2019 Toulon Tournament

The 2019 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 47ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 47th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 1 to 15 June 2019. England were the defending champions but they were eliminated in the group stage.

In this season the tournament was contested by under-22 national teams, although France, Portugal, England and Republic of Ireland played with their under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 teams, respectively.

Brazil won their ninth title by defeating Japan 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, after the match had finished in a 1–1 draw.

Participants

Twelve participating teams were announced in March and April 2019.

;AFC
* (2nd participation)
* (13th participation)
* (14th participation)
* (6th participation)
;CONCACAF
* (1st participation)
* (25th participation)

;CONMEBOL
* (17th participation)
* (5th participation)
;UEFA
* ^TH (21st participation)
* (42nd participation)
* (30th participation)
* (7th participation)

Squads

Venues

A total of five cities hosted the tournament.

Initially, Stade Marcel Cerdan ( Carnoux-en-Provence) would host the ninth-place and seventh-place playoffs but the matches originally to be played there would be moved to Stade d'Honneur ( Mallemort) and Stade Parsemain (Fos-sur-Mer).

Match officials

The referees were:

Aliyar Aghayev
:Assistants: Zeynal Zeynalov and Akif Amirali
Felipe González Alveal
:Assistants: Raúl Orellana and Alejandro Molina
Willy Delajod
:Assistants: Aurélien Berthomieu and Philippe Jeanne
Alex Johnson
:Assistants: Edward Spiteri and Theodore Zammit
Luis Enrique Santander
:Assistants: Christian Espinosa and Michel Alejandro Morales

António Nobre
:Assistants: Pedro Mota and Nuno Pereira
Salman Falahi
:Assistants: Yousuf Al-Shamari and Zahy Alshammari
Robert Hennessy
:Assistants: Emmett Dynan and Robert Clarke
Horațiu Feșnic
:Assistants: Alexandru Cerei and Mihai Marius Marica

Matches rules

Every match consisted of two periods of 45 minutes each. In a match, every team had eleven named substitutes and the maximum number of substitutions permitted was four (a fifth substitution was allowed only for goalkeepers).

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 8 April 2019. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. In the group stage, each group was played on a round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Fair play points. The group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the semi-finals. The Group stage was played from 1 to 9 June 2019.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Classification matches

The eliminated teams played another game to determine their final ranking in the competition.

Eleventh place playoff

Ninth place playoff

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Seventh place playoff

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Fifth place playoff

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place playoff

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

MVP of the matchday

Awards

Individual awards

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

*Best player: Douglas Luiz
*Second best player: Lyanco
*Third best player: Ao Tanaka
*Fourth best player: Jayson Molumby
*Breakthrough player: Vitinha
*Best goalkeeper: Chen Wei
*Topscorer: Matheus Cunha
*Youngest player of the final: Paulinho
*Best goal of the tournament: Paulinho
*Fair-Play:

Best XI

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

See also

*2019 Sud Ladies Cup

References

External links

Maurice Revello Tournament

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