2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
# 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 23rd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 16 and 25 January 2015.

Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the sixth 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 | 13th |
| Belarus U21 | Igor Kovalevich | | 4th |
| Lithuania U21 | Arminas Narbekovas | | 4th |
| Latvia U21 | Dainis Kazakevičs | | 4th |
| Estonia U21 | Martin Reim | | 4th |
| Moldova U21 | Igor Ursachi | | 4th |
| Kazakhstan U21 | Saulius Širmelis | | 4th |
| Tajikistan U20 | Alisher Tukhtaev | | 4th |
| Turkmenistan U20 | Ahmet Agamyradow | | 3rd |
| Kyrgyzstan U20 | Mirlan Eshenov | | 4th |
| Finland U21 | Tommi Kautonen | | 1st |
| South Africa U20 | David Notoane | | 1st |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

**Results**

All subsequent times UTC+3

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |

**Results**

All subsequent times UTC+3

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |

**Results**

All subsequent times UTC+3

## Consolation round

### Bracket

| 9th – 12th place (22 Jan) | 9th – 12th place (22 Jan) | 9th place match (24 Jan) | 9th place match (24 Jan) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 2 | | |
| Moldova | 3 | | |
| Moldova | 3 | Moldova (p) | 1 |
| | | Latvia | 1 |
| Latvia | 2 | Latvia | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 11th place match (24 Jan) | 11th place match (24 Jan) |
| | | Estonia | 2 |
| | | Lithuania | 1 |

## Final stages

### Bracket

| 5th place match (25 Jan) | 5th place match (25 Jan) | 5th place match (25 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (23 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (23 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (23 Jan) | Quarterfinals (21 Jan) | Quarterfinals (21 Jan) | Quarterfinals (21 Jan) | | Semifinals (23 Jan) | Semifinals (23 Jan) | Semifinals (23 Jan) | | | Final (25 Jan) | Final (25 Jan) | Final (25 Jan) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | Belarus (p) | Belarus (p) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kazakhstan | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 0 | | | | Belarus | Belarus | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Russia | Russia | 3 | | | | | South Africa (p) | South Africa (p) | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Russia | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Russia | Russia | 3 | | | | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | | | | | South Africa | | | | | Finland | Finland | 1 |
| | | | | | | Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Turkmenistan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7th place match (25 Jan) | 7th place match (25 Jan) | 7th place match (25 Jan) | Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 1 | | | | Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | 0 | 3rd place match (25 Jan) | 3rd place match (25 Jan) | 3rd place match (25 Jan) | | |
| | | | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | | | | | Finland | Finland | 4 | | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 2 | | | | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | | | 0 | | | | Belarus | Belarus | 4 |
| Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 0 | | | | Finland | Finland | 1 | | | | | | | Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | 0 |

## Final standing

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

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexey Yevseyev | Russia | 5 |
| 2 | Dani Hatakka | Finland | 4 |
| 3 | Motjeka Madisha | South Africa | 3 |
| 3 | Abdurasul Rakhmonov | Tajikistan | 3 |
