Turnier der Kontinente (Austria) 2007


Date: September 7-11, 2007.
Venue: Vienna and Klagenfurt, Austria.
Teams: Austria, Chile, Japan, Switzerland.

[Sep 7]

In Vienna (Ernst-Happel Stadion)
Switzerland 2 (Tranquillo Barnetta 12, Marco Streller 54)
Chile 1 (Alexis Sanchez 43)
HT: 1-1. Att: 2,500. Ref: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria).
SUI: Pascal Zuberbuehler; Philipp Degen, Johannes Djourou (Mario
     Eggimann 46), Philippe Senderos, Ludovic Magnin; Valon Behrami
     (Johan Volanthen 46), Fabio Celestini, Goekhan Inler (Benjamin
     Huggel 87), Tranquillo Barnetta (Christoph Spycher 74); Xavier
     Margairaz (Hakan Yakin 66), Blaise N'kufo (Marco Streller 46).
Coach: Koebi Kuhn.
CHI: Claudio Bravo; Cristian Alvarez (Gonzalo Fierro 87), Miguel Riffo,
     Ismael Fuentes, Arturo Vidal (Marco Estrada 66); Mauricio Isla
     (Luis Jimenez 66), Matias Fernandez, Manuel Iturra, Eduardo Rubio;
     Alexis Sanchez, Humberto Suazo (Marcelo Salas 84).
Coach: Marcelo Bielsa (Argentina).
Booked: SUI - Djourou 41.
        CHI - Vidal 20, Estrada 75.

In Klagenfurt (Woerthersee-Arena)
Austria 0
Japan 0
[Austria win 4-3 on penalties]
Att: 26,142. Ref: Markus Merk (Germany).
AUT: Helge Payer; Gyoergy Garics, Sebastian Proedl, Martin Hiden,
     Christian Fuchs; Joachim Standfest, Rene Aufhauser, Jurgen Saumel
     (Klaus Salmutter 86), Christoph Leitgeb; Michael Morz (Roland
     Linz 59); Sanel Kuljic (Martin Harnik 71; Thomas Prager 84).
Coach: Josef Hickersberger.
JPN: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Kaji, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio
     Tanaka, Yuichi Komano (Yasuyuki Konno 90); Junichi Inamoto (Kengo
     Nakamura 71), Keita Suzuki, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yasuhito Endo;
     Tatsuya Tanaka (Daisuke Matsui 71), Kisho Yano (Seiichiro Maki 75).
Coach: Ivica Osim (Austria).

[Sep 11]

In Klagenfurt (Woerthersee-Arena)
Switzerland 3 (Ludovic Magnin 11, Blaise N'kufo 13pen, Johan Djourou 81)
Japan 4 (Shunsuke Nakamura 53pen, 78pen, Seiichiro Maki 68, Kisho Yano
90+2)
HT: 2-0. Att: 19,500. Ref: Stefan Messner (Austria).
SUI: Diego Benaglio; Valon Behrami, Steve Von Bergen (Mario Eggimann
     87), Philippe Senderos, Ludovic Magnin (Tranquillo Barnetta 46);
     Benjamin Huggel (Fabio Celestini 67), Goekhan Inler (Johan Djourou
     79); Johan Vonlanthen (Stephan Lichtsteiner 71), Xavier Margairaz
     (Hakan Yakin 46), Christoph Spycher; Blaise N'kufo.
Coach: Koebi Kuhn.
JPN: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Kaji, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio
     Tanaka, Yuichi Komano; Shunsuke Nakamura (Kengo Nakamura 90+1),
     Keita Suzuki, Junichi Inamoto, Yasuhito Endo (Hisato Sato 87),
     Daisuke Matsui (Satoru Yamagishi 71), Seiichiro Maki (Kisho Yano
     79).
Coach: Ivica Osim (Austria).

In Vienna (Ernst-Happel Stadion)
Austria 0
Chile 2 (Hugo Droguett 66, Eduardo Rubio 84)
HT: 0-0. Att: 14,500. Ref: Jacek Granat (Poland).
AUT: Jurgen Macho; Gyorgy Garics, Sebastian Proedl (Jurgen Patocka 81),
     Martin Hiden, Christian Fuchs (Ronald Gercaliu 74); Rene Aufhauser
     (Jurgen Saumel 71), Thomas Prager (Michael Morz 62), Christoph
     Leitgeb (Klaus Salmutter 79), Joachim Standfest; Roland Linz
     (Erwin Hoffer 74), Sanel Kuljic.
Coach: Josef Hickersberger.
CHI: Nicolas Peric; Waldo Ponce, Gary Medel, Miguel Riffo, Gonzalo
     Fierro (Manuel Iturra 67), Claudio Maldonado, Hugo Droguett (Marco
     Estrada 85), Luis Jimenez (Matias Fernandez 57), Alexis Sanchez
     (Carlos Villanueva 88), Marcelo Salas (Humberto Suazo 71), Mark
     Gonzalez (Eduardo Rubio 78).
Coach: Marcelo Bielsa (Argentina).
Booked: AUT - Aufhauser, Hiden, Standfest.
        CHI - Suazo.

     Final standings:
     1.Japan             2  1  1  0  4- 3  4 - champions
     2.Chile             2  1  0  1  3- 2  3
     3.Switzerland       2  1  0  1  5- 5  3
     4.Austria           2  0  1  1  0- 2  2

     [Note: Austria received extra one point for winning the penalties
            against Japan]
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2007