2018 Panda Cup

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Chengdu
Dates	23–27 May 2018
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	England
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	17 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Guo Tianyu Nya Kirby Nicolás Schiappacasse (2 goals each)
Best player	Ian Poveda-Ocampo
Best goalkeeper	Peng Peng
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The 2018 Panda Cup was the fifth edition of the under-19 association football competition.

The tournament was hosted in Chengdu between 23 and 27 May.^[1][2] Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Participating teams

In May 2018, it was announced that hosts China would join England, Hungary and Uruguay by participating in the 2018 Panda Cup.^[1]

Team	Confederation
China (host)	AFC
England	UEFA
Hungary	UEFA
Uruguay	CONMEBOL

Venues

Chengdu	Shuangliu Sports Centre
Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center
30°34′13″N 103°53′45″E / 30.5704°N 103.8957°E / 30.5704; 103.8957 (Shuangliu Sports Centre)
Capacity: 25,000

Matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China (C)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
2	England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Uruguay	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

23 May 2018 (2018-05-23)

15:00

England	2–2	Uruguay
Kirby 63' (pen.) Nmecha 72'	Report	Vecino 15' Schiappacasse 78'

Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center

Referee: Tang Shunqi (China)

23 May 2018 (2018-05-23)

19:00

China	4–0	Hungary
Jiang Shenglong 36' Guo Tianyu 42' Xu Lei 82' Tao Qianglong 87'	Report (in Chinese)

Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center

Referee: Ai Kun (China)

25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)

15:00

Uruguay	1–2	Hungary
Ferrares 78'	Report (in Hungarian)	Krebsz 41' Daróczi 70'

Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center

Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)

19:00

England	0–1	China
	Report (in Chinese)	Guo Tianyu 79'

Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center

Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)

15:00

Hungary	0–1	England
	Report (in Hungarian)	Kirby 11'

Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center

Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27)

19:00

China	3–1	Uruguay
Zhu Chenjie 4' Liu Ruofan 80' Xu Haoyang 87'	Report (in Chinese)	Schiappacasse 17' (pen.)

Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center

Referee: Tang Shunqi (China)

Goalscorers

2 goals

1 goals

References

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)