2023 Maurice Revello Tournament
The 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: 49ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello), was the 49th edition of the Maurice Revello Tournament, an annual, international, age-restricted football tournament.[1] Panama won their first title after defeating Mexico 4–1 in the final.[2] ParticipantsThe following twelve teams participated:[3] In May, Bolivia announced their withdrawal due to the country's financial situation and Morocco were invited to replace them.[4] In June, Togo withdrew from the competition, and due to the late announcement no nation was able to replace them. Therefore the tournament organisers called-up a selection of under-21 players from the Mediterranean region.[5]
SquadsVenuesThe following venues were used during the tournament.[6]
Match officialsThe match officials were announced on the tournament's website.[7] Matches rulesEvery match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each. In a match, every team has eleven named substitutes and the maximum number of substitutions permitted is five. In the group stage, in the event of a draw, the two teams face each other in a penalty shoot-out, with a bonus point for the winners. In the knockout stage, if a game tied, extra time would not be played and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners. Group stageThe groups were announced on 3 April 2023. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four.[1] Group A
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Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
Stade d'Honneur, Mallemort Referee: Daniel Portelli (Malta)
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne Referee: Konstantinos Perrakis (Greece) Group B
Source: Maurice Revello Tournament
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Group C
Source: Maurice Revello Tournament
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Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed (Qatar)
Referee: Konstantinos Perrakis (Greece) Ranking gamesThe teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage played an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition. All times are local CEST Eleventh place play-off
Ninth place play-offSeventh place play-offFifth place play-off
Stade Fernand-Fournier, Arles Referee: Daniel Portelli (Malta) Knockout stageBracket
All times are local CEST Semi-finals
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence Third place play-offFinal
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence Referee: Karim Abed (France) StatisticsGoalscorersThere were 71 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match. 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal
AwardsIndividual awardsAfter the final, the following individual awards were announced.[8]
Best XIThe best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[9] See alsoReferences
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