2012 Baltic Cup

2012 Baltic Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Dates	1–3 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Latvia (10th title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Estonia
Fourth place	Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	3,974 (994 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edgars Gauračs (3 goals)
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The 2012 Baltic Cup was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia.^[1]^[2]

Format

For the first time, Finland took part in the competition. As a result of this, the round-robin format was changed to knock-out tournament, as Latvia did not agree to play more than two matches.^[1] As a result of this, penalty shoot-outs were used to decide the winner if a match was drawn after 90 minutes.^[3]

Stadiums

Tamme Stadium in Tartu was used for the matches involving Estonia and Võru Stadium in Võru was 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.^[4]

Results

Semi-finals		Final

1 June

Latvia	5
		3 June
Lithuania	0
		Latvia (p)	1 (6)
1 June
		Finland	1 (5)
Estonia	1

Finland	2
		Third place

		3 June

		Estonia	1

		Lithuania	0

Matches

Semi-finals

1 June 2012

17:30 UTC+3

Latvia	5–0	Lithuania
Cauņa 12' (pen.) Gauračs 17', 48' Višņakovs 35' Smirnovs 80'	Report

Võru Stadium, Võru

Attendance: 130

Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

1 June 2012

20:30 UTC+3

Estonia	1–2	Finland
Oper 33'	Report	Kuqi 10', 22'

Tamme Stadium, Tartu

Attendance: 2,470

Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

Third place match

3 June 2012

16:30 UTC+3

Estonia	1–0	Lithuania
Voskoboinikov 18'	Report

Tamme Stadium, Tartu

Attendance: 1,094

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Final

3 June 2012

13:30 UTC+3

Finland	1–1	Latvia
Kolehmainen 52'	Report	Gauračs 54'
Penalties
Pukki Sjölund Kuqi Ojala Pasanen Sparv Hurme Kolehmainen	5–6	Cauņa Smirnovs Laizāns Kamešs Zjuzins Kļava Bulvītis Kozlovs

Võru Stadium, Võru

Attendance: 280

Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuanian)

Winners

2012 Baltic Football Cup winners
Latvia Tenth title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

3 goals

Edgars Gauračs

2 goals

Njazi Kuqi

1 goal

References

^ ^a ^b "Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
^ "Baltic Cup 2012 results". football.eu. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "Homme algaval Balti turniiril võib näha penaltiseeriat" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
^ "Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

[bc2012-1] "Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.

[2] "Baltic Cup 2012 results". football.eu. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[3] "Homme algaval Balti turniiril võib näha penaltiseeriat" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[4] "Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

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