2018 Toulon Tournament
46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French)
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates26 May – 9 June 2018
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (7th title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored68 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Eduardo Aguirre (7 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Diego Lainez
Best goalkeeperEngland Freddie Woodman

The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially French: 46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 46th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 26 May to 9 June 2018.[1]

England won the tournament for the third successive year beating Mexico 2–1 in the final.[2][3]

Participants

Twelve participating teams were announced on 27 February 2018.[4]

Squads

Venues

A total of seven cities hosted the tournament.

Aubagne
2018 Toulon Tournament is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Vitrolles
Vitrolles
Fos-sur-Mer
Fos-sur-Mer
Salon-de-Provence
Salon-de-Provence
Aubagne
Aubagne
Mallemort
Mallemort
Carnoux-en-Provence
Carnoux-en-Provence
Martigues
Martigues
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
43°17′38″N 5°33′44″E / 43.2939695°N 5.5623227°E / 43.2939695; 5.5623227 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny)
Capacity: 1,000
Carnoux-en-Provence
Stade Marcel Cerdan
43°15′01″N 5°33′10″E / 43.250270°N 5.552645°E / 43.250270; 5.552645 (Stade Marcel Cerdan)
Capacity: 1,700
Fos-sur-Mer
Stade Parsemain
43°28′08″N 4°56′56″E / 43.4687854°N 4.9489821°E / 43.4687854; 4.9489821 (Stade Parsemain)
Capacity: 17,170
MallemortMartiguesSalon-de-ProvenceVitrolles
Stade d'HonneurStade Francis TurcanStade d'Honneur Marcel RoustanStade Jules-Ladoumègue
43°43′27″N 5°10′39″E / 43.7241096°N 5.1774767°E / 43.7241096; 5.1774767 (Stade d'Honneur de Mallemort)43°24′26″N 5°02′58″E / 43.407266°N 5.0493964°E / 43.407266; 5.0493964 (Stade Francis Turcan)43°38′08″N 5°05′34″E / 43.6356163°N 5.0928964°E / 43.6356163; 5.0928964 (Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan)43°27′28″N 5°14′36″E / 43.4578485°N 5.2433091°E / 43.4578485; 5.2433091 (Stade Jules Ladoumègue)
Capacity: 720Capacity: 11,500Capacity: 4,000Capacity: 1,500

Match officials

The referees were:[5]

Matches rules

Every match consisted of two periods of 40 minutes each. In a match, every team had nine named substitutes and the maximum number of substitutions permitted was four.
In the knockout stage, if a game tied at the end of regulation time, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Group stage

The draw was held on 15 March 2018. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four.[6] The group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the semi-finals. The Group stage was played from 26 May to 3 June 2018.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3  China 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
4  Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: Toulon Tournament

All times are local CEST

England 2–1 China
Fry 52'
Abraham 80'		 Report Yan Dinghao 20'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Qatar 1–4 Mexico
Murisi 80+1' Report Lainez 2'
Aguirre 34', 36'
Alvarado 54'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
China 1–1 Qatar
Cong Zhen 80+4' (pen.) Report Jenahi 15'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
Mexico 0–0 England
Report
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
China 1–3 Mexico
Deng Yubiao 12' Report Alvarado 28'
Aguirre 36', 58' (pen.)
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
England 4–0 Qatar
Al-Hamawende 38' (o.g.)
Vieira 53'
Abraham 56'
Armstrong 67'		 Report
Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Scotland 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  France (H) 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Togo 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: Toulon Tournament
(H) Hosts

All times are local CEST

France 4–1 South Korea
Ambri 4'
Tell 8', 52'
Kanga 50'		 Report Cho Young-wook 43' (pen.)
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
Togo 1–1 Scotland
Wogodo 3' Report Hornby 18'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)
South Korea 1–2 Togo
Lee Kang-in 4' Report Denkey 17', 33'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Scotland 1–0 France
Burke 35' Report
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
South Korea 1–2 Scotland
Lee Kang-in 71' Report Gilmour 2'
Burke 8'
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
France 2–0 Togo
Blas 6'
Lasme 39'		 Report
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Canada 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Portugal 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: Toulon Tournament

All times are local CEST

Turkey 2–1 Japan
Akçay 61', 75' Report Miyoshi 44'
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico)
Portugal 0–0 Canada
Report
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Japan 3–2 Portugal
Tagawa 36'
Ueda 77', 80+3' (pen.)		 Report Luís Silva 32'
Jota 72'
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Canada 1–0 Turkey
Verhoeven 75' Report
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico)
Japan 1–1 Canada
Mitoma 60' Report Bair 9'
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Portugal 1–2 Turkey
José Gomes 61' (pen.) Report Alıcı 3'
Kanatsızkuş 25'
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

Classificationa matches

The teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage played an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition.

All times were local CEST

Eleventh place playoff

Qatar 1–2 South Korea
Al Ahrak 64' Report Jeon Se-jin 13' (pen.)
Cho Young-wook 50'
Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)

Ninth place playoff

Portugal 2–0 China
Domingos Quina 11'
Pedro Martelo 27'		 Report
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence
Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)

Seventh place playoff

Japan 1–0 Togo
Miyoshi 39' Report
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Fifth place playoff

France 2–1 Canada
Bakayoko 24'
Ambri 72'		 Report Choinière 75'
Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June – Aubagne
 
 
 Mexico3
 
9 June – Martigues
 
 Turkey1
 
 Mexico1
 
6 June – Aubagne
 
 England2
 
 Scotland1
 
 
 England3
 
Third place
 
 
9 June – Martigues
 
 
 Turkey (p)0 (5)
 
 
 Scotland0 (3)

All times are local CEST

Semi-finals

Mexico 3–1 Turkey
Aguirre 26', 57', 76' (pen.) Report Kanatsızkuş 78' (pen.)
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Scotland 1–3 England
Johnston 30' Report Connolly 45'
Nketiah 50', 69'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico)

Third place playoff

Final

Mexico 1–2 England
Alvarado 2' Report Fry 32'
Dowell 36'
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

Goalscorers

68 goals were scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Awards

Individual awards

After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[7]

Best XI

The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "OFFICIAL : Turkey to take part in the Toulon Tournament 2018". Toulon Tournament. 17 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "L'Angleterre remporte son troisième Festival d'affilée !" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 9 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Final fightback takes England Under 21s to Toulon hat-trick". The FA. 9 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "OFFICIAL : Scotland will compete in the Toulon Tournament 2018". Toulon Tournament. 27 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Les arbitres 2018".
  6. ↑ "The Toulon Tournament 2018 full schedule". Toulon Tournament. 15 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Festival International Espoirs 2018 : les récompenses" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 12 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.
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