2012 Baltic Cup

The 2012 Baltic Cup was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia.[1]

2012 Baltic Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEstonia
Dates1–3 June
Teams4
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Latvia (10th title)
Runners-up Finland
Third place Estonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored11 (2.75 per match)
Attendance3,974 (994 per match)
Top scorer(s)Edgars Gauračs (3 goals)

Format

For the first time, Finland took part in the competition. As a result of this, the round-robin format is changed to knock-out tournament, as Latvia did not agree to play more than two matches.[1] As a result of this, penalty shootout will be used to decide the winner if a match is drawn after 90 minutes.[2]

Stadiums

Tamme Stadium in Tartu will be used for the matches involving Estonia and Võru Stadium in Võru will be the host for the other two matches. Tehvandi Stadium in Otepää and Viljandi linnastaadion in Viljandi were also to be used, but were unavailable for the time period.[3]

Matches

Semi-finals
1 June 2012 Latvia 5–0 LithuaniaVõru
17:30 UTC+3 Cauņa  12' (pen.)
Gauračs  17', 48'
Višņakovs  35'
Smirnovs  80'		 Report Stadium: Võru Stadium
Attendance: 130
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
1 June 2012 Estonia 1–2 FinlandTartu
20:30 UTC+3 Oper  33' Report  10', 22' Kuqi Stadium: Tamme Stadium
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

3rd place match
3 June 2012 Estonia 1–0 LithuaniaTartu
16:30 UTC+3 Voskoboinikov  18' Report Stadium: Tamme Stadium
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Final
3 June 2012 Finland 1–1
(5–6 p)		 LatviaVõru
13:30 UTC+3 Kolehmainen  52' Report  54' Gauračs Stadium: Võru Stadium
Attendance: 280
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuanian)
Penalties
Pukki
Sjölund
Kuqi
Ojala
Pasanen
Sparv
Hurme
Kolehmainen 		Cauņa
Smirnovs
Laizāns
Kamešs
Zjuzins
Kļava
Bulvītis
Kozlovs
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References
  1. "Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. "Homme algaval Balti turniiril võib näha penaltiseeriat" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. "Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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