2020 Toulon Tournament

The 2020 Toulon Tournament would have been the 48th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It would have been held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône. The tournament, originally scheduled to be played from 1 to 14 June 2020,[1] was indefinitely postponed in April[2] and cancelled on 24 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[3]

2020 Toulon Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance

Participants

The tournament would have been contested by twelve teams, but only seven teams were announced before the cancellation: DR Congo, England, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, and Vietnam.

This would have been the first appearance of Vietnam in the Toulon Tournament.[4] The Republic of Ireland was originally scheduled to the tournament, but later pulled out due to budget restriction.[5]

References
  1. "OFFICIAL : The Democratic Republic of Congo will take part in the Maurice Revello Tournament 2020". Maurice Revello Tournament. 5 February 2020.
  2. "Announcement : the Maurice Revello Tournament 2020 is postponed". Maurice Revello Tournament. 14 April 2020.
  3. "Announcement : the Maurice Revello Tournament 2020 is cancelled". Toulon Tournament. 24 October 2020.
  4. "VN U21 team to take part in Toulon tournament". Việt Nam News. 19 February 2020.
  5. "FAI pull out of Toulon Tournament due to budget restrictions". Off The Ball. 7 February 2020.
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