each group progress to the final knockout stage.

Participating teams

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Italian teams
European teams
Asian teams
  •   Beijing Youth

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Fiorentina 5 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6
  OFK Beograd 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1
  Sampdoria 2 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3
  Beijing Youth 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Levski-Spartak 6 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7
  Dukla Praha 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2
  Milan 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3
  Napoli 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6

Group C

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Inter Milan 5 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6
  Benfica 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
  Perugia 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
  Olympiacos 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8

Group D

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Roma 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3
  Real Murcia 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3
  Juventus 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
  Bastia 0 3 0 0 3 0 6 -6

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Benfica0
 
 
 
  Roma1
 
  Roma1
 
 
 
  Inter Milan0
 
  Inter Milan(pen)0
 
 
 
  Real Murcia0
 
  Roma0
 
 
 
  Fiorentina4
 
  OFK Beograd2
 
 
 
  Levski-Spartak0
 
  OFK Beograd0
 
 
 
  Fiorentina(pen)0 Third place
 
  Dukla Praha0
 
 
 
  Fiorentina2
 
  Inter Milan3
 
 
  OFK Beograd1
 

Champions

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Torneo di Viareggio 1978 Champions

 

Fiorentina
4th time

Footnotes

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