2012 Baltic Cup

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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
Fourth place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored11 (2.75 per match)
Attendance3,974 (994 per match)
Top scorer(s)Latvia 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]

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.[2]

Stadiums[]

Tamme Stadium in Tartu was used for the matches involving Estonia and 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.[3]

Matches[]

Semi-finals[]

Latvia 5–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 130
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
Estonia 1–2 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

Third place match[]

Estonia 1–0 Lithuania
 Report
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Final[]

Finland 1–1 Latvia
 Report
Penalties
 5–6
Attendance: 280
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuanian)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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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