2012 Toulon Tournament
| Toulon Youth Festival | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France | 
| Dates | 23 May – 1 June | 
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) | 
| Venue | 8 (in 8 host cities) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 | 
| Goals scored | 55 (3.44 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | (7 goals)  | 
| Best player | |
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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
[edit]Venues
[edit]The matches were played in these communes:
Squads
[edit]Results
[edit]All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Semi-final | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 
Source: [citation needed]
| Egypt  | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Barazite  Rienstra Ten Voorde  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico)
| Japan  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Saito  Ibusuki Ogihara  | 
Report | Gouriye  Ten Voorde  | 
Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)
| Japan  | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Usami  | 
Report | Eid  Mohsen Soliman  | 
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)
| Netherlands  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Alberg  | 
Report | 
Group B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Semi-final | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | 
Source: [citation needed]
| Morocco  | 3–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Qasmi  Labyad  | 
Report | Feddal  Fabián  | 
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
| Belarus  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drahun  | 
Report | De Préville  Mulumba Makengo  | 
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| France  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Germain  De Préville Landre  | 
Report | Fabián  | 
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
| France  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Trebel  Makengo  | 
Report | Frikeche  Feddal  | 
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Knockout stage
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 30 May – Avignon | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 1 June – Avignon | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 30 May – Avignon | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 1 June – Avignon | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
All times are UTC+2
Semifinals
[edit]| Netherlands  | 2–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Van Haaren  | 
Report | Herrera  Ramírez Jiménez Fabián  | 
Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)
Third place play-off
[edit]| Netherlands  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wijnaldum  Barazite Ten Voorde  | 
Report | De Préville  Germain  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico)
Final
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 Mexico 
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 Turkey 
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Goal scorers
[edit]- 7 goals
 
- 3 goals
 
- 2 goals
 
- 1 goal
 
 Stanislaw Drahun
 Mikhail Sivakov
 Ahmed Eid
 Omar Gaber
 Marwan Mohsen
 Salah Soliman
 Loïck Landre
 Rémi Mulumba
 Adrien Trebel
 Hiroshi Ibusuki
 Takahiro Ogihara
 Manabu Saito
 Zouhair Feddal
 Ryane Frikeche
 Yacine Qasmi
 Héctor Herrera
 Raúl Jiménez
 Hiram Mier
 Alan Pulido
 Roland Alberg
 Ninos Gouriye
 Ben Rienstra
 Giliano Wijnaldum
 Emre Güral
 Tevfik Köse
 Eren Tozlu
- Own goal
 
 Kazuki Oiwa (playing against Turkey)
 Zouhair Feddal (playing against Mexico)