2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 24th annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 17 and 23 January 2016. This event was the last edition of the cup.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the seventh 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 This edition sees a reduction in sides to eight Under 21 teams. The number of participants was reduced from 12 to 8, split in two groups of four. Group winners advanced to the final match, while the rest of the teams decided overall 3rd, 5th and 7th places in a single knockout round.
Participants The following 8 teams, shown with age of youth national team, took part in the tournament:
TeamCoachNotesParticipation Russia U21 Nikolai PisarevHost14th Belarus U21 Igor Kovalevich5th Latvia U21 Dainis Kazakevičs5th Estonia U21 Martin Reim5th Moldova U21 Dănuț Oprea5th Kazakhstan U21 Serik Abdualiyev5th Tajikistan U20 Roman Pylypchuk5th Kyrgyzstan U20 Mirlan Eshenov5th
Group stage All subsequent times UTC+3
Group A
Kyrgyzstan placed above Belarus by better head-to-head result
Results
Group B
Results
Final round
Seventh-place match
Fifth-place match
Third-place match
Final
Final standing RankTeam45678
Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Mikhail Zhabkin32 Kamil Mullin2 Dan Spătaru2 Kevin Kauber2 Andre Järva2 Abat Aimbetov2 Nozim Babadjanov2 Jahongir Ergashev2 Parvizdzhon Umarbayev2
References
External links Official website Russian Football Union Official web-site