2019 Toulon Tournament


The 2019 Toulon Tournament 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
;CONCACAF
;CONMEBOL
;UEFA
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Venues

A total of five cities hosted the tournament.
Initially, Stade Marcel Cerdan would host the ninth-place and seventh-place playoffs but the matches originally to be played there would be moved to Stade d'Honneur and Stade Parsemain.

Match officials

The referees were:
Aliyar Aghayev
Felipe González Alveal
Willy Delajod
Alex Johnson
Luis Enrique Santander
António Nobre
Salman Falahi
Robert Hennessy
Horațiu Feșnic

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.
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. 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.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Awards

Individual awards

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

Best XI

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