2022 Baltic Women's Cup
# 2022 Baltic Women's Cup

The 2022 Women's Baltic Cup was the 22nd edition of the Women's Baltic Cup, an international women's football tournament contested by the Baltic States. The tournament was hosted by Estonia from 6 to 9 October 2022.

Defending champions Lithuania who won 2021 Baltic Women's Cup as hosts, were eliminated in the semi-finals (first round) by Estonia, despite finishing third after beating Latvia in 3rd place play-off match.

Hosts Estonia secured a place in the final, having last won the tournament in 2014. Estonia clinched the title by beating Faroe Islands 3–1 in the final, held at Tamme Stadium in Tartu.

## Participating nations

All Baltic States plus the Faroe Islands entered the tournament.

| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking 5 August 2022 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | 22nd | Champions (1996, 1998, 2007, 2015, 2021) | 95 |
| Faroe Islands | 3rd | Champions (2016) | 100 |
| Estonia (Host) | 22nd | Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) | 106 |
| Latvia | 22nd | Champions (1997, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019) | 112 |

## Venues

Matches will be held in two venues.

| Võru | Tartu | VõruTartu2022 Baltic Women's Cup (Estonia) |
| - | - | - |
| Võru Sports Center Stadium | Tamme Stadium | VõruTartu2022 Baltic Women's Cup (Estonia) |
| Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 1,638 | VõruTartu2022 Baltic Women's Cup (Estonia) |

## Match officials

the selected match officials for this tournament.

### Referees

* Juri Frischer
* Reelika Turi
* Viola Raudzina
* Sarah Fatemeh Zangeneh

### Assistant referees

* Sidsel Dall
* Sander Saga
* Neeme Neemlaid
* Silver Kõiv
* Karolin Kaivoja
* Diana Vanaga-Araja
* Marita Vitola
* Line Cathrine Nymoen

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 6 October – Võru | 6 October – Võru |
| Latvia | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | 9 October – Tartu | 9 October – Tartu |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 9 October – Tartu | 9 October – Tartu |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | Faroe Islands | 1 |
| 6 October – Tartu | 6 October – Tartu | | Faroe Islands | 1 |
| 6 October – Tartu | 6 October – Tartu | Estonia | 3 |
| Estonia | 4 | Estonia | 3 |
| Lithuania | 1 | | |
| Lithuania | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 9 October – Võru | 9 October – Võru |
| | | Latvia | 1 |
| | | Lithuania | 2 |

## Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

3 goals

* Vlada Kubassova

2 goals

* Lisette Tammik
* Ugnė Lazdauskaitė

1 goal

* Kristina Bannikova
* Liisa Merisalu
* Heidi Sevdal
* Rúna Jacobsen
* Ásla Johannesen
* Anastasija Poluhovica
* Renāte Fedotova
* Olga Ševcova
* Eitvydė Partikaitė

1 own goal

* Inna Zlidnis

## Awards

* 2022 Baltic Women's Cup
* Estonia Eleventh title

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Estonia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Champions |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Third place |
| 4 | Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 | Fourth place |
