The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially ) 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.
England won the tournament for the third successive year beating Mexico 2âÂÂ1 in the final.
Twelve participating teams were announced on 27 February 2018.
A total of seven cities hosted the tournament.
The referees were:
Yusri Rudolf
Karim Abed
Ioannis Papadopoulos
Trustin Farrugia Cann
Marco Antonio Ortiz
LuÃÂs Miguel Branco Godinho
Choi Hyun-jai
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.<br>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.
The draw was held on 15 March 2018. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. 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.
The teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage played an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition.
68 goals were scored in 26 matches, for an average of goals per match.
After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.
The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.