2012 Toulon Tournament

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.

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
2011
2013

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

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Venues

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The matches were played in these communes:

Squads

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Results

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Semi-final
  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  2–0  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  1–1  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)

Group B

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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

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

All times are UTC+2

Semifinals

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Netherlands  2–4  Mexico
Van Haaren   10', 19' Report Herrera   14'
Ramírez   52'
Jiménez   54'
Fabián   78'

France  0–1  Turkey A2
Report Köse   19' (pen.)
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

Third place play-off

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

Final

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Mexico  3–0  Turkey A2
Ramírez   26'
Mier   71'
Pulido   78'
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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   75'
CM 14 Jorge Enríquez
RW 11 Javier Aquino   79'
LW 15 Cándido Ramírez   26'
ST 20 Raúl Jiménez   65'
CF 10 Marco Fabián
Substitutions:
ST 19 Alan Pulido   65'   78'
CM 8 Jorge Hernández   75'
RW 18 César Ibáñez   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

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7 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final standings

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