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2016 Virslīgas Ziemas kausa
Tournament details
Country	Latvia
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	FK Liepāja
Runner-up	Ventspils
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	52 (2.6 per match)
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The 2016 Virsligas Winter Cup is the league cup's fourth season. It began on 18 January 2015. Skonto are the defending champion.

Group stage

The top two from each group advance to the Knockout stage. The third placed teams play each other to determine two more teams to join them.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FK Jelgava (Q)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Skonto (Q)	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Knockout stage
3	Spartaks Jūrmala (Q)	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	Position play–off
4	METTA/LU (Q)	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1	Position play–off

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2016. Source: soccerstand.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

18 January 2016	Skonto	2–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Karašausks 37' (pen.) Punculs 50' 58'	Report (in Latvian)	Avdejevs 27' Bespalovs 52' Spon 54'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Andris Treimanis

19 January 2016	METTA/LU	0–5	FK Jelgava	Riga
13:15	Novgorodskis 75'	Report (in Latvian)	Kļuškins 12', 21' 21' ? 57' Smirnovs 69' Eriba 74'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 50 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

25 January 2016	Skonto	2–0	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Jermolajevs 6' Grīnbergs 70'	Report (in Latvian)	Bagdasarjans 5'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 90 Referee: Mareks Ķere

26 January 2016	FK Jelgava	0–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Abdoulaye Diallo 54' 55'	Report (in Latvian)	Kozlovs 9' 55' Kozeka 42' Bulvītis 45'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 65 Referee: Ivars Caune

1 February 2016	FK Jelgava	3–2	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Silich 12' Kovaļovs 44' (pen.), 59' Smirnovs 81' Eriba 90'	Report (in Latvian)	Kozlovs 15' Japiashvili 43' Ivanovs 47' Isajevs 50' Sukhomlynov 58' Gutkovskis 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 150 Referee: Jevgenijs Vasjukovs

2 February 2016	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–1	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Bespalovs 53' (pen.)	Report (in Latvian)	Šibass 40' Ošs 52' Kalniņš 57' Emsis 60' Vardanjans 90+1' Stuglis 90+2'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 60 Referee: Andris Utinans

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liepāja (Q)	3	3	0	5	0	+5	9	Knockout stage
2	Ventspils (Q)	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	FC Caramba/Dinamo (Q)	3	1	2	5	5	0	3	Position play–off
4	BFC Daugavpils (Q)	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0	Position play–off

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2016. Source: soccerstand.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

20 January 2016	Liepāja	2–0	FC Caramba/Dinamo	Riga
13:15	Afanasjevs 29', 42' Dobrecovs 40' Hvoinckis 70'	Report (in Latvian)	Blanks 56' Daņilovs 90'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 120 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko

21 January 2016	BFC Daugavpils	1–3	Ventspils	Riga
13:15	Sokolovs 23' (pen.) Dobratuļins 42' Fjodorovs 75'	Report (in Latvian)	Karlsons 25' Žigajevs 40' ? 58'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 90 Referee: Jevgenijs Vasjukovs

27 January 2016	Liepāja	1–0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Mickevičs 58'	Report (in Latvian)	Ivanovs 75' Davidovs 80'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 80 Referee: Dmitrijs Nalivaiko

28 January 2016	Ventspils	2–0	FC Caramba/Dinamo	Riga
13:15	Koļesovs 9' Žigajevs 27' Svārups 44'	Report (in Latvian)	Daņilovs 26' Flaksis 33'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 110 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

3 February 2016	Ventspils	0–2	Liepāja	Riga
13:15	Krjauklis 41'	Report (in Latvian)	Ikaunieks 38' 61' Kamešs 78' Kurtišs 86'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

4 February 2016	FC Caramba/Dinamo	5–1	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Daņilovs 26' (pen.), 39' Savaļnieks 51', 70' Šadčins 61' ? ?' Naruševičs ?'	Report (in Latvian)	Ignatāns 83' (pen.) Deružinskis ?' Dobratuļins ?'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Andris Treimanis

Position play–off

Fifth–Eighth place

8 February 2016	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Kozeka 54'	Report (in Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

9 February 2016	Caramba/Dinamo	3–2	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Saitō 61' Savaļnieks 71' Halvitovs 80'	Report (in Latvian)	Kalniņš 4' Vardanjans 6' (pen.)	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Seventh–Eighth place

16 February 2016	BFC Daugavpils	1–0	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Žaldovskis 80'	Report (in Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Fifth–Sixth place

17 February 2016	Caramba/Dinamo	1–1 (6–5 p)	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Šadčins 57'	Report (in Latvian)	Dos Santos 35'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

10 February 2016	Jelgava	0–1	Ventspils	Riga
13:15		Report (in Latvian)	Karlsons 62'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

11 February 2016	Liepāja	1–0	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Kļava 5'	Report (in Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Third place play-off

18 February 2016	Jelgava	6–1	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Kļuškins 24' Kovaļovs 32' (pen.) Nakano 39' Silich 60' Kauber 82' Redjko 88'	Report (in Latvian)	Gutkovskis 49'	Stadium: Skonto Hall