2014 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 22nd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 24 January and 2 February 2014.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the fifth 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 PisarevHost12th Ukraine U21 Serhiy Kovalets3rd Belarus U21 Igor Kovalevich3rd Lithuania U21 Arminas Narbekovas3rd Latvia U21 Anton Joore3rd Estonia U21 Martin Reim3rd Moldova U21 Alexandru Curteian3rd Kazakhstan U21 Saulius Širmelis3rd Tajikistan U20 Makhmadjon Khabibulloev3rd Kyrgyzstan U20 Anarbek Ormombekov3rd Moscow U21 Vladimir Shcherbak1st Saint Petersburg U21 Boris Rappoport1st
Squads
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
Eleventh place match
Ninth place match
Final stages Bracket
Quarter-finals
Places 5 to 8
Semi-finals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final standing RankTeam456789101112
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ruslan Bolov5 Roman Murtazayev5 Abdurasul Rakhmonov54 Andriy Totovytskyi45 Leonid Akulinin3 Vladimir Zubarev3 Yevgeniy Klopotskiy3 Anton Shramchenko3 Aleksei Panfilov3 Semyon Sinyavsky3
References
External links
Russian Football Union Official web-site