2013 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
# 2013 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

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.

## Format

* Group stage

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.

* Playoffs

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:

| Team | Coach | Notes | Participation |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia U21 | Nikolai Pisarev | Host | 11th |
| Ukraine U21 | Serhiy Kovalets | | 2nd |
| Belarus U21 | Aleksey Vergeyenko | | 2nd |
| Lithuania U21 | Mindaugas Neoras | | 2nd |
| Latvia U21 | Marians Pahars | | 2nd |
| Estonia U21 | Martin Reim | | 2nd |
| Moldova U21 | Alexandru Curteian | | 2nd |
| Kazakhstan U21 | Sergei Borovsky | | 2nd |
| Uzbekistan U20 | Ahmadjon Musaev | | 1st |
| Tajikistan U20 | Mubin Ergashev | | 2nd |
| Turkmenistan U20 | Röwşen Muhadow | | 2nd |
| Kyrgyzstan U20 | Anarbek Ormombekov | | 2nd |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |

**Results**

All subsequent times UTC+3

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |

**Results**

All subsequent times UTC+3

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |

**Results**

All subsequent times UTC+3

## Consolation round

### Bracket

| 9th – 12th place (24 Jan) | 9th – 12th place (24 Jan) | 9th place match (26 Jan) | 9th place match (26 Jan) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 2 | | |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | | |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | Estonia | 2 |
| | | Kyrgyzstan (p) | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan (p) | 1 | Kyrgyzstan (p) | 2 |
| Latvia | 1 | 11th place match (26 Jan) | 11th place match (26 Jan) |
| | | Turkmenistan | 0 |
| | | Latvia | 4 |

## Final stages

### Bracket

| 5th place match (27 Jan) | 5th place match (27 Jan) | 5th place match (27 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (25 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (25 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (25 Jan) | Quarterfinals (23 Jan) | Quarterfinals (23 Jan) | Quarterfinals (23 Jan) | | Semifinals (25 Jan) | Semifinals (25 Jan) | Semifinals (25 Jan) | | | Final (27 Jan) | Final (27 Jan) | Final (27 Jan) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | Russia | Russia | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Uzbekistan | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 2 | | | | Russia | Russia | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Belarus | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 0 | | | | | | | | Russia | Russia | | | | 4 |
| Moldova | Moldova | 1 | | | | | | | | Russia | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 |
| | | | | | | Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Lithuania (p) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7th place match (27 Jan) | 7th place match (27 Jan) | 7th place match (27 Jan) | Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 1 | | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 1 | 3rd place match (27 Jan) | 3rd place match (27 Jan) | 3rd place match (27 Jan) | | |
| | | | Moldova | Moldova | 3 | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | | | |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | 2 | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | | | 5 | | | | Belarus | Belarus | 2 |
| Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 0 | | | | Moldova | Moldova | 0 | | | | | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Russia |
| | Ukraine |
| | Belarus |
| 4 | Lithuania |
| 5 | Moldova |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
| 7 | Uzbekistan |
| 8 | Tajikistan |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 10 | Estonia |
| 11 | Latvia |
| 12 | Turkmenistan |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrei Panyukov | Russia | 6 |
| 2 | Vitaliy Ivanko | Ukraine | 4 |
| 2 | Yuriy Yakovenko | Ukraine | 4 |
| 2 | Artem Bykov | Belarus | 4 |
| 5 | Kaspars Svārups | Latvia | 3 |
