2017 Toulon Tournament


The 2017 Toulon Tournament 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
;CAF
;CONCACAF
;CONMEBOL
;UEFA
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.

Match officials

The referees were:
Hélder Martins de Carvalho and António Muachihuissa Caxala
Pavel Orel
Karim Abed
Anastasios Papapetrou
Yusuke Araki
Alan Mario Sant
Radu Petrescu
Don Robertson

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


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Group B


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Group C


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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
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;Own goal
After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.
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 Harvey Barnes
MF David Brooks
FW George Thomas
FW George Hirst
FW Jean Thierry Lazare