THE MAURICE REVELLO TOURNAMENT 2020 IS CANCELLED
The 48th edition of the Festival International Espoirs, formerly known as the Tournament of Toulon, has announced the cancel decision on Oct 25 in its press release.
The tournament initially planned to be held from 1st to 14th June 2020, however, due to the fast-changing of Covid-19, the Organizing Committee had to reschedule on December. This lapse of time allowed them to rework on the organization of th event and meanwhile to set up all the specific arrangements related to the Covid-19 in order to ensure the safety of everyone involved in this event.
Supported by the major partners, the project started to take shape as several national teams (Japan, Chile, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Vietnam, Indonesia) agreed to take part in this reschedule Tournament planned to be held on December. However, the sanitary situation is deteriorating again in Europe and especially in the Southern France with an upsurge in the number of positive Covid-19 cases.
The situation led the French Goverment to set up a curfew in different departments including Bouches-du-Rhone, the home of the Maurice Revello Tournament. The Government’s recommendations in order to protect the athletes, managers and all the persons neccessary for the proper functioning of such an organization.
As a result, after consulting with major partners, the Tounament of Toulon took a decision to purely and simply cancel the 48th edition of the Maurice Revello Tournament.
The Maurice Revello Tournament 2021 is planned to be held from 31st May to 13th June 2021, aiming to offer a high-qulity lineup to allow nations qualified for the Tokyo Olympics to prepare themselves ahead of this planetary event.
