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]
| 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 |  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 |
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 |   Vitrolles Fos-sur-Mer Salon-de-Provence Aubagne Mallemort Carnoux-en-Provence Martigues | ||
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| Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny | |||
| 43.2939695°N 5.5623227°E | |||
| Capacity: 1,000 | |||
| Carnoux-en-Provence | |||
| Stade Marcel Cerdan | |||
| 43.250270°N 5.552645°E | |||
| Capacity: 1,700 | |||
| Fos-sur-Mer | |||
| Stade Parsemain | |||
| 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 |
| 43.7241096°N 5.1774767°E | 43.407266°N 5.0493964°E | 43.6356163°N 5.0928964°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, 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 |
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| 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 |
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Fry  52'Abraham 80' |
Report | Yan Dinghao 20' |
| China | 1–1 | Qatar |
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| Cong Zhen 80+4' (pen.) |
Report | Jenahi 15' |
| Mexico | 0–0 | England |
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| China | 1–3 | Mexico |
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| Deng Yubiao 12' |
Report | Alvarado 28' Aguirre 36', 58' (pen.) |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
(H) Hosts
All times are local CEST
| France | 4–1 | South Korea |
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| Ambri 4' Tell 8', 52'Kanga 50' |
Report | Cho Young-wook 43' (pen.) |
| South Korea | 1–2 | Togo |
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| Lee Kang-in 4' |
Report | Denkey 17', 33' |
| Scotland | 1–0 | France |
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| Burke 35' |
Report |
| South Korea | 1–2 | Scotland |
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| Lee Kang-in 71' |
Report | Gilmour 2' Burke 8' |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Turkey |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| Japan | 3–2 | Portugal |
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| Tagawa 36' Ueda 77', 80+3' (pen.) |
Report | Luís Silva 32' Jota 72' |
| Portugal | 1–2 | Turkey |
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| José Gomes 61' (pen.) |
Report | Alıcı 3' Kanatsızkuş 25' |
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 |
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| Al Ahrak 64' |
Report | Jeon Se-jin 13' (pen.) Cho Young-wook 50' |
Ninth place playoff
| Portugal | 2–0 | China |
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| Domingos Quina 11' Pedro Martelo 27' |
Report |
Seventh place playoff
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 |
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| Aguirre 26', 57', 76' (pen.) |
Report | Kanatsızkuş 78' (pen.) |
Third place playoff
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]
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.