2019 Toulon Tournament Explained

Tourney Name:Toulon Tournament
Year:2019
Other Titles:47ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello
Country:France
Dates:1–15 June 2019
Num Teams:12
Confederations:4
Venues:5
Cities:5
Count:9
Matches:26
Goals:74
Player: Douglas Luiz
Goalkeeper: Chen Wei
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2022

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.[1] 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.[2] [3]

Participants

Twelve participating teams were announced in March and April 2019.[4]

AFC
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
UEFA

Squads

See main article: 2019 Toulon Tournament 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).

Fos-sur-Mer
Stade Parsemain
Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 1,700 Capacity: 17,170
Vitrolles
Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Capacity: 720 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 1,500

Match officials

The referees were:[5] 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.[6] 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 teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage played an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition.

Fifth place playoff

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

MVP of the matchday

MatchdayGroupNameTeam
1AAo Tanaka
BDouglas Luiz
CAlan Mozo
2AReo Hatate
BLyanco
CChen Binbin
3BMatheus Cunha
CConnor Ronan
CPaolo Yrizar
4align=center rowspan=2Semi-finalsKeiya Shiihashi
Paulinho

Awards

Individual awards

After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[7]

Best XI

The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[8]

Pos.Player
GK Chen Wei
DF Emerson Royal
DF Lyanco
DF Keiya Shiihashi
DF Yuki Soma
MF Ao Tanaka
MF Douglas Luiz
MF Vitinha
FW Antony
FW Matheus Cunha
FW Paulinho

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OFFICIAL : Ireland will take part in the Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 . Maurice Revello Tournament . 6 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Brazil 1-1 (5-4 pen) Japan : match report, video and game details . Maurice Revello Tournament . 15 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Brasil derrota Japão nos pênaltis e é campeão do Maurice Revello 2019 . CBF . 15 June 2019 . Portuguese.
  4. Web site: OFFICIAL : Bahrain will compete in the Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 . Maurice Revello Tournament . 5 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Les arbitres 2019. Maurice Revello Tournament.
  6. Web site: Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 : the full schedule . Maurice Revello Tournament . 8 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Récompenses de l'année 2019 . 15 June 2019 . Maurice Revello Tournament . French.
  8. Web site: Maurice Revello Tournament 2019 best XI . 17 June 2019 . Maurice Revello Tournament.