2017 Toulon Tournament
| 45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 29 May – 10 June 2017 |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Ivory Coast |
| Third place |  Scotland |
| Fourth place |  Czech Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 61 (2.77 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Chico Banza Harvey Barnes George Hirst(4 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | David Brooks |
| Best goalkeeper |  Luke Pilling |
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The 2017 Toulon Tournament (officially French: 45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 45th edition of the Toulon Tournament. The tournament was named after Maurice Revello,[1] who started the tournament in 1967 and died in 2016.[2] It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 29 May to 10 June 2017.[3] The 2017 edition was the first to feature 12 teams.
The tournament was won by the defending champions England, who claimed their sixth title, beating Ivory Coast 5–3 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1.[4][5]
Participants
[edit]Twelve participating teams were announced on April 12, 2017.[6]
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Squads
[edit]The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 Under-20 players.[7]
Venues
[edit]A total of four cities hosted the tournament.
  Vitrolles Fos-sur-Mer Salon-de-Provence Aubagne | |
| Aubagne | Fos-sur-Mer |
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| Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny | Stade Parsemain |
| 43°17′38″N 5°33′44″E / 43.2939°N 5.5623°E | 43°28′07″N 4°56′56″E / 43.4687°N 4.9489°E |
| Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 17,170 |
| Salon-de-Provence | Vitrolles |
| Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan | Stade Jules-Ladoumègue |
| 43°38′08″N 5°05′34″E / 43.6356°N 5.0928°E | 43°27′28″N 5°14′36″E / 43.4578°N 5.2433°E |
| Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 1,500 |
Match officials
[edit]The referees were:[8]
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- ^ Hélder Martins de Carvalho took an assistant's place during the tournament.
Matches rules
[edit]Every match consisted of two periods of 40 minutes each. In a match, every team had nine named substitutes and the maximum number of substitutions permitted was four.
In the knockout stage, if a game tied at the end of regulation time, extra time would not be played and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
Group stage
[edit]The draw was held on 15 April 2017. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. The group winners and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.[9] The Group stage was played from 29 May to 6 June 2017.
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Angola
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Japan
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Cuba
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 |
| Japan | 1–1 | Cuba |
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Ito  54' |
Report | Oviedo 71' |
| Angola | 1–1 | Japan |
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| Chico Banza 80+3' |
Report | Sasaki 52' (pen.) |
| England | 7–1 | Cuba |
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| Barnes 18', 44' Hirst 33', 53', 64' (pen.)Brooks 60'Taylor-Crossdale 76' (pen.) |
Report | Puga 37' |
| Angola | 5–1 | Cuba |
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| Chico Banza 1', 39', 52' Rui 41'Vá 73' |
Report | Tuero 67' |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ivory Coast
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Wales
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  France (H)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Bahrain |
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| Gnoukouri 38' |
Report |
| Wales | 2–2 | Ivory Coast |
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| G. Thomas 7', 80+2' |
Report | Tiéhi 50' Krasso 62' |
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Czech Republic
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Scotland
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Brazil
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 3–2 | Scotland |
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| Chvěja 35' Šašinka 41'Graiciar 59' |
Report | Burke 1', 55' (pen.) |
| Brazil | 1–0 | Indonesia |
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| Gabriel Novaes 37' |
Report |
| Brazil | 0–0 | Czech Republic |
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Knockout stage
[edit]The knockout stage was played on 8 and 10 June 2017.[10]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 8 June – Fos-sur-Mer | ||||||
| England | 3 | |||||
| 10 June – Aubagne | ||||||
| Scotland | 0 | |||||
| England (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| 8 June – Fos-sur-Mer | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 (3) | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 10 June – Aubagne | ||||||
| Scotland | 3 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]| Ivory Coast | 2–1 | Czech Republic |
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| Lazare 2' Krasso 38' |
Report | Novotný 21' |
Third place playoff
[edit]Final
[edit]| England | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
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| Brooks 13' |
Report | Loba 80+1' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
Ugbo  Embleton Barnes Slattery Vieira |
5–3 | Loba Diaby Kouyaté Lazare |
Goalscorers
[edit]61 goals were scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match.
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Rui- Vá
Abdulaziz Khalid
Gabriel Novaes
Rolando Oviedo- Eduardo Puga
- Lázaro Tuero
Ondřej Chvěja- Martin Graiciar
- Roman Kašiar
- Ondřej Novotný
Elliot Embleton- Iké Ugbo
Yanis Barka- Vincent Marcel
- Jean-Philippe Mateta
- Arnaud Nordin
- Derick Osei
Hanis Saghara Putra
Wilfried Gnoukouri- Aké Arnaud Loba
- Christ Tiéhi
- Yaya Kader Touré
Mizuki Ando- Hiroki Ito
- Takumi Sasaki
Greg Taylor- Craig Wighton
Daniel James
- Own goal
- Denis Granečný (playing against Scotland)
Source: Toulon Tournament[11]
Awards
[edit]Individual awards
[edit]After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[12]
- Best player: David Brooks
- Second best player: Joe Worrall
- Third best player: Jean Thierry Lazare
- Fourth best player: Greg Taylor
- Breakthrough player: Egy Maulana
- Best goalkeeper: Luke Pilling
- Younger player of the final: Reece James
- Best goal of the tournament: Hiroki Ito (playing against Cuba)
- Fair-Play: England
Best XI
[edit]The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[13]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Today, it's been a year since Maurice Revello left us..." 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Maurice Revello n'est plus…" (in French). 5 February 2016.
- ^ "OFFICIAL : The Toulon Tournament 2017 match schedule". 20 March 2017.
- ^ "England won their second Maurice Revello Tournament in a row against Ivory Coast!". 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Toulon Tournament: England 1-1 Ivory Coast (5-3 penalties)". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Toulon Tournament 2017 : the official line-up". 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Teams 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
- ^ "Referees 2017".
- ^ "The Toulon Tournament 2017 group stage draw". 15 April 2017.
- ^ "OFFICIAL : the Toulon Tournament 2017 fixtures". 28 April 2017.
- ^ "45th Tournament - Scorer". Archived from the original on 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "The Toulon Tournament 2017 awards". Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Toulon Tournament 2017 best XI". 12 June 2017.