The 2017 Toulon Tournament (officially ) was the 45th edition of the Toulon Tournament. The tournament was named after Maurice Revello, who started the tournament in 1967 and died in 2016. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 29 May to 10 June 2017. 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.
Participants Twelve participating teams were announced on April 12, 2017.
AFC (1st participation) (1st participation) (12th participation) CAF (3rd participation) (9th participation) CONCACAF (1st participation)
CONMEBOL (16th participation) UEFA (5th participation) TH (19th participation) (40th participation) (8th participation) (1st participation)
Squads
The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 Under-20 players.
Venues A total of four cities hosted the tournament.
AubagneFos-sur-MerStade de Lattre-de-TassignyStade Parsemain Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 17,170Salon-de-ProvenceVitrollesStade d'Honneur Marcel RoustanStade Jules-Ladoumègue Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 1,500
Match officials The referees were:
Hélder Martins de Carvalho and António Muachihuissa Caxala Assistants: Estanislau Guedes Prata Pavel Orel Assistants: Jakub Hrabovský and Tomáš Mokrusch Karim Abed Assistants: Mehdi Rahmouni and Benjamin Pagès Anastasios Papapetrou Assistants: Ioannis Toumpakaris and Tryfon Petropoulos
Yusuke Araki Assistants: Toshiyuki Tanaka and Jun Mihara Alan Mario Sant Assistants: Luke Portelli and Christopher Lawrence Francalanza Radu Petrescu Assistants: Vasile Marinescu and Radu-Adrian-Ştefan Ghinguleac Don Robertson Assistants: Jordan Stokoe and Dougie Potter
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. The Group stage was played from 29 May to 6 June 2017.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Knockout stage The knockout stage was played on 8 and 10 June 2017.
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
Goalscorers 61 goals were scored in 22 matches, for an average of goals per match. 4 goals
Chico Banza Harvey Barnes George Hirst
3 goals Ryan Hardie 2 goals
Ondřej Šašinka David Brooks Martell Taylor-Crossdale Bilal Boutobba Jean-Philippe Krasso Jean Thierry Lazare Oliver Burke George Thomas
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)
Awards Individual awards After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition. 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:
Best XI The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos. Player GK Luke Pilling DF Reece James DF Joe Worrall DF Souleymane Diaby DF Greg Taylor MF Michal Sadílek MF Jean Thierry Lazare MF David Brooks FW George Thomas FW George Hirst FW Harvey Barnes
References
External links
Toulon Tournament