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.Tournament format at the official website
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:
TeamCoachNotesParticipation Russia U21 Nikolai PisarevHost11th Ukraine U21 Serhiy Kovalets2nd Belarus U21 Aleksey Vergeyenko2nd Lithuania U21 Mindaugas Neoras2nd Latvia U21 Marians Pahars2nd Estonia U21 Martin Reim2nd Moldova U21 Alexandru Curteian2nd Kazakhstan U21 Sergei Borovsky2nd Uzbekistan U20 Ahmadjon Musaev1st Tajikistan U20 Mubin Ergashev2nd Turkmenistan U20 Röwşen Muhadow2nd Kyrgyzstan U20 Anarbek Ormombekov2nd
Group stage Group A
Results All subsequent times UTC+3
Group B
Results All subsequent times UTC+3
Group C
Results All subsequent times UTC+3
Consolation round Bracket
Places 9 to 12
11th place match
9th place match
Final stages Bracket
Quarterfinals
Places 5 to 8
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Andrei Panyukov62 Vitaliy Ivanko4 Yuriy Yakovenko4 Artem Bykov45 Kaspars Svārups3
References
External links
Russian Football Union Official web-site