2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 20th annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 19 and 29 January 2012.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the third time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). For this edition of the tournament the format of the competition was changed. All participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams, rather than by champions of domestic leagues.Tournament at the official website
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 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
TeamCoachNotesParticipation Russia U21 Nikolai PisarevHost10th Belarus U20 Aleksey Vergeyenko1st Ukraine U21 Pavlo Yakovenko1st Lithuania U21 Vitalijus Stankevičius1st Latvia U21 Anton Joore1st Estonia U21 Frank Bernhardt1st Moldova U21 Alexandru Curteian1st Kazakhstan U21 Slobodan Krčmarević1st Tajikistan U20 Salohiddin Gafurov1st Kyrgyzstan U20 Murat Jumakeyev1st Turkmenistan U20 Baýram Durdyýew1st Iran U20 Akbar Mohammadi1st
Group stage Group A
Results All times UTC+3
Group B
Results All times UTC+3
Group C
Results All times UTC+3
Consolation round Places 9 to 12
Results
Final stages Bracket
Quarterfinals
Places 5 to 8
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing RankTeam45678910 1112
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Sardar Azmoun72 Pylyp Budkivskyi63 Tursunali Rustamov54 Anton Saroka3 Artem Teplov3 Amin Jahan Kohan3 Aleksey Shchotkin3 Shodibek Gaforov3
References
External links
Russian Football Union Official web-site