2017 Toulon Tournament

2017 Toulon Tournament
45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello (in French)
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) Angola Chico Banza
England Harvey Barnes
England George Hirst
(4 goals each)
Best player England David Brooks
Best goalkeeper Wales Luke Pilling

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 region of Provence 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

Twelve participating teams were announced on April 12, 2017.[6]

Squads

The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 Under-20 players.[7]

Venues

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 / 43.2939695°N 5.5623227°E / 43.2939695; 5.5623227 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny) 43°28′08″N 4°56′56″E / 43.4687854°N 4.9489821°E / 43.4687854; 4.9489821 (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 / 43.6356163°N 5.0928964°E / 43.6356163; 5.0928964 (Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan) 43°27′28″N 5°14′36″E / 43.4578485°N 5.2433091°E / 43.4578485; 5.2433091 (Stade Jules Ladoumègue)
Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 1,500

Match officials

The referees were:[8]

^ Hélder Martins de Carvalho took an assistant's place during the tournament.

Matches rules

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

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

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
Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)
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'
Vá  73'		 Report Tuero  67'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

Group B

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) Host.
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
Referee: Radu-Marian Petrescu (Romania)
Bahrain  0–1  Wales
Report James  77' (pen.)
Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)
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

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
Referee: Radu-Marian Petrescu (Romania)
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

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

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

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

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

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

After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[12]

Toulon Tournament 2017 best XI

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

References

  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".
  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".
  12. ↑ "The Toulon Tournament 2017 awards". Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Toulon Tournament 2017 best XI". 12 June 2017.
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