2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

CIS Cuр, Кубок Содружества 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	19 January to 29 January
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runners-up	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	89 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sardar Azmoun (7 goals)

The 2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 20th annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was being hosted by the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia from 9 January to 29 January 2012.

This was the third time Saint Petersburg is the host, while the rest editions of the tournament were held in Moscow, Russia. For this edition of the tournament the format of the competition has changed dramatically. Most important that the competition became the competition of national youth teams (U-21) instead of a clubs' competition. Previously only the National Youth team of Russia (U-21) competed in the competition.

Format

Group stage

Twelve teams were divided into three groups of four. The top two of each group qualified automatically for a play-off along with the two best teams that placed third. The other third placed team along with the three bottom participants out of each group enter continue to the group which would place its members between the 9th through the 12th places.

Playoffs

The winners of the quarter finals advanced further into semi-finals, while the other four less fortunate entered play-off for the fifth place. Next the winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final, while the other two participants played for the third place. Simultaneously the winners of the play-off for the fifth place continued to the fifth place match, while the other two played for the seventh place.

Participants

The following 12 teams, shown with age of youth national team, took part in the tournament:

AFC member countries (4)  Kyrgyzstan u21  Tajikistan u21  Turkmenistan u19  Iran u19 UEFA member countries (8)  Belarus u19  Kazakhstan u21  Latvia u21  Lithuania u21  Moldova u21  Russia u21 (hosts)  Ukraine u21  Estonia u21

Countries participating in CIS Cup   Past CIS Cup participants   Countries that never participated in the CIS Cup

Team	Coach	Notes	Participation
Russia U-21	Nikolai Pisarev	Host	10th
Belarus U-19	Aleksey Vergeyenko		1st
Ukraine U-21	Pavlo Yakovenko		1st
Lithuania U-21	Vitalijus Stankevicius		1st
Latvia U-21	Antoon Joore		1st
Iran U-20	Akbar Mohammadi		1st
Moldova U-21	Alexandru Kurteanu		1st
Estonia U-21	Frank Bernhardt		1st
Kazakhstan U-21	Slobodan Krčmarević		1st
Tajikistan U-21	Salohiddin Gafurov		1st
Kyrgyzstan U-21	Murat Dzhumakeev		1st
Turkmenistan U-19	Bayramdurdy Durdyev		1st

Venues

Petersburg SCC	DSI "Zenit"
Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 3,500

Group stage

All times UTC+3

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Turkmenistan	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
Estonia	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

Estonia  v  Turkmenistan

19 January 2011 12:00

Estonia	0 – 1	Turkmenistan
	Report	Annasakhtov  83' Gel'dyev  31'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 1,000

Russia  v  Kazakhstan

19 January 2011 17:00

Russia	1 – 0	Kazakhstan
Zabolotniy  23'	Report

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,000

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Kazakhstan  v  Turkmenistan

20 January 2011 17:30

Kazakhstan	3 – 1	Turkmenistan
Lisenkov  66' Schotkin  73', 90'	Report	Muradov  22'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300

Russia  v  Estonia

20 January 2011 20:00

Russia	1 – 0	Estonia
Bibilov  57'	Report

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 500

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Kazakhstan  v  Estonia

22 January 2011 17:30

Kazakhstan	3 – 1	Estonia
Khizhnichenko  3' Schotkin  38' Tagybergen  86' Beisebekov  18', 66'	Report	Kaldoja  90'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 150

Russia  v  Turkmenistan

22 January 2011 20:00

Russia	0 – 0	Turkmenistan
Pomerko  39', 43'	Report	Italmazov  7', 73'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 400

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Moldova	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0

Kyrgyzstan  v  Latvia

19 January 2012 14:15

Kyrgyzstan	2 – 3	Latvia
Murzaev  21' (pen) Musabekov  84'		Karasausks  15' Kichin  34' (own) Vardanyans  86'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300

Ukraine  v  Moldova

19 January 2012 20:00

Ukraine	1 – 0	Moldova
Shevchuk  15'	Report	Leu  36', 69'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300 Referee: Vladimir Syeldyakov (Russia)

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Ukraine  v  Kyrgyzstan

21 January 2012 12:30

Ukraine	4 – 0	Kyrgyzstan
Fedotov  13' Budkivskiy  22', 32', 45+1'	Report	Murzae  79'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 100 Referee: Sergei Kostevich (Russia)

