2012 Toulon Tournament

2012 Toulon Tournament
Toulon Youth Festival
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates23 May – 1 June
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-upTurkey Turkey A2
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored55 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Marco Fabián
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Héctor Herrera
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The 2012 Toulon Tournament was the 40th edition of the Toulon Tournament and took place from 23 May to 1 June. Colombia were the defending champions, but they did not participate this year.

Mexico U-23 won their first tournament title by defeating Turkey A2 3–0 in the final. Héctor Herrera was awarded Meilleur joueur as the most outstanding player of the tournament.

Participating teams

Venues

The matches were played in these communes:

Squads

Main article: 2012 Toulon Tournament squads

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Semi-final
Turkey Turkey A2 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Egypt 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
Turkey A2 Turkey2–0 Japan
Oiwa 56' (o.g.)
Tozlu 74'		 Report
Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium)
Egypt 0–3 Netherlands
Report Barazite 23'
Rienstra 67'
Ten Voorde 77'
Japan 3–2 Netherlands
Saito 5'
Ibusuki 43'
Ogihara 73'		 Report Gouriye 2'
Ten Voorde 46'
Egypt 1–1Turkey Turkey A2
Gaber 71' Report Güral 4'
Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium)
Japan 2–3 Egypt
Usami 41', 48' Report Eid 31'
Mohsen 37'
Soliman 73'
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)
Netherlands 1–0Turkey Turkey A2
Alberg 10' Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 France 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advance to Semi-final
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
 Morocco 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
 Belarus 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco 3–4 Mexico
Qasmi 28'
Labyad 43', 79' (pen.)		 Report Feddal 7' (o.g.)
Fabián 34', 58', 80+3'
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
Belarus 1–3 France
Drahun 49' (pen.) Report De Préville 8'
Mulumba 59'
Makengo 72'
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Belarus 0–0 Morocco
Report
Referee: Sham Omar (Egypt)
France 3–1 Mexico
Germain 9'
De Préville 13'
Landre 60'		 Report Fabián 35'
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
Belarus 1–2 Mexico
Sivakov 44' Report Fabián 59', 80+3'
Referee: Sham Omar (Egypt)
France 2–2 Morocco
Trebel 23'
Makengo 51' (pen.)		 Report Frikeche 54'
Feddal 71'
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 May – Avignon
 
 
 Netherlands2
 
1 June – Avignon
 
 Mexico4
 
 Mexico3
 
30 May – Avignon
 
Turkey Turkey A2 0
 
 France0
 
 
Turkey Turkey A21
 
Third place
 
 
1 June – Avignon
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 France2

All times are UTC+2

Semifinals

Netherlands 2–4 Mexico
Van Haaren 10', 19' Report Herrera 14'
Ramírez 52'
Jiménez 54'
Fabián 78'
France 0–1Turkey Turkey A2
Report Köse 19' (pen.)
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

Third place play-off

Netherlands 3–2 France
Wijnaldum 3'
Barazite 38'
Ten Voorde 80'		 Report De Préville 73'
Germain 79'

Final

Mexico 3–0Turkey Turkey A2
Ramírez 26'
Mier 71'
Pulido 78'		 Report
Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium)
GK 12 José Antonio Rodríguez
RB 2 Néstor Vidrio
CB 3 Hiram Mier (c) 71'
CB 13 Diego Reyes
LB 5 Dárvin Chávez
DM 6 Héctor Herrera downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 14 Jorge Enríquez
RW 11 Javier Aquino downward-facing red arrow 79'
LW 15 Cándido Ramírez 26'
ST 20 Raúl Jiménez downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 10 Marco Fabián
Substitutions:
ST 19 Alan Pulido upward-facing green arrow 65' 78'
CM 8 Jorge Hernández upward-facing green arrow 75'
RW 18 César Ibáñez upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Luis Fernando Tena
GK 1 Ertuğrul Taşkıran (c)
DF 19 Furkan Şeker
DF 13 Kemal Tokak
DF 2 İshak Doğan
DF 8 Salih Dursun
MF 14 Bülent Cevahir
MF 16 İsmail Haktan Odabaşı
MF 18 Necip Uysal
MF 20 Erkan Kaş
FW 10 Emre Güral
FW 9 Tevfik Köse
Substitutes:
Manager:
Gökhan Keskin

Goal scorers

7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final standings

  1.  Mexico
  2. Turkey Turkey A2
  3.  Netherlands
  4.  France
  5.  Egypt
  6.  Morocco
  7.  Japan
  8.  Belarus