The 2000 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the eighth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Spartak Moscow for the fifth time. For the second time in a row the competition was played in a two-division format introduced a year before.
Participants TeamQualificationParticipation Top Division Spartak Moscow1999 Russian Top Division champions7th Dynamo Kyiv1998–99 Vyshcha Liha champions 15th BATE Borisov1999 Belarusian Premier League champions1st Žalgiris Kaunas1999 A Lyga champions2nd Skonto Riga1999 Latvian Higher League champions8th Kapaz Ganja1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League champions4th Zimbru Chișinău1998–99 Moldovan National Division champions7th Shirak Gyumri1999 Armenian Premier League champions2nd First Division Dinamo Tbilisi1998–99 Umaglesi Liga champions 8th Nisa Aşgabat1998–99 Ýokary Liga champions1st Levadia Maardu1999 Meistriliiga champions1st Irtysh-Bastau Pavlodar1999 Kazakhstan Premier League champions3rd Dustlik Tashkent1999 Uzbek League champions1st Varzob Dushanbe1999 Tajik League champions2nd CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek1999 Kyrgyzstan League champions3rd Russia U19Unofficial entry, not eligible for promotion2nd
1 Dynamo Kyiv were represented mostly by Dynamo-2 and Dynamo-3 players, with a few additions from the main team. For the first time in competition history all 15 current champions of post-Soviet countries were represented, with no withdrawals or substitutions.
First Division Group C Unofficial table
Official table
Turkmenistan promoted to the Top Division
Results
Group D
Tajikistan promoted to the Top Division
Results
Top Division Group A
Azerbaijan relegated to First Division
Results
Group B
Armenia relegated to First Division
Results
Final rounds Semifinal Two results carried over from the First Round: Zimbru v Spartak 1–3 and BATE v Skonto 1–3
Results
Final
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals 1 Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow 5 Luis Robson Spartak Moscow 5 Vladimirs Koļesņičenko Skonto Riga 5 4 Aleksandr Shirko Spartak Moscow 4 Viktor Zubarev Irtysh-Bastau Pavlodar 4 Sukhrob Khamidov Varzob Dushanbe 4
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