2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2015
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
Dates16–25 January 2015
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (1st title)
Runners-up Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored85 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Alexey Yevseyev
(5 goals)
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2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 23rd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 16 and 25 January 2015.

Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the sixth time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). All participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams.[1]

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 third placed teams. The other third placed team along with the three bottom participants out of each group proceed to the play-off which would place its participants 9th through 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:

Team Coach Notes Participation
Russia Russia U21 Russia Nikolai Pisarev Host 13th
Belarus Belarus U21 Belarus Igor Kovalevich 4th
Lithuania Lithuania U21 Lithuania Arminas Narbekovas 4th
Latvia Latvia U21 Latvia Dainis Kazakevičs 4th
Estonia Estonia U21 Estonia Martin Reim 4th
Moldova Moldova U21 Moldova Igor Ursachi 4th
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan U21 Lithuania Saulius Širmelis 4th
Tajikistan Tajikistan U20 Tajikistan Alisher Tukhtaev 4th
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan U20 Turkmenistan Ahmet Agamyradow 3rd
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan U20 Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Eshenov 4th
Finland Finland U21 Finland Tommi Kautonen 1st
South Africa South Africa U20 South Africa David Notoane 1st

Squads

Main article: 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
 Turkmenistan 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Finland 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Estonia 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All subsequent times UTC+3

Estonia 1–2 Finland
Sappinen 51' Report Hatakka 54', 90'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ivan Saraev (Russia)
Belarus 1–0 Turkmenistan
Teslyuk 54' Report
Attendance: 500
Finland 1–1 Turkmenistan
Aaltonen 50' Report Annaýew 7'
Attendance: 300
Estonia 0–4 Belarus
Report Yanchenko 4', 14'
Lebedzew 52', 81'
Attendance: 300
Belarus 1–0 Finland
Yablonskiy 34' Report
Attendance: 300
Turkmenistan 3–1 Estonia
Nurmyradow 34', 52'
Annagulyyew 67'		 Report Saarts 45'
Attendance: 300

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kyrgyzstan 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Russia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Moldova 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
 Latvia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All subsequent times UTC+3

Moldova 1–1 Kyrgyzstan
Spătaru 71' Report Sagynbaev 81'
Attendance: 300
Russia 1–0 Latvia
Kozlov 41' Report
Attendance: 3,200
Latvia 1–1 Kyrgyzstan
Tīdenbergs 56' Report Kozubaev 82'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Anton Anopa (Russia)
Russia 2–2 Moldova
Yevseyev 49' (pen.), 90' Report Roșca 9'
Rogac 39'
Attendance: 3,500
Moldova 1–1 Latvia
Bejan 82' Report Tīdenbergs 49'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)
Kyrgyzstan 2–1 Russia
Duyshobekov 45'
Umarov 50' (pen.)		 Report Yevseyev 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 South Africa 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
 Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
 Lithuania 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]

Results

All subsequent times UTC+3

South Africa 1–1 Lithuania
Liphoko 9' Report Krušnauskas 31'
Attendance: 300
Tajikistan 1–0 Kazakhstan
Ergashev 51' Report
Attendance: 500
Kazakhstan 1–0 Lithuania
Aimbetov 74' Report
Attendance: 300
Tajikistan 1–3 South Africa
Rakhmonov 72' (pen.) Report Madisha 26'
Monamodi 38'
Domingo 50'
Attendance: 1,000
South Africa 0–0 Kazakhstan
Report
Attendance: 300
Lithuania 1–2 Tajikistan
Malinauskas 4' Report Ergashev 78'
Rakhmonov 86'
Attendance: 300

Consolation round

Bracket

9th – 12th place (22 Jan) 9th place match (24 Jan)
    
 Estonia 2
 Moldova 3
 Moldova (p) 1
 Latvia 1
 Latvia 2
 Lithuania 0 11th place match (24 Jan)
 Estonia 2
 Lithuania 1

Places 9 to 12

Estonia 2–3 Moldova
Gussev 77'
Kirss 31'		 Report Lacusta 1'
Ciofu 44' (pen.)
Ursu 63'
Attendance: 300
Latvia 2–0 Lithuania
Šadčins 85'
Ivanovs 90'		 Report
Attendance: 300