Moldova  v  Latvia

21 January 2012 15:00

Moldova	0 – 0	Latvia

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 100

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Ukraine  v  Latvia

22 January 2012 12:30

Ukraine	2 – 0	Latvia
Pavlov  7' (pen) Budkivskiy  90'	Report

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 100 Referee: Sergei Smirnov (Russia)

Moldova  v  Kyrgyzstan

22 January 2012 15:00

Moldova	2 – 1	Kyrgyzstan
Platica  69' Jardan  81'		Sharipov  75'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 100

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7
Lithuania	3	1	1	1	1	3	-2	4
Belarus	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
Tajikistan	3	0	1	2	0	7	-7	1

Belarus  v  Iran

20 January 2011 12:30

Belarus	0 – 0	Iran

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300

Tajikistan  v  Lithuania

20 January 2011 15:00

Tajikistan	0 – 0	Lithuania

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300

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Belarus  v  Tajikistan

21 January 2011 17:30

Belarus	2 – 0	Tajikistan
Teplov  35', 85' Kruk  22', 54'		Ulmasov  61' Fatkhuloev

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300

Iran  v  Lithuania

21 January 2011 20:00

Iran	3 – 0	Lithuania
Jahan  18', 90' Azmoun  65'		Nakrosius  78'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 300

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Belarus  v  Lithuania

23 January 2011 17:30

Belarus	0 – 1	Lithuania
		Zhulpa  21' Novikovas  25', 40' Pilypas  81'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 200

Iran  v  Tajikistan

23 January 2011 20:00

Iran	5 – 0	Tajikistan
Barzay  20' Azmoun  47', 50', 84' Esmaeili  71'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 200

Final stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 January
	Ukraine (p)	1(4)
					27 January
	Lithuania	1(3)
					Ukraine	1(3)
	25 January
					Belarus (p)	1(5)
	Kazakhstan	2
									29 January
	Belarus	3
									Belarus	0
	25 January
									Russia	2
	Iran	1(1)
					27 January
	Latvia (p)	1(4)
					Latvia	1			Third place
	25 January
					Russia	2
	Russia	2							Ukraine	3
	Moldova	1							Latvia	0
									29 January

Places 9 to 12

Plc	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Kyrgyzstan	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
10	Estonia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
11	Tajikistan	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
12	Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Turkmenistan  v  Kyrgyzstan

24 January 2012 17:30

Turkmenistan	1 – 3	Kyrgyzstan
Saparov  90' Borjakov  2', 61' Annasakhtov  43', 77'		Rustamov  25', 45', 90'

Tajikistan  v  Estonia

24 January 2012 20:00

Tajikistan	1 – 1	Estonia
Gaforov  44' Davronov  42', 86'		Kase  5'

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Estonia  v  Turkmenistan

26 January 2012 17:30

Estonia	3 – 0	Turkmenistan
Paponov  78' Indermitte  90+1' Kaldoja  90+3'

Kyrgyzstan  v  Tajikistan

26 January 2012 20:00

Kyrgyzstan	3 – 1	Tajikistan
Rustamov  26' Sharipov  77' (pen) Shamshiev  85'		Gaforov  45'

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Turkmenistan  v  Tajikistan

28 January 2012 12:30

Turkmenistan	1 – 1	Tajikistan
U.Astanov  75'		Gaforov  53'

Estonia  v  Kyrgyzstan

28 January 2012 14:30

Estonia	0 – 2	Kyrgyzstan
		Rustamov  25' Murzaev  76' Alimov  86'

Quarterfinals

Kazakhstan  v  Belarus

25 January 2012 12:30

Kazakhstan	2 – 3	Belarus
Jolchiev  44' Goryachiy  89' Islamkhan  39', 52' Daytov  53'		Saroka  53' (pen), 64' Teplov  75'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 150

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Iran  v  Latvia

25 January 2012 15:00

Iran	1 – 1	Latvia
Azmoun  90'		Karasausks  10' Roghkovskis  35', 47'
	Penalties
Jahan Bakhsh Azmoun Daneshgar	1–4	Ševeļovs Petersons Zyuzins Puķitis

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 150

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Ukraine  v  Lithuania

25 January 2012 17:30

Ukraine	1 – 1	Lithuania
Budkivskiy  75'	Report	Juozaitis  43'
	Penalties
Bohdanov Pavlov Budkivskiy Partsvania Kushnirov	4–3	Žulpa Urbaitis Brokas Jarmalavičius Nakrošius

