Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva

Torneo Internazionale
*Stampa Sportiva*
Organising body	La Stampa Sportiva
Founded	1908
Abolished	1908; 116 years ago
Region	Europe
Number of teams	4
Related competitions	Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
Last champions	Servette (1908)
Most successful club(s)	Servette ; (1 title)

The Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva (English: The Sport Press International Tournament) was an early international football competition. Held in 1908, it predated the more famous Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy by a year.^[1]

Organised by Italian La Stampa Sportiva (a weekly sports supplement to newspaper La Stampa),^[2] the Torneo Internazionale featured teams from Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany. All games were played in Turin, Italy. Swiss team Servette FC were eventual winners, beating Torino of Italy 3–1.

Overview

The Italian football authorities, whilst pleased with the tournament, were aware that the absence of an English team made the tournament not truly 'international'. Thomas Lipton agreed and, in a gesture of thanks to the Italians who had honoured him, donated the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy. He told them that he would organise an English team to participate in the next competition, that was held in 1909.

Lipton wanted a team from the Northern League in England to come over to Turin and his decision led to the participation of West Auckland FC from County Durham in the 1909 and 1911 tournaments. The team of miners won both these tournaments. West Auckland experienced a heavy penalty for their participation in the Trophy. A statue to their success stands in the centre of their village today.^[3]

Qualifying

(Italian only)

22 March 1908

Juventus	4–1 (a.e.t)	Piemonte
Borel Goccione Donna Brusa o.g.'		F. Berardo

29 March 1908

Torino	2–1	Ausonia Milano

Qualifying final

12 April 1908

Torino	2–1	Juventus
Pozzi Debernardi		Donna

Tournament

Participants

Team
US Parisienne
Freiburger FC ^{[note 1]}
Torino
Servette

Notes

^ The team then withdrew the tournament, being replaced by Italian club Juventus.

First round

19 April 1908

Servette	5–3	Freiburger FC

19 April 1908

Torino	4–0	US Parisienne
Squair Debernardi pen.'

Third place

20 April 1908

Juventus	4–0	US Parisienne
Borel Goccione

Final

Torneo Internazionale Final

20 April 1908

17:00

Torino	1–3	Servette
Pozzi	Report	Nett Henneberg

Torino

Servette

References

^ "Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva 1908 (Torino)". rsssf.org. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
^ "La Stampa Sportiva". byterfly.eu (in Italian). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-IRCrES. 1908. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
^ Connolly, Maritn (8 August 2018). 'The Miners' Triumph, The First English World Cup Win in Football History'. ISBN 9780957465152.

[juve-4] The team then withdrew the tournament, being replaced by Italian club Juventus.

[1] "Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva 1908 (Torino)". rsssf.org. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

[2] "La Stampa Sportiva". byterfly.eu (in Italian). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-IRCrES. 1908. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

[3] Connolly, Maritn (8 August 2018). 'The Miners' Triumph, The First English World Cup Win in Football History'. ISBN 9780957465152.

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