2017 Toulon Tournament

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.

2017 Toulon Tournament
45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French)
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates29 May – 10 June 2017
Teams12 (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 played22
Goals scored61 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Angola Chico Banza
England Harvey Barnes
England George Hirst
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)England David Brooks
Best goalkeeperWales Luke Pilling
2016
2018

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]

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
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Stade Parsemain
43°17′38″N 5°33′44″E / 43.2939°N 5.5623°E / 43.2939; 5.5623 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny) 43°28′07″N 4°56′56″E / 43.4687°N 4.9489°E / 43.4687; 4.9489 (Stade Parsemain)
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 / 43.6356; 5.0928 (Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan) 43°27′28″N 5°14′36″E / 43.4578°N 5.2433°E / 43.4578; 5.2433 (Stade Jules Ladoumègue)
Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 1,500

Match officials edit

The referees were:[8]

^ 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
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
Source: Standings
Japan  1–1  Cuba
Ito   54' Report Oviedo   71'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
England  1–0  Angola
Ugbo   45' Report
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Karim Abed (France)

Angola  1–1  Japan
Chico Banza   80+3' Report Sasaki   52' (pen.)
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
England  7–1  Cuba
Barnes   18', 44'
Hirst   33', 53', 64' (pen.)
Brooks   60'
Taylor-Crossdale   76' (pen.)
Report Puga   37'
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Japan  1–2  England
Ando   53' Report Hirst   25' (pen.)
Taylor-Crossdale   72' (pen.)
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Angola  5–1  Cuba
Chico Banza   1', 39', 52'
Rui   41'
  73'
Report Tuero   67'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: Standings
(H) Hosts
Ivory Coast  1–0  Bahrain
Gnoukouri   38' Report
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
France  0–0  Wales
Report
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Bahrain  0–1  Wales
Report James   77' (pen.)
France  1–2  Ivory Coast
Marcel   44' Report Lazare   61'
Touré Yaya   79'
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Wales  2–2  Ivory Coast
G. Thomas   7', 80+2' Report Tiéhi   50'
Krasso   62'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Bahrain  1–6  France
Khalid   19' Report Nordin   4'
Mateta   44'
Boutobba   48' (pen.), 64'
Barka   56'
Osei   80+1'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: Standings
Czech Republic  3–2  Scotland
Chvěja   35'
Šašinka   41'
Graiciar   59'
Report Burke   1', 55' (pen.)
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
Brazil  1–0  Indonesia
Gabriel Novaes   37' Report
Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence
Referee: António Caxala (Angola)

Czech Republic  2–0  Indonesia
Kašiar   12'
Šašinka   77'
Report
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
Scotland  1–0  Brazil
Taylor   35' Report

Indonesia  1–2  Scotland
Saghara Putra   23' Report Hardie   32', 63' (pen.)
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
Brazil  0–0  Czech Republic
Report
Referee: António Caxala (Angola)

Knockout stage edit

The knockout stage was played on 8 and 10 June 2017.[10]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 June – Fos-sur-Mer
 
 
  England3
 
10 June – Aubagne
 
  Scotland0
 
  England (p)1 (5)
 
8 June – Fos-sur-Mer
 
  Ivory Coast1 (3)
 
  Ivory Coast2
 
 
  Czech Republic1
 
Third place
 
 
10 June – Aubagne
 
 
  Scotland3
 
 
  Czech Republic0

Semi-finals edit

England  3–0  Scotland
Barnes   6', 68'
Embleton   50'
Report
Referee: António Caxala (Angola)
Ivory Coast  2–1  Czech Republic
Lazare   2'
Krasso   38'
Report Novotný   21'
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Third place playoff edit

Scotland  3–0  Czech Republic
Hardie   43'
Wighton   57'
Granečný   80+2' (o.g.)
Report
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)

Final edit

England  1–1  Ivory Coast
Brooks   13' Report Loba   80+1' (pen.)
Penalties
Ugbo  
Embleton  
Barnes  
Slattery  
Vieira  
5–3   Loba
  Diaby
  Kouyate
  Lazare
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

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
Own goal

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 XI edit

The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Today, it's been a year since Maurice Revello left us..." 5 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Maurice Revello n'est plus…" (in French). 5 February 2016.
  3. ^ "OFFICIAL : The Toulon Tournament 2017 match schedule". 20 March 2017.
  4. ^ "England won their second Maurice Revello Tournament in a row against Ivory Coast!". 10 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Toulon Tournament: England 1-1 Ivory Coast (5-3 penalties)". BBC Sport. 10 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Toulon Tournament 2017 : the official line-up". 12 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Teams 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  8. ^ "Referees 2017".
  9. ^ "The Toulon Tournament 2017 group stage draw". 15 April 2017.
  10. ^ "OFFICIAL : the Toulon Tournament 2017 fixtures". 28 April 2017.
  11. ^ "45th Tournament - Scorer". Archived from the original on 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  12. ^ "The Toulon Tournament 2017 awards". Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Toulon Tournament 2017 best XI". 12 June 2017.

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