The Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: the ''Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello''), previously known as the Toulon Tournament, is a

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tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. Although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams, it has been limited to national teams since 1975 (except in 1986 and 1989 when

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was invited). The tournament is held around

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, with the final usually being held in

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. The tournament was renamed in honour of Maurice Revello, who started the tournament in 1967 and died in 2016.

History

Toulon Tournament is a tournament not run under the supervision of

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or an individual national association. Therefore, it is deemed as the most prestigious of all friendly tournaments involving youth teams, and considered an unofficial world championship before FIFA introduced the official

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in 1977. Despite the establishment of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and later,

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however, the Toulon Tournament remains an important tournament for youth football teams.

Rules

The Toulon Tournament usually was played with two 40-minute halves. In 2019 every match consisted of two periods of 45 minutes each. In a match, every team has eleven named substitutes and the maximum number of substitutions permitted is four. In the knockout stage, if a game tied at the end of regulation time,

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is not played and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

Results

Statistics

Performance by country

Performance by confederation

Awards

Notes

References

External links

Official site
{{Football in France International association football competitions hosted by France Youth association football competitions for international teams Sport in Toulon Sport in Var (department)