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.
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 |
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.
Match officials edit
The referees were:[8]
Hélder Martins de Carvalho[a] and António Muachihuissa Caxala
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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 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Cuba | 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 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | France (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Bahrain |
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Gnoukouri 38' | Report |
France | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Marcel 44' | Report | Lazare 61' Touré Yaya 79' |
Wales | 2–2 | Ivory Coast |
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G. Thomas 7', 80+2' | Report | Tiéhi 50' Krasso 62' |
Group C edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Indonesia | 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 |
Indonesia | 1–2 | Scotland |
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Saghara Putra 23' | Report | Hardie 32', 63' (pen.) |
Brazil | 0–0 | Czech Republic |
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Report |
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
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 Sagara Putra
- Wilfried Gnoukouri
- Aké Arnaud Loba
- Christ Tiéhi
- Kader Touré Yaya
- 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]
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.