2018 Toulon Tournament

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]

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) Eduardo Aguirre (7 goals)
Best player(s) Diego Lainez
Best goalkeeper Freddie Woodman

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
Main article: 2018 Toulon Tournament squads

Venues

A total of seven cities hosted the tournament.

Aubagne
Vitrolles
Fos-sur-Mer
Salon-de-Provence
Aubagne
Mallemort
Carnoux-en-Provence
Martigues
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
43.2939695°N 5.5623227°E / 43.2939695; 5.5623227 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny)
Capacity: 1,000
Carnoux-en-Provence
Stade Marcel Cerdan
43.250270°N 5.552645°E / 43.250270; 5.552645 (Stade Marcel Cerdan)
Capacity: 1,700
Fos-sur-Mer
Stade Parsemain
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
43.7241096°N 5.1774767°E / 43.7241096; 5.1774767 (Stade d'Honneur de Mallemort)43.407266°N 5.0493964°E / 43.407266; 5.0493964 (Stade Francis Turcan)43.6356163°N 5.0928964°E / 43.6356163; 5.0928964 (Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan)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 PR 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 PR
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 PR 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 PR 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) Host.

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)

Classification matches

The eliminated teams played another game to determine their final ranking in the competition.

All times are 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 PR
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
Turkey 0–0 Scotland
Report
Penalties
Akçay
S. Polat
Alıcı
Demiral
Kanatsızkuş 		5–3 Johnston
Gilmour
Burke
Hornby
Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)

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
  • Ahmed Al-Hamawende (playing against England)

Awards

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

Toulon Tournament 2018 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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