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] England won the tournament for the third successive year beating Mexico 2–1 in the final.[2][3] ParticipantsTwelve participating teams were announced on 27 February 2018.[4]
SquadsVenuesA total of seven cities hosted the tournament. Match officialsThe referees were:[5]
Matches rulesEvery 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. Group stageThe 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
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All times are local CEST
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)
Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada) Group B
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(H) Hosts All times are local CEST
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta) Group C
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Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea) Classification matchesThe 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
Ninth place playoff
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada) Seventh place playoff
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta) Fifth place playoff
Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea) Knockout stage
All times are local CEST Semi-finals
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) Third place playoff
Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada) FinalGoalscorers68 goals were scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.
AwardsIndividual awardsAfter the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[7]
Best XIThe best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[8]
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