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2018 Toulon Tournament

46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French)
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	26 May – 9 June 2018
Teams	12 (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 played	26
Goals scored	68 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eduardo Aguirre (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Diego Lainez
Best goalkeeper	Freddie Woodman
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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.

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

Participants

Twelve participating teams were announced on 27 February 2018.

Squads

Venues

A total of seven cities hosted the tournament.

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Aubagne	VitrollesFos-sur-MerSalon-de-ProvenceAubagneMallemortCarnoux-en-ProvenceMartigues
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
Mallemort	Martigues	Salon-de-Provence	Vitrolles
Stade d'Honneur	Stade Francis Turcan	Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan	Stade 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: 720	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 1,500

Match officials

The referees were:

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. 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

All times are local CEST

England	2–1	China
Fry 52' Abraham 80'	Report	Yan Dinghao 20'

Qatar	1–4	Mexico
Murisi 80+1'	Report	Lainez 2' Aguirre 34', 36' Alvarado 54'

China	1–1	Qatar
Cong Zhen 80+4' (pen.)	Report	Jenahi 15'

Mexico	0–0	England
	Report

China	1–3	Mexico
Deng Yubiao 12'	Report	Alvarado 28' Aguirre 36', 58' (pen.)

England	4–0	Qatar
Al-Hamawende 38' (o.g.) Vieira 53' Abraham 56' Armstrong 67'	Report

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

All times are local CEST

France	4–1	South Korea
Ambri 4' Tell 8', 52' Kanga 50'	Report	Cho Young-wook 43' (pen.)

Togo	1–1	Scotland
Wogodo 3'	Report	Hornby 18'

South Korea	1–2	Togo
Lee Kang-in 4'	Report	Denkey 17', 33'

Scotland	1–0	France
Burke 35'	Report

South Korea	1–2	Scotland
Lee Kang-in 71'	Report	Gilmour 2' Burke 8'

France	2–0	Togo
Blas 6' Lasme 39'	Report

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

All times are local CEST

Turkey	2–1	Japan
Akçay 61', 75'	Report	Miyoshi 44'

Portugal	0–0	Canada
	Report

Japan	3–2	Portugal
Tagawa 36' Ueda 77', 80+3' (pen.)	Report	Luís Silva 32' Jota 72'

Canada	1–0	Turkey
Verhoeven 75'	Report

Japan	1–1	Canada
Mitoma 60'	Report	Bair 9'

Portugal	1–2	Turkey
José Gomes 61' (pen.)	Report	Alıcı 3' Kanatsızkuş 25'

Classification 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'

Ninth place playoff

Portugal	2–0	China
Domingos Quina 11' Pedro Martelo 27'	Report

Seventh place playoff

Japan	1–0	Togo
Miyoshi 39'	Report

Fifth place playoff

France	2–1	Canada
Bakayoko 24' Ambri 72'	Report	Choinière 75'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 June – Aubagne
	Mexico	3
					9 June – Martigues
	Turkey	1
					Mexico	1
	6 June – Aubagne
					England	2
	Scotland	1
	England	3
					Third place
					9 June – Martigues
					Turkey (p)	0 (5)
					Scotland	0 (3)

All times are local CEST

Semi-finals

Mexico	3–1	Turkey
Aguirre 26', 57', 76' (pen.)	Report	Kanatsızkuş 78' (pen.)

Scotland	1–3	England
Johnston 30'	Report	Connolly 45' Nketiah 50', 69'

Third place playoff

Turkey	0–0	Scotland
	Report
Penalties
Akçay S. Polat Alıcı Demiral Kanatsızkuş	5–3	Johnston Gilmour Burke Hornby

Final

Mexico	1–2	England
Alvarado 2'	Report	Fry 32' Dowell 36'

Goalscorers

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

7 goals

• Eduardo Aguirre

3 goals

• Roberto Alvarado

2 goals

• Tammy Abraham
• Dael Fry
• Eddie Nketiah
• Steve Ambri
• Jordan Tell
• Koji Miyoshi
• Ayase Ueda
• Oliver Burke
• Cho Young-wook
• Lee Kang-in
• Kévin Denkey
• Mücahit Can Akçay
• Kubilay Kanatsızkuş

1 goal

• Theo Bair
• Mathieu Choinière
• Noah Verhoeven
• Cong Zhen
• Deng Yubiao
• Yan Dinghao
• Adam Armstrong
• Callum Connolly
• Kieran Dowell
• Ronaldo Vieira
• Axel Bakayoko
• Ludovic Blas
• Wilfried Kanga
• Bryan Lasme
• Kaoru Mitoma
• Kyosuke Tagawa
• Diego Lainez
• Domingos Quina
• José Gomes
• Jota
• Luís Silva
• Pedro Martelo
• Nasser Al Ahrak
• Ahmed Jenahi
• Abdullah Murisi
• Billy Gilmour
• Fraser Hornby
• Mikey Johnston
• Jeon Se-jin
• Thomas Wogodo
• Barış Alıcı

Own goal

• Ahmed Al-Hamawende (playing against England)

Awards

Individual awards

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

• Best player: Diego Lainez
• Second best player: Lewis Cook
• Third best player: Mikey Johnston
• Fourth best player: Lee Kang-in
• Breakthrough player: Billy Gilmour
• Best goalkeeper: Freddie Woodman
• Topscorer: Eduardo Aguirre
• Younger player of the final: Diego Lainez
• Best goal of the tournament: Eddie Nketiah (playing against Scotland (50'))
• Fair-Play:  Scotland

Best XI

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

Pos. Player GK Freddie Woodman DF Jorge Sánchez DF César Montes DF Dael Fry DF Romain Perraud MF Billy Gilmour MF Lewis Cook MF Lee Kang-in FW Diego Lainez FW Eduardo Aguirre FW Mikey Johnston

Woodman Montes Fry Sánchez Perraud Gilmour Cook Lainez Johnston Lee Kang-in Aguirre

See also

• 2018 Sud Ladies Cup

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.

External links

• Toulon Tournament

• 2018 Toulon Tournament
• Maurice Revello Tournament
• 2017–18 in French football
• 2018 in youth association football
• May 2018 sports events in France
• June 2018 sports events in France