2025 Maurice Revello Tournament

2025 Maurice Revello Tournament
51ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French)
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates3–15 June 2025
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (14th title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored63 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Steve Ngoura (5 goals)
Best player(s) Steve Ngoura
Best goalkeeper Osama Al-Mermesh
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The 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: 51ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello), was the 51st edition of the Maurice Revello Tournament, an annual, international, age-restricted football tournament.[1] The last champions Ukraine would not be invited to the 2025 tournament.

France won their 14th title after defeating Saudi Arabia 3–1 in the final. Saudi Arabia became the third Asian team to be in a final of a Maurice Revello Tournament, with the first being China in the 2007 Toulon Tournament, and the second being Japan in the 2019 Toulon Tournament, where they both finished as runners-up.

Participants

Eight participating teams were announced on 13 May 2025.[1]

Squads

Venues

A total of six cities hosted the tournament.

Fos-sur-Mer
Salon-de-Provence
Aubagne
Arles
Noves
Avignon
Venues
2025 Tournament venues.
Arles Aubagne Fos-sur-Mer
Stade Fernand-Fournier Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Stade Parsemain
43°40′11″N 4°37′54″E / 43.669625°N 4.631786°E / 43.669625; 4.631786 (Stade Fernand-Fournier) 43°17′38″N 5°33′44″E / 43.2939695°N 5.5623227°E / 43.2939695; 5.5623227 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny) 43°28′08″N 4°56′56″E / 43.4687854°N 4.9489821°E / 43.4687854; 4.9489821 (Stade Parsemain)
Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 12,500
Mallemort Salon-de-Provence Vitrolles
Stade d'Honneur Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
43°43′27″N 5°10′39″E / 43.7241096°N 5.1774767°E / 43.7241096; 5.1774767 (Stade d'Honneur de Mallemort) 43°38′08″N 5°05′34″E / 43.6356163°N 5.0928964°E / 43.6356163; 5.0928964 (Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan) 43°27′28″N 5°14′36″E / 43.4578485°N 5.2433091°E / 43.4578485; 5.2433091 (Stade Jules Ladoumègue)
Capacity: 720 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 1,500

Match officials

The match officials were announced on the tournament's website.[2]

Referees

AFC
  • Khaled Al-Ahmari
  • Yusuke Ohashi
UEFA
  • Emanuela Rusta
  • Ermis Çelaj
  • Sara Telek
  • Alexandra Collin
  • Joseph Scerri

Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 3 2 0 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 1 1 5 5 0 4
3  Mali 3 0 2 0 1 4 5 −1 4 Advance to fifth place playoff
4  Panama 3 1 0 0 2 4 5 −1 3 Advance to seventh place playoff

All times are local CEST

Mali 1–2 Panama
Samaké 89' Report Herrera 21' (pen.)
Cuello 46'
Referee: Ermis Çelaj (Albania)
France 2–1 Saudi Arabia
Ngoura 62' (pen.)
Zidane 68'
Report Radif 22'
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)

Panama 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Castillo 43' Report Al-Othman 35'
Radif 58'
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)
France 1–1 Mali
T. Gomis 38' Report Diakité 17'
Penalties
Ngoura
Tabibou
Benama
Bouabré
Baseya
Koné
4–5 Sinaté
Tia
Niakaté
Barry
Koné
Doucouré
Referee: Joseph Scerri (Malta)

Saudi Arabia 2–2 Mali
Al-Alaeli 15'
Radif 66'
Report Diakité 45+2'
Samaké 49'
Penalties
Al-Abdulwahed
Abdullah
Al-Ghamdi
Al-Asiri
Al-Omair
Al-Zaid
5–6 Sinaté
F. Doumbia
Niakaté
Barry
Diakité
Soukouna
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Sara Telek (Austria)
Panama 1–2 France
Herrera 34' Report Ngoura 16'
Michal 36'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 2 1 0 0 8 3 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 0 1 2 0 7 7 0 4
3  Japan 3 1 0 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Advance to fifth place playoff
4  Congo 3 0 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2 Advance to seventh place playoff

All times are local CEST

Congo 0–2 Japan
Report Kanda 56', 58'
Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari (Saudi Arabia)
Mexico 3–3 Denmark
Virgen 45+2'
Uribe 83'
Jiménez 90+7'
Report Vester 11'
Rohd 69', 90+4'
Penalties
Jurado
Carrillo
Jiménez
Padilla
Uribe
4–5 Enggård
Nielsen
Beck
Opoku
Rohd
Referee: Ermis Çelaj (Albania)

Japan 1–1 Mexico
Nishihara 32' Report Camberos 71'
Penalties
Michiwaki
Ozeki
Hiraga
Ishiwatari
Ichihara
3–4 Padilla
Jurado
Virgen
Jiménez
Camberos
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
Denmark 2–0 Congo
Enggård 27' (pen.)
Obi 90+5'
Report
Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari (Saudi Arabia)

Denmark 3–0 Japan
Obi 5'
Nakamura 78' (o.g.)
Simmelhack 85'
Report
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
Mexico 3–3 Congo
Virgen 21'
Jiménez 30'
Moreno 61'
Report Fougeu 25'
Nyindong Tsamouna 89' (pen.)
Bemba 90+4'
Penalties
Jiménez
Jurado
D. Ochoa
Rico
3–5 Mantsounga
Mazikou
Dziki Loussilaho
Nyindong Tsamouna
Tchicamboud
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Joseph Scerri (Malta)

Classification matches

The teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage will play an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition.

All times were local CEST

Seventh place playoff

Panama 0–1 Congo
Le Bret 37' (pen.)
Stade Fernand-Fournier, Arles
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)

Fifth place playoff

Mali 3–2 Japan
Sidibé 11'
Thiero 31'
Makalou 60'
Mori 51'
Ishii 86'
Stade du Moulin, Noves
Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari (Saudi Arabia)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 June – Salon-de-Provence
 
 
 France3
 
15 June – Salon-de-Provence
 
 Mexico1
 
 France3
 
13 June – Salon-de-Provence
 
 Saudi Arabia1
 
 Denmark3
 
 
 Saudi Arabia4
 
Third place
 
 
15 June – Salon-de-Provence
 
 
 Denmark2
 
 
 Mexico1

All times are local CEST

Semi-finals

Denmark 3–4 Saudi Arabia
Christensen 20'
Beck 64'
Lyng 90+3' (pen.)
Report Al-Jaber 4', 53'
Radif 11'
Al-Alaeli 45'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Ermis Çelaj (Albania)

France 3–1 Mexico
Leroux 14'
Ngoura 67'
Tabibou 89'
Report Velázquez 48'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Sara Telek (Austria)

Third place playoff

Denmark 2–1 Mexico
Lyng 40'
Parra 83' (o.g.)
Report Sánchez 44'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)

Final

France 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Tabibou 2'
Ngoura 44' (pen.), 58' (pen.)
Report Abdulrahman 90+2'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Keisuke Nakamura (against Denmark)
  • Bernardo Parra (against Denmark)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tournoi Maurice Revello 2025 : Participating teams and schedule". Maurice Revello Tournament. 13 May 2025.
  2. ^ "The Referees 2025". Maurice Revello Tournament. Retrieved 2 June 2025.