France defeated Denmark in the final of the inaugural Star Sixes at the O2 in London

The inaugural Star Sixes tournament has come to a close as France's legion of legends, including Robert Pires and Youri Djokaeff, lifted the trophy at London’s O2 after defeating surprise finalists Denmark.  



Here’s the full story of the tournament complete with results.

England, skippered by Steven Gerrard, fell at the quarter-final stage to Denmark having come through a group with Spain, Scotland and Mexico while the likes of Brazil, Germany and Italy were also among the 12 nations involved.   

Here, we have the full tournament results and group standings, daily round-ups from all four days (July 13-16) and the full list of legends who were taking part. 
Star Sixes: Day four round-up  

France were crowned champions of the inaugural Betsafe Star Sixes with a 2-1 win over Denmark in Sunday night's final at the O2 Arena.


France, captained by Arsenal legend Robert Pires, beat Spain 5-2 in the semi-finals before rounding off the star-studded four-day tournament with their narrow victory over the Danes.

Ludovic Giuly bundled home the opener from close-range, with Youri Djorkaeff striking what turned out to be the decisive goal after Daniel Jensen had equalised for Denmark.   

 "I'm very proud of my team," Pires told Sky Sports.

"It's always very important to do well whenever you put the French shirt on. It was a very tough game.

"The legs were a bit heavy and Denmark played very well, so we're very happy to win the tournament."

Denmark captain Stig Tofting added: "Of course if you told us we would finish runners-up before the tournament we would have been happy, but it's always disappointing to lose. Congratulations to France."

The third-placed play-off was a one-sided affair, with Spain romping to an 11-3 victory over Gilberto Silva's Brazil, who had suffered an unexpected 4-2 defeat to Denmark in the other semi-final.

Denmark's Sorenson was voted star of the while Spain's Michel Salgado was presented with the top scorer award.    

Star Sixes: Results & Group standings

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Group A
Spain P 3 W 3 D 0 L 0 GD +10 Pts 9
England P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 GD 0 Pts 6
Scotland P 3 W 1 D 0 L 2 GD -6 Pts 3
Mexico P 3 W 0 D 0 L 3 GD -4 Pts 0

Fixtures & Results
England 1-4 Spain
Mexico 1-3 Scotland
Spain 2-1 Mexico
England 3-1 Scotland
Spain 6-0 Scotland
England 2-1 Mexico

Group B
Brazil P 3 W 3 D 0 L 0 GD +11 Pts 9
Italy P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 GD +2 Pts 6
Nigeria P 3 W 1 D 0 L 2 GD -3 Pts 3
China P 3 W 0 D 0 L 3 GD -10 Pts 0

Fixtures & Results
Nigeria 3-2 China
Brazil 2-1 Italy
China 0-7 Brazil
Italy 2-0 Nigeria
Brazil 3-0 Nigeria
Italy 4-2 China

Group C
Denmark P 3 W 1 D 2 L 0 GD +2 Pts 5
France P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 GD 0 Pts 4
Germany P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 GD -1 Pts 4
Portugal P 3 W 1 D 0 L 2 GD -1 Pts 3

Fixtures & Results
Portugal 4-6 Denmark
Germany 4-3 France
France 3-2 Portugal
Denmark 2-2 Germany
France 1-1 Denmark
Germany 0-2 Portugal

Format

The top-two from each group plus the best two third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals. Group matches were 20 minutes long and knockout fixtures lasted for 15 minutes.

Teams finishing level on points were split by goal-difference, goals scored and goals conceded, while drawn knockout matches headed straight to a penalty shootout.

Knockout stage

Quarter-final 1: Spain 8-1 Nigeria
Quarter-final 2: Brazil 3-1 Germany
Quarter-final 3: Denmark 3-1 England
Quarter-final 4: Italy 2-4 France

Semi-final 1: Spain 2-5 France
Semi-final 2: Brazil 2-4 Denmark

3rd/4th play-off - Spain 11-3 Brazil

Final - France 2-1 Denmark

Top Scorers

9 - Michel Salgado

6 - Ludovic Giuly

5 - Julio Baptista


France, captained by Arsenal legend Robert Pires, beat Spain 5-2 in the semi-finals before rounding off the star-studded four-day tournament with their narrow victory over the Danes.

Ludovic Giuly bundled home the opener from close-range, with Youri Djorkaeff striking what turned out to be the decisive goal after Daniel Jensen had equalised for Denmark.   

 "I'm very proud of my team," Pires told Sky Sports.

"It's always very important to do well whenever you put the French shirt on. It was a very tough game.

"The legs were a bit heavy and Denmark played very well, so we're very happy to win the tournament."

Denmark captain Stig Tofting added: "Of course if you told us we would finish runners-up before the tournament we would have been happy, but it's always disappointing to lose. Congratulations to France."

The third-placed play-off was a one-sided affair, with Spain romping to an 11-3 victory over Gilberto Silva's Brazil, who had suffered an unexpected 4-2 defeat to Denmark in the other semi-final.

Denmark's Sorenson was voted star of the while Spain's Michel Salgado was presented with the top scorer award.