2018 Toulon Tournament
46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French) | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 68 (2.62 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially
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]
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Squads
Venues
A total of seven cities hosted the tournament.
Aubagne | |||
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Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny | |||
43°17′38″N 5°33′44″E / 43.2939695°N 5.5623227°E | |||
Capacity: 1,000 | |||
Carnoux-en-Provence | |||
Stade Marcel Cerdan | |||
43°15′01″N 5°33′10″E / 43.250270°N 5.552645°E | |||
Capacity: 1,700 | |||
Fos-sur-Mer | |||
Stade Parsemain | |||
43°28′08″N 4°56′56″E / 43.4687854°N 4.9489821°E | |||
Capacity: 17,170 | |||
Mallemort | Martigues | Salon-de-Provence | Vitrolles |
Stade d'Honneur | Stade Francis Turcan |
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan | Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
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43°43′27″N 5°10′39″E / 43.7241096°N 5.1774767°E | 43°24′26″N 5°02′58″E / 43.407266°N 5.0493964°E | 43°38′08″N 5°05′34″E / 43.6356163°N 5.0928964°E | 43°27′28″N 5°14′36″E / 43.4578485°N 5.2433091°E |
Capacity: 720 | Capacity: 11,500 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 1,500 |
Match officials
The referees were:[5]
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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,
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() China
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
All times are local CEST
China | ||
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Fry ![]() Abraham ![]() |
Report | Yan Dinghao ![]() |
China ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Cong Zhen ![]() |
Report | Jenahi ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
China ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Deng Yubiao ![]() |
Report | Alvarado ![]() Aguirre ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
All times are local CEST
France ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Ambri ![]() Tell ![]() Kanga ![]() |
Report | Cho Young-wook ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Lee Kang-in ![]() |
Report | Denkey ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Lee Kang-in ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
All times are local CEST
Portugal ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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José Gomes ![]() |
Report | Alıcı ![]() Kanatsızkuş ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Al Ahrak ![]() |
Report | Jeon Se-jin ![]() Cho Young-wook ![]() |
Ninth place playoff
China | ||
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Domingos Quina ![]() Pedro Martelo ![]() |
Report |
Seventh place playoff
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Miyoshi ![]() |
Report |
Fifth place playoff
France ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Choinière ![]() |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
6 June – Aubagne | ||||||
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9 June – Martigues | ||||||
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6 June – Aubagne | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
9 June – Martigues | ||||||
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All times are local CEST
Semi-finals
Mexico ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Aguirre ![]() |
Report | Kanatsızkuş ![]() |
Third place playoff
Final
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
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.[7]
- 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.[8]
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See also
References
- ^ "OFFICIAL : Turkey to take part in the Toulon Tournament 2018". Toulon Tournament. 17 January 2018.
- ^ "L'Angleterre remporte son troisième Festival d'affilée !" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Final fightback takes England Under 21s to Toulon hat-trick". The FA. 9 June 2018.
- ^ "OFFICIAL : Scotland will compete in the Toulon Tournament 2018". Toulon Tournament. 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Les arbitres 2018".
- ^ "The Toulon Tournament 2018 full schedule". Toulon Tournament. 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Festival International Espoirs 2018 : les récompenses" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 12 June 2018.
- ^ "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.