2000 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
# 2000 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

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

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| - | - | - |
| Top Division |||
| Spartak Moscow | 1999 Russian Top Division champions | 7th |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha champions $^1$ | 5th |
| BATE Borisov | 1999 Belarusian Premier League champions | 1st |
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 1999 A Lyga champions | 2nd |
| Skonto Riga | 1999 Latvian Higher League champions | 8th |
| Kapaz Ganja | 1998–99 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 4th |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1998–99 Moldovan National Division champions | 7th |
| Shirak Gyumri | 1999 Armenian Premier League champions | 2nd |
| First Division |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga champions | 8th |
| Nisa Aşgabat | 1998–99 Ýokary Liga champions | 1st |
| Levadia Maardu | 1999 Meistriliiga champions | 1st |
| Irtysh-Bastau Pavlodar | 1999 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 3rd |
| Dustlik Tashkent | 1999 Uzbek League champions | 1st |
| Varzob Dushanbe | 1999 Tajik League champions | 2nd |
| CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek | 1999 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 3rd |
| Russia U19 | Unofficial entry, not eligible for promotion | 2nd |

* $^1$ 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dustlik Tashkent | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Nisa Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| Russia U19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Levadia Maardu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |

* Official table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nisa Aşgabat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| Levadia Maardu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Dustlik Tashkent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |

* Turkmenistan promoted to the Top Division

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varzob Dushanbe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 |
| Irtysh-Bastau Pavlodar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 4 |
| CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |

* Tajikistan promoted to the Top Division

## Top Division

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spartak Moscow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Kapaz Ganja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

* Azerbaijan relegated to First Division

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Skonto Riga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 |
| BATE Borisov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
| Shirak Gyumri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

* Armenia relegated to First Division

## Final rounds

### Semifinal

* Two results carried over from the First Round: Zimbru v Spartak 1–3 and BATE v Skonto 1–3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spartak Moscow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| Skonto Riga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| BATE Borisov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yegor Titov | Spartak Moscow | 5 |
| 1 | Luis Robson | Spartak Moscow | 5 |
| 1 | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | Skonto Riga | 5 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Shirko | Spartak Moscow | 4 |
| 4 | Viktor Zubarev | Irtysh-Bastau Pavlodar | 4 |
| 4 | Sukhrob Khamidov | Varzob Dushanbe | 4 |
