2016 Toulon Tournament

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]

2016 Toulon Tournament

Festival International Espoirs de Toulon et du Var 2016 (in French)
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	18–29 May 2016
Teams	10 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	England
Runners-up	France
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	60 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lewis Baker (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
← 2015 2017 →

Participants

AFC  Japan CAF  Guinea  Mali CONCACAF  Mexico

UEFA  Bulgaria  Czech Republic  England  France  Portugal CONMEBOL  Paraguay[3]

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
43.100387°N 5.821721°E / 43.100387; 5.821721 (Stade Antoine Baptiste)	43.127929°N 5.972961°E / 43.127929; 5.972961 (Stade Léo Lagrange)	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
43.293853°N 5.562354°E / 43.293853; 5.562354 (Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny)	43.120248°N 6.141868°E / 43.120248; 6.141868 (Stade Perruc)	43.928227°N 4.845092°E / 43.928227; 4.845092 (Parc des Sports)

Squads

Main article: 2016 Toulon Tournament 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

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)

17:00 CEST

Czech Republic	1–0	Mali
Fulnek 63'	Report

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)

19:30 CEST

Mexico	1–3	France
González 4' López  56'	Report	Guirassy 9', 59' (pen.) Batubinsika 36'

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

---

20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)

17:00 CEST

Mexico	1–2	Czech Republic
Silva 61'	Report	Preisler 10' Pulkrab 15'

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)

19:30 CEST

Bulgaria	0–1	France
	Report	Guirassy 71'

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

---

22 May 2016 (2016-05-22)

16:00 CEST

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)

22 May 2016 (2016-05-22)

18:30 CEST

Czech Republic	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

Stade Marcel Roustan, Salon de Provence

Referee: Joao Silva Pinheiro (Portugal)

---

24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)

17:00 CEST

Bulgaria	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Fierro 18'

Stade Perruc, Hyères

Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)

19:30 CEST

France	2–1	Mali
Robinet 71' Bamba 74'	Report	Niane 59'

Stade Perruc, Hyères

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

---

26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)

17:00 CEST

Mali	3–1	Bulgaria
Samassékou 29', 59' Diarra 80'	Report	Despodov 43'

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)

19:30 CEST

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

Source: festival-foot-espoirs.com

19 May 2016 (2016-05-19)

17:00 CEST

Guinea	1–3	Paraguay
Guirassy 12'	Report	Díaz 30' Alderete 66' Britez 78'

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

19 May 2016 (2016-05-19)

19:30 CEST

England	1–0	Portugal
Baker 59'	Report

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

---

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)

16:15 CEST

Japan	1–2	Paraguay
Asano 61'	Report	Báez 18' Díaz 70'

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo (Mexico)

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)

18:45 CEST

Portugal	2–0	Guinea
Baldé 12' Verdasca 58'	Report

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

---

23 May 2016 (2016-05-23)

17:15 CEST

Japan	0–1	Portugal
		Horta 22'

Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

23 May 2016 (2016-05-23)

19:45 CEST

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)

---

25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)

17:15 CEST

Guinea	1–2	Japan
Soumah 10'	Report	Togashi 3' Minamino 39'

Stade Antoine Baptiste, Six-Fours-les-Plages

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)

19:45 CEST

Paraguay	0–4	England
	Report	Baker 34' Loftus-Cheek 45', 59' Redmond 65'

Stade Antoine Baptiste, Six-Fours-les-Plages

Referee: Nikita Popov (Bulgaria)

---

27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)

17:15 CEST

Japan	0–1	England
		Baker 15' (pen.)

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)

19:45 CEST

Portugal	3–0	Paraguay
Rodrigues 4' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Silva 6'

Stade Léo Lagrange, Toulon

Referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Third place playoff

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)

16:15 CEST

Czech Republic	1–1	Portugal
Pulkrab 33'		João Pedro 36'
Penalties
Chorý Fulnek Falta Kodeš	2–4	João Pedro Dias Paulo Henrique Macedo Pereira

Parc des Sports, Avignon

Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Final

29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)

18:45 CEST

France	1–2	England
Diallo 78'	Report	Baker 18' Loftus-Cheek 38'

Parc des Sports, Avignon

Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal) ^[5]

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Lewis Baker

3 goals

• Serhou Guirassy
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek

2 goals

• Matěj Pulkrab
• Jack Grealish
• Nathan Redmond
• Cauley Woodrow
• Jonathan Bamba
• Souleymane Diarra
• Adama Niane
• Diadie Samassékou
• Alfonso González
• Carlos Fierro
• Sergio Díaz
• Pedro Rodrigues

1 goal

• Kiril Despodov
• Jakub Fulnek
• Dominik Preisler
• James Ward-Prowse
• Abdou Diallo
• Dylan Batubinsika
• Thomas Robinet
• Sébastien Salles-Lamonge
• Thierno Diallo
• Mamadou Guirassy
• Bangaly Soumah
• Takuma Asano
• Takumi Minamino
• Cayman Togashi
• Ibrahima Tandia
• Rosario Cota
• Jordan Silva
• Omar Alderete
• Richard Britez
• Pedro Báez
• Romário Baldé
• André Horta
• João Pedro
• Alexandre Silva
• Diogo Verdasca

Own goals

• Souleymane Makadji (against England)