The Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva (English: The Sport Press International Tournament) was one of the very first international football (soccer) competitions. Held in 1908, it predated the more famous Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy by a year. However, there had been football competitions, involving amateur sides, held at the Summer Olympic Games as far back as the 1900 games in Paris, though these were initially termed exhibition games and no medals were awarded until 1908.

Organised by Italian sports magazine La Stampa Sportiva, the Torneo Internazionale featured teams from Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany. All the games were played in Turin, Italy. Swiss team Servette FC were eventual winners, beating Torino of Italy 3-1.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Pre-qualifying (Italy only) 1.2 Final tournament 2 References

[edit] Results

[edit] Pre-qualifying (Italy only)

Semi-finals

March 22, 1908	Juventus	4-1 aet	Piemonte Calcio or Piemonte F.C.
	Borel, Goccione, Donna, Brusa (og)		F. Berardo

March 29, 1908	Torino	2-1	F.C. Ausonia Milano

Final

April 12, 1908	Torino	2-1	Juventus
	Pozzi, Debernardi		Donna

[edit] Final tournament

Semi-finals

April 19, 1908	Servette FC	5-3	Freiburger FC

April 19, 1908	Torino	4-0	US Parisienne
	Squair, Debernardi ×3 (1 pen)

Third Place playoff

April 20, 1908	Juventus*	4-0	US Parisienne
	Borel ×3, Goccione

* Juventus had replaced Freiburger, who withdrew from the tournament

Final

April 20, 1908	Servette FC	3-1	Torino
	Nett ×2, Henneberg		Pozzi

[edit] References

• "Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva 1908 (Torino)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/stampa1908.html.