| Tourney Name: | Commonwealth of Independent States Cup |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Other Titles: | CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2012 |
| Country: | Russia |
| Dates: | 19–29 January 2012 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 36 |
| Goals: | 89 |
| Top Scorer: |  Sardar Azmoun(7 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
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.[1]
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.
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.
| Team | Coach | Notes | Participation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russia U21 | Nikolai Pisarev | Host | 10th | |
 Belarus U20 | Aleksey Vergeyenko | 1st | ||
 Ukraine U21 | Pavlo Yakovenko | 1st | ||
| Lithuania U21 | Vitalijus Stankevičius | 1st | ||
 Latvia U21 | Anton Joore | 1st | ||
 Estonia U21 | Frank Bernhardt | 1st | ||
 Moldova U21 | Alexandru Curteian | 1st | ||
 Kazakhstan U21 |  Slobodan Krčmarević | 1st | ||
 Tajikistan U20 | Salohiddin Gafurov | 1st | ||
 Kyrgyzstan U20 | Murat Jumakeyev | 1st | ||
 Turkmenistan U20 | Baýram Durdyýew | 1st | ||
| Iran U20 | Akbar Mohammadi | 1st |
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| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | |
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| 1 | Sardar Azmoun | 7 | ||
| 2 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | 6 | ||
| 3 | Tursunali Rustamov | 5 | ||
| align=center rowspan="5" | 4 | Anton Saroka | 3 | |
| Artem Teplov | 3 | |||
| Amin Jahan Kohan | 3 | |||
| Aleksey Shchotkin | 3 | |||
| Shodibek Gaforov | 3 |