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.
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 Sagara Putra
Wilfried Gnoukouri
Aké Arnaud Loba
Christ Tiéhi
Kader Touré Yaya
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.