2000 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup explained

Tourney Name:Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Year:2000
Other Titles:CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2000
Country:Russia
Dates:22–30 January 2000
Num Teams:16
Venues:2
Cities:1
Champion Other: Spartak Moscow
Count:5
Matches:29
Goals:116
Top Scorer: Yegor Titov
Luis Robson
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
(5 goals)
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001

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

First Division

Group C

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Group D

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Top Division

Group A

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Group B

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Final rounds

Semifinal

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Final

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
align=center rowspan="3"1 Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow5
Luis Robson Spartak Moscow5
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko Skonto Riga5
align=center rowspan="3"4 Aleksandr Shirko Spartak Moscow4
Viktor Zubarev Irtysh-Bastau Pavlodar4
Sukhrob Khamidov Varzob Dushanbe4

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