Eleventh place match

Estonia 2–1 Lithuania
Sappinen 55'
Gussev 77'		 Report Malinauskas 36'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Anton Anopa (Russia)

Ninth place match

Moldova 1–1 Latvia
Semirov 30' Report Flaksis 75' (pen.)
Penalties
Bîrdan soccer ball with check mark
Ciofu soccer ball with check mark
Macrițchii soccer ball with check mark
Ursu soccer ball with check mark
Rozgoniuc soccer ball with check mark
Paireli soccer ball with check mark		 6–5 soccer ball with check mark Svārups
soccer ball with check mark Vītolnieks
soccer ball with check mark Flaksis
soccer ball with check mark Kiriļins
soccer ball with check mark Gutkovskis
soccer ball with red X Bērenfelds
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ivan Saraev (Russia)

Final stages

Bracket

5th place match (25 Jan)5th – 8th place (23 Jan)Quarterfinals (21 Jan)Semifinals (23 Jan)Final (25 Jan)
 Belarus (p)1
 Kazakhstan1
 Kazakhstan0 Belarus1
 Russia3 South Africa (p)1
 Russia0
 South Africa2
 Russia3 South Africa2
 Kyrgyzstan1 Finland1
 Tajikistan0
 Turkmenistan2
7th place match (25 Jan) Tajikistan1 Turkmenistan03rd place match (25 Jan)
 Kyrgyzstan3 Finland4
 Kazakhstan2 Kyrgyzstan0 Belarus4
 Tajikistan0 Finland1 Turkmenistan0

Quarter-finals

Kyrgyzstan 0–1 Finland
Report Rahimi 79'
Attendance: 300
Belarus 1–1 Kazakhstan
Yarotsky 78' Report Jalilov 64'
Penalties
Poznyak soccer ball with check mark
Zaleski soccer ball with check mark
Klimovich soccer ball with red X
Zolotov soccer ball with red X
Ignatenko soccer ball with check mark		 3–1 soccer ball with check mark Sariev
soccer ball with red X Tuliyev
soccer ball with red X Shaikhov
soccer ball with red X Aimbetov
Attendance: 350
Tajikistan 0–2 Turkmenistan
Report Annaýew 45'
Annagulyyew 86'
Attendance: 1,000
Russia 0–2 South Africa
Report Maraisane 50'
Luthuli 55'
Attendance: 2,500

Places 5 to 8

Kazakhstan 0–3 Russia
Report Yevseyev 48' (pen.), 81' (pen.)
Guliyev 72'
Attendance: 300
Tajikistan 1–3 Kyrgyzstan
Rakhmonov 90' Report Kozubaev 70'
Akhmataliev 18'
Bokoleev 54'
Attendance: 300

Semi-finals

Belarus 1–1 South Africa
Klimovich 74' Report Madisha 90' (pen.)
Penalties
Poznyak soccer ball with red X
Yablonskiy soccer ball with check mark
Zaleski soccer ball with check mark
Chernyshov soccer ball with check mark
Karpovich soccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark Madisha
soccer ball with check mark Maraisane
soccer ball with red X Seriba
soccer ball with check mark Domingo
soccer ball with check mark Modiba
Attendance: 500
Turkmenistan 0–4 Finland
Report Hatakka 30', 65'
Hovi 54'
Yaghoubi 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 400

Seventh place match

Kazakhstan 2–0 Tajikistan
Sariev 23', 85' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)

Fifth place match

Russia 3–1 Kyrgyzstan
Kurzenyov 19', 72'
Kirisov 42'		 Report Umarov 70'
Attendance: 550

Third place match

Belarus 4–0 Turkmenistan
Milevsky 30'
Yablonskiy 47' (pen.)
Yevdokimov 64'
Yarotsky 82'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000

Final

South Africa 2–1 Finland
Madisha 15'
Maraisane 78'		 Report Tamminen 38'
Attendance: 2,500

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belarus
4  Turkmenistan
5  Russia
6  Kyrgyzstan
7  Kazakhstan
8  Tajikistan
9  Moldova
10  Latvia
11  Estonia
12  Lithuania

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Russia Alexey Yevseyev  Russia 5
2 Finland Dani Hatakka  Finland 4
3 South Africa Motjeka Madisha  South Africa 3
Tajikistan Abdurasul Rakhmonov  Tajikistan 3

References

  1. ^ Tournament format at the official website