2012 Baltic Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Estonia |
| Dates | 1–3 June |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Latvia |
| Runners-up |  Finland |
| Third place |  Estonia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 11 (2.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,974 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Edgars Gauračs (3 goals) |
The 2012 Baltic Cup was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia.[1]
Format
For the first time, Finland took part in the competition. As a result of this, the round-robin format is changed to knock-out tournament, as Latvia did not agree to play more than two matches.[1] As a result of this, penalty shootout will be used to decide the winner if a match is drawn after 90 minutes.[2]
Stadiums
Tamme Stadium in Tartu will be used for the matches involving Estonia and Võru Stadium in Võru will be the host for the other two matches. Tehvandi Stadium in Otepää and Viljandi linnastaadion in Viljandi were also to be used, but were unavailable for the time period.[3]
Matches
Semi-finals
| 1 June 2012 | Latvia | 5–0 |  Lithuania | Võru |
| 17:30 UTC+3 | Cauņa  12' (pen.)Gauračs 17', 48'Višņakovs 35'Smirnovs 80' |
Report | Stadium: Võru Stadium Attendance: 130 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland) |
| 1 June 2012 | Estonia | 1–2 | Finland | Tartu |
| 20:30 UTC+3 | Oper 33' |
Report | 10', 22' Kuqi |
Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia) |
3rd place match
| 3 June 2012 | Estonia | 1–0 | Lithuania | Tartu |
| 16:30 UTC+3 | Voskoboinikov 18' |
Report | Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) |
Final
| 3 June 2012 | Finland | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Latvia | Võru |
| 13:30 UTC+3 | Kolehmainen 52' |
Report | 54' Gauračs |
Stadium: Võru Stadium Attendance: 280 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuanian) |
| Penalties | ||||
Pukki  Sjölund  Kuqi Ojala Pasanen Sparv Hurme Kolehmainen |
Cauņa Smirnovs Laizāns Kamešs Zjuzins Kļava Bulvītis Kozlovs |
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References
- ^ a b "Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "Homme algaval Balti turniiril võib näha penaltiseeriat" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.