2013 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup explained

Tourney Name:Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Year:2013
Other Titles:CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2013
Country:Russia
Dates:18–27 January 2013
Num Teams:12
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:34
Goals:105
Top Scorer: Andrei Panyukov
(6 goals)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

2013 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 21st annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 18 and 27 January 2013.

Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the fourth time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). All participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams.[1]

Format

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 play-off which would place its participants 9th through 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.

Participants

The following 12 teams, shown with age of youth national team, took part in the tournament:

TeamCoachNotesParticipation
Russia U21 Nikolai PisarevHost11th
Ukraine U21 Serhiy Kovalets2nd
Belarus U21 Aleksey Vergeyenko2nd
Lithuania U21 Mindaugas Neoras2nd
Latvia U21 Marians Pahars2nd
Estonia U21 Martin Reim2nd
Moldova U21 Alexandru Curteian2nd
Kazakhstan U21 Sergei Borovsky2nd
Uzbekistan U20 Ahmadjon Musaev1st
Tajikistan U20 Mubin Ergashev2nd
Turkmenistan U20 Röwşen Muhadow2nd
Kyrgyzstan U20 Anarbek Ormombekov2nd

Group stage

Group A

Results

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Group B

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Group C

Results

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Consolation round

Places 9 to 12

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9th place match

Final stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final standing

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Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Andrei Panyukov6
align=center rowspan="3"2 Vitaliy Ivanko4
Yuriy Yakovenko4
Artem Bykov4
5 Kaspars Svārups3

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.com-cup.com/index.php/en/about-the-tournament2013 Tournament format at the official website