2011 Toulon Tournament

The 2011 Toulon Tournament was the 39th edition of the Toulon Tournament and took place from 1 June to 10 June. Côte d'Ivoire were the defending champions, but they failed to win a single match and were eliminated in the group stage.

Colombia won the tournament by defeating France 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, after the match had finished in a 1–1 draw. James Rodriguez won the Meilleur joueur award for the most outstanding player of the tournament.

Participant teams

Venues

The matches were played in these communes:

Squads

Group stage

All times are UTC+2.

Group A

Colombia  v  Portugal

Ivory Coast  v  Italy

Colombia  v  Ivory Coast

Italy  v  Portugal

Colombia  v  Italy

Ivory Coast  v  Portugal

Group B

China PR  v  Hungary

France  v  Mexico

Hungary  v  Mexico

France  v  China PR

China PR  v  Mexico

France  v  Hungary

Knockout stage

All times are UTC+2

Semifinals

Colombia  v  Mexico

France  v  Italy

Third place play-off

Italy  v  Mexico

Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament (officially the Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon or "Toulon Hopefuls' Tournament") is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-20 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams. It has been limited to national teams since 1974.

The tournament is held around the Region-du-Var, with the final being held in Toulon itself. It is not run under the supervision of UEFA or an individual national association.

The Toulon Tournament plays two 40-minute halves.

Winners

Performances by countries

Performances by confederations

Awards

References and notes

External links

Toulon

Toulon (French pronunciation: ​[tu.lɔ̃]; Provençal Occitan: Tolon in classical norm or Touloun in Mistralian norm) is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department.

The Commune of Toulon has a population of 165,514 people (2009), making it the fifteenth-largest city in France. It is the centre of an urban area with 559,421 inhabitants (2008), the ninth largest in France. Toulon is the fourth-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille, Nice and Montpellier.

Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment.

The military port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France's Mediterranean coast, home of the French Navy aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle and her battle group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Toulon.