| Tourney Name: | Toulon Tournament |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Other Titles: | 45ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello |
| Country: | France |
| Dates: | 29 May – 10 June 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Count: | 6 |
| Matches: | 22 |
| Goals: | 61 |
| Top Scorer: | Chico Banza Harvey Barnes George Hirst (4 goals each) |
| Player: | David Brooks |
| Goalkeeper: | Luke Pilling |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Toulon Tournament (officially fr|'''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.
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]
Twelve participating teams were announced on April 12, 2017.[6]
See main article: 2017 Toulon Tournament squads. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 Under-20 players.[7]
A total of four cities hosted the tournament.
| Aubagne | Fos-sur-Mer | |
|---|---|---|
| Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny | Stade Parsemain | |
| Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 17,170 | |
| Salon-de-Provence | Vitrolles | |
| Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan | Stade Jules-Ladoumègue | |
| Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 1,500 | |
The referees were:[8] 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
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.
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.
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The knockout stage was played on 8 and 10 June 2017.[10]
61 goals were scored in 22 matches, for an average of goals per match.
Ondřej Šašinka Bilal Boutobba
Jean-Philippe Krasso Jean Thierry Lazare
Abdulaziz Khalid
Gabriel Novaes
Rolando Oviedo Eduardo Puga Lázaro Tuero Ondřej Chvěja Martin Graiciar Roman Kašiar Ondřej Novotný 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 Denis Granečný (playing against Scotland)After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.[12]
Jean Thierry Lazare Egy Maulana Hiroki Ito (playing against Cuba)The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[13]
| 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 |