2012 Toulon Tournament
| Toulon Youth Festival | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | France | 
| Dates | 23 May – 1 June | 
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) | 
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (1st title) | 
| Runners-up |  Turkey A2 | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 | 
| Goals scored | 55 (3.44 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) |  Marco Fabián (7 goals) | 
| Best player(s) |  Héctor Herrera | 
| ← 2011  2013 →  | |
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
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 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: 
| Egypt  | 0–3 |  Netherlands | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Barazite  23' Rienstra  67' Ten Voorde  77' | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico)
| Japan  | 3–2 |  Netherlands | 
|---|---|---|
| Saito  5' Ibusuki  43' Ogihara  73' | Report | Gouriye  2' Ten Voorde  46' | 
Stade de l'Estérel, Saint-Raphaël
Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)
| Egypt  | 1–1 |  Turkey A2 | 
|---|---|---|
| Gaber  71' | Report | Güral  4' | 
Stade de l'Estérel, Saint-Raphaël
Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo (Belgium)
| Japan  | 2–3 |  Egypt | 
|---|---|---|
| Usami  41', 48' | Report | Eid  31' Mohsen  37' Soliman  73' | 
Le Grand Stade, Le Lavandou
Referee: Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)
| Netherlands  | 1–0 |  Turkey A2 | 
|---|---|---|
| Alberg  10' | Report | 
Stade Vallis Laeta, La Valette-du-Var
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico)
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: 
| Belarus  | 1–3 |  France | 
|---|---|---|
| Drahun  49' (pen.) | Report | De Préville  8' Mulumba  59' Makengo  72' | 
Stade de Lattre, Aubagne
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| 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' | 
Le Grand Stade, Le Lavandou
Referee: Sham Omar (Egypt)
| France  | 2–2 |  Morocco | 
|---|---|---|
| Trebel  23' Makengo  51' (pen.) | Report | Frikeche  54' Feddal  71' | 
Stade Marquet, La Seyne
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 30 May – Avignon | ||||||
|  Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| 1 June – Avignon | ||||||
|  Mexico | 4 | |||||
|  Mexico | 3 | |||||
| 30 May – Avignon | ||||||
|  Turkey A2 | 0 | |||||
|  France | 0 | |||||
|  Turkey A2 | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 1 June – Avignon | ||||||
|  Netherlands | 3 | |||||
|  France | 2 | |||||
All times are UTC+2
Semifinals
| Netherlands  | 2–4 |  Mexico | 
|---|---|---|
| Van Haaren  10', 19' | Report | Herrera  14' Ramírez  52' Jiménez  54' Fabián  78' | 
Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)
Third place play-off
| Netherlands  | 3–2 |  France | 
|---|---|---|
| Wijnaldum  3' Barazite  38' Ten Voorde  80' | Report | De Préville  73' Germain  79' | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano Nieves (Mexico)
Final
|           Mexico |           Turkey 
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Goal scorers
- 7 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
 Stanislaw Drahun Stanislaw Drahun
 Mikhail Sivakov Mikhail Sivakov
 Ahmed Eid Ahmed Eid
 Omar Gaber Omar Gaber
 Marwan Mohsen Marwan Mohsen
 Salah Soliman Salah Soliman
 Loïck Landre Loïck Landre
 Rémi Mulumba Rémi Mulumba
 Adrien Trebel Adrien Trebel
 Hiroshi Ibusuki Hiroshi Ibusuki
 Takahiro Ogihara Takahiro Ogihara
 Manabu Saito Manabu Saito
 Zouhair Feddal Zouhair Feddal
 Ryane Frikeche Ryane Frikeche
 Yacine Qasmi Yacine Qasmi
 Héctor Herrera Héctor Herrera
 Raúl Jiménez Raúl Jiménez
 Hiram Mier Hiram Mier
 Alan Pulido Alan Pulido
 Roland Alberg Roland Alberg
 Ninos Gouriye Ninos Gouriye
 Ben Rienstra Ben Rienstra
 Giliano Wijnaldum Giliano Wijnaldum
 Emre Güral Emre Güral
 Tevfik Köse Tevfik Köse
 Eren Tozlu Eren Tozlu
- Own goal
 Kazuki Oiwa (playing against Turkey) Kazuki Oiwa (playing against Turkey)
 Zouhair Feddal (playing against Mexico) Zouhair Feddal (playing against Mexico)