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 150 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoy (Russia)

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Russia  v  Moldova

25 January 2012 20:00

Russia	2 – 1	Moldova
Bayramyan  8' Zhestokov  52'		Prodan  66'

Petersburg SCC, Saint Petersburg

Places 5 to 8

Lithuania  v  Kazakhstan

27 January 2012 12:30

Lithuania	0 – 0	Kazakhstan
	Penalties
Žulpa Jarmalavičius Simaitis Juozaitis Novikovas	5–3	Beisebekov Shetkin Khighnichenko Goryachiy

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Iran  v  Moldova

27 January 2012 15:00

Iran	3 – 0	Moldova
Barzay  20' Azmoun  90+1' Abdollahzadeh  90+3'		Platica  69', 74' Gynsar

Semifinals

Ukraine  v  Belarus

27 January 2012 17:30

Ukraine	1 – 1	Belarus
Bohdanov  69'		Saroka  82'
	Penalties
Bohdanov Babenko Pavlov Partsvania	3–5	Drigalev Novik Suvorov Klopotskiy Saroka

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Latvia  v  Russia

27 January 2012 20:00

Latvia	1 – 2	Russia
Zyuzins  89' Bogdaskins  60'		Zhestokov  4' Vasilyev  36'

7th place match

Kazakhstan  v  Moldova

29 January 2012 12:00

Kazakhstan	3 – 3	Moldova
Beisebekov  39' Khizhnichenko  58' Islamkhan  71'		Dima  22' Gynsar  67' Yavorskiy  90'
	Penalties
Beisebekov Islamkhan Levin Goryachiy Khizhnichenko	5–4	Antoniuc Gynsar Nicologlo Apostol Yavorskiy

5th place match

Lithuania  v  Iran

29 January 2012 14:15

Lithuania	0 – 4	Iran
Miskinis  15', 55'		Azmoun  53' Jahan Kohan  67' Alipour  75' Esmaeili  85'

3rd place match

Ukraine  v  Latvia

29 January 2012 16:30

Ukraine	3 – 0	Latvia
Babenko  27' Cheremysin  41' Budkivskiy  89'

Final

Belarus  v  Russia

29 January 2012 19:00

Belarus	0 – 2	Russia
		Delkin  30', 55'

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 2012 Winners
Russia

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Belarus  Ukraine 4  Latvia 5  Iran 6  Lithuania 7  Kazakhstan 8  Moldova 9  Kyrgyzstan 10  Estonia 11  Tajikistan 12  Turkmenistan Top scorers Last updated: 28 January 2012 7 goals (2 players) Sardar Azmoun Pylyp Budkivskiy 5 goals (1 player) Tursunali Rustamov 3 goals (6 player) Shodibek Gaforov Farshid Esmaeili Aleksey Shetkin Sergey Khizhnichenko Artem Teplov Anton Saroka 2 goals (17 players) Behnam Barzay Jirandeh Ali Reza Jahan Bakhsh Amin Jahan Kohan Ali Alipour Artem Delkin Maksim Zhestokov Kaspar Kaldoja Abzal Beisebekov Bauyrghan Islamkhan Igor Dima Radu Gînsari Konstantin Yavorskiy Arturs Karasausks Mirlan Murzaev Kayumghan Sharipov Ruslan Babenko Oleksiy Cheremisin 1 goals (39 players) Yevgeniy Goryachiy Baurghan Jolchiev Sergey Lisenkov Askhat Tagybergen Iliaz Alimov Farkhad Musabekov Islam Shamshiev Martin Kase Maksim Paponov Joel Indermitte Ahmad Abdollahzadeh Umijan Astanov Ata Geldyev Orazberdy Muradov Mekan Saparov Edgars Vardanyans Arturs Zyuzins Ion Jardan Mihail Pletica Ion Prodan Artūras Žulpa Jaunius Juozaitis Nikita Vasilyev Khoren Bayramyan Shota Bibilov Anton Zabolotny Andriy Bohdanov Yevhen Pavlov Vitaliy Fedotov Anton Shevchuk Own goal (1 player) Valeriy Kichin (for Latvia) Goalies Statistics are upon the conclusion of the competition. For the goals against average ranking only are included the goalkeepers who played in at least 180 minutes (two full games) or two full games. References External links Official website Russian Football Union Official web-site (Russian)