The 2017 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 45th edition of the

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. The tournament was named after Maurice Revello, who started the tournament in 1967 and died in 2016. It was held in the department of

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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.

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

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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.
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would not be played and the

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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 *

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;3 goals *

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;2 goals * Ondřej Šašinka * David Brooks *

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* Bilal Boutobba * Jean-Philippe Krasso *

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* Oliver Burke * George Thomas ;1 goal * Rui * Vá * Abdulaziz Khalid * Gabriel Novaes *

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* Eduardo Puga * Lázaro Tuero * Ondřej Chvěja * Martin Graiciar * Roman Kašiar * Ondřej Novotný * Elliot Embleton *

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* Yanis Barka * Vincent Marcel * Jean-Philippe Mateta * Arnaud Nordin *

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* Hanis Sagara Putra * Wilfried Gnoukouri *

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* Christ Tiéhi * Kader Touré Yaya * Mizuki Ando * Hiroki Ito *

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* 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:

*Fourth best player: Greg Taylor *Breakthrough player: Egy Maulana *Best goalkeeper: Luke Pilling *Younger player of the final:

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*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.

References

External links

Toulon Tournament
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