2016 Toulon Tournament
Festival International Espoirs de Toulon et du Var 2016 (in French)
Tournament details
Host countryFrance France
Dates18–29 May 2016
Teams10 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions England
Runners-up France
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored60 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Lewis Baker (4 goals)
Best player(s)England Ruben Loftus-Cheek

The 2016 Toulon Tournament was the 44th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It took place 18–29 May 2016.[1] The tournament was used by several teams as preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The tournament was won by England.[2]

Participants

Notes
  • Nigeria withdrew in April 2016 due to lack of funding.[4]

Venues

Six-Fours-les-Plages Toulon Salon de Provence
Stade Antoine Baptiste Stade Léo Lagrange Stade Marcel Roustan
43°06′01″N 5°49′18″E / 43.100387°N 5.821721°E / 43.100387; 5.821721 (Stade Antoine Baptiste) 43°07′41″N 5°58′23″E / 43.127929°N 5.972961°E / 43.127929; 5.972961 (Stade Léo Lagrange) 43°38′09″N 5°05′34″E / 43.635734°N 5.092868°E / 43.635734; 5.092868 (Stade Marcel Roustan)
Aubagne Hyères Avignon
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Stade Perruc Parc des Sports
43°17′38″N 5°33′44″E / 43.293853°N 5.562354°E / 43.293853; 5.562354 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny) 43°07′13″N 6°08′31″E / 43.120248°N 6.141868°E / 43.120248; 6.141868 (Stade Perruc) 43°55′42″N 4°50′42″E / 43.928227°N 4.845092°E / 43.928227; 4.845092 (Parc des Sports)

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 12 Advance to final
2  Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7 Advance to third-place playoff
3  Mali 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
4  Mexico 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 4
5  Bulgaria 4 0 1 3 1 5 4 1
Source: festival-foot-espoirs.com
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic 1–0 Mali
Fulnek 63' Report
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
Mexico 1–3 France
González 4'
López Red card 56'
Report Guirassy 9', 59' (pen.)
Batubinsika 36'
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Mexico 1–2 Czech Republic
Silva 61' Report Preisler 10'
Pulkrab 15'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Bulgaria 0–1 France
Report Guirassy 71'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

Mali 3–3 Mexico
Tandia 6'
Diarra 18'
Niane 62'
Report Cota 29'
Fierro 40'
González 54'
Stade Marcel Roustan, Salon de Provence
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
Czech Republic 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Stade Marcel Roustan, Salon de Provence
Referee: Joao Silva Pinheiro (Portugal)

Bulgaria 0–1 Mexico
Report Fierro 18'
Stade Perruc, Hyères
Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)
France 2–1 Mali
Robinet 71'
Bamba 74'
Report Niane 59'
Stade Perruc, Hyères
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Mali 3–1 Bulgaria
Samassékou 29', 59'
Diarra 80'
Report Despodov 43'
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)
France 2–0 Czech Republic
Salles-Lamonge 7'
Bamba 42'
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Joao Silva Pinheiro (Portugal)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 4 4 0 0 13 1 +12 12 Advance to final
2  Portugal 4 3 0 1 6 1 +5 9 Advance to third-place playoff
3  Paraguay 4 2 0 2 5 9 4 6
4  Japan 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 3
5  Guinea 4 0 0 4 3 14 11 0
Guinea 1–3 Paraguay
Guirassy 12' Report Díaz 30'
Alderete 66'
Britez 78'
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)
England 1–0 Portugal
Baker 59' Report
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Japan 1–2 Paraguay
Asano 61' Report Báez 18'
Díaz 70'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo (Mexico)
Portugal 2–0 Guinea
Baldé 12'
Verdasca 58'
Report
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Japan 0–1 Portugal
Horta 22'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
England 7–1 Guinea
Grealish 7', 41'
Ward-Prowse 30' (pen.)
Redmond 33'
Makadji 50' (o.g.)
Woodrow 58', 72'
T. Diallo 1'
Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Guinea 1–2 Japan
Soumah 10' Report Togashi 3'
Minamino 39'
Stade Antoine Baptiste, Six-Fours-les-Plages
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Paraguay 0–4 England
Report Baker 34'
Loftus-Cheek 45', 59'
Redmond 65'
Stade Antoine Baptiste, Six-Fours-les-Plages
Referee: Nikita Popov (Bulgaria)

Japan 0–1 England
Baker 15' (pen.)
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
Portugal 3–0 Paraguay
Rodrigues 4' (pen.), 47' (pen.)
Silva 6'
Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon
Referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Third place playoff

Czech Republic 1–1 Portugal
Pulkrab 33' João Pedro 36'
Penalties
Chorý soccer ball with red X
Fulnek soccer ball with check mark
Falta soccer ball with red X
Kodeš soccer ball with check mark
2–4 soccer ball with check mark João Pedro
soccer ball with check mark Dias
soccer ball with red X Paulo Henrique
soccer ball with check mark Macedo
soccer ball with check mark Pereira
Parc des Sports, Avignon
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Final

France 1–2 England
Diallo 78' Report Baker 18'
Loftus-Cheek 38'
Parc des Sports, Avignon
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal) [5]

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  • Guinea Souleymane Makadji (against England)

References

  1. "Festival International Espoirs". .festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. "England beat France to win Toulon Tournament for first time in 22 years". 29 May 2016.
  3. "Diario HOY | Ellos quieren ser las Esperanzas de Toulon".
  4. "Nigeria pull out of Toulon Tournament". Goal.com. 25 April 2016.
  5. "FIFA Referees News: International Toulon Festival – U20 Competition - Final". 29 May 2016.
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