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 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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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]

AFC  China (12th participation)  Japan (13th participation)  Qatar (5th participation)  South Korea (5th participation)

CAF  Togo (1st participation) CONCACAF  Canada (1st participation)  Mexico (24th participation)

UEFA  EnglandTH (20th participation)  France (41st participation)  Portugal (29th participation)  Scotland (9th participation)  Turkey (5th participation)

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
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 / 43.7241096; 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: 720	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 1,500

Match officials

The referees were:^[5]

Yusri Rudolf Assistants: Micheal Barwegen and Daniel Belleau Karim Abed Assistants: Mehdi Rahmouni and Mikaël Berchebru Ioannis Papadopoulos Assistants: Ioannis Sipkas and Vasileios Kampouris Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistants: Alan Camilleri and Christopher Lawrence Francalanza

Marco Antonio Ortiz Assistants: José Luis Camargo and Marcos Quintero Luís Miguel Branco Godinho Assistants: Nuno Pereira and Luís Campos Radu Petrescu Assistants: Mihai Marius Marica and Radu-Adrian-Ştefan Ghinguleac Choi Hyun-jai Assistants: Joo Hyeon-min and Shin Jae-hwan

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	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

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)

15:00

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

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)

17:30

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)

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29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)

17:00

China	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)

29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)

19:30

Mexico	0–0	England
	Report

Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence

Referee: Karim Abed (France)

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1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)

17:00

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

Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer

Referee: Luís Miguel Branco Godinho (Portugal)

1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)

19:30

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

Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer

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) Hosts

All times are local CEST

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)

15:00

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)

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)

17:30

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

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)

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30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)

17:00

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)

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30)

19:30

Scotland	1–0	France
Burke 35'	Report

Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

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2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)

15:00

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

Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)

17:30

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

Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer

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

28 May 2018 (2018-05-28)

17:00

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

Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico)

28 May 2018 (2018-05-28)

19:30

Portugal	0–0	Canada
	Report

Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles

Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

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31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)

17:00

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

Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)

19:30

Canada	1–0	Turkey
Verhoeven 75'	Report

Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava (Mexico)

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3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)

15:00

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

Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer

Referee: Karim Abed (France)

3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)

17:30

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

Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer

Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

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

5 June 2018 (2018-06-05)

16:00

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

5 June 2018 (2018-06-05)

16:00

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

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)

Seventh place playoff

7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)

16:00

Japan	1–0	Togo
Miyoshi 39'	Report

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Fifth place playoff

7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)

16:00

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

Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort

Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

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

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)

17:00

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

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

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6 June 2018 (2018-06-06)

19:30

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

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)

16:00

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

Stade Francis Turcan, Martigues

Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Canada)

Final

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)

18:30

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

Stade Francis Turcan, Martigues

Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)

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.^[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]

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