2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 23rd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 16 and 25 January 2015.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the sixth 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 PisarevHost13th Belarus U21 Igor Kovalevich4th Lithuania U21 Arminas Narbekovas4th Latvia U21 Dainis Kazakevičs4th Estonia U21 Martin Reim4th Moldova U21 Igor Ursachi4th Kazakhstan U21 Saulius Širmelis4th Tajikistan U20 Alisher Tukhtaev4th Turkmenistan U20 Ahmet Agamyradow3rd Kyrgyzstan U20 Mirlan Eshenov4th Finland U21 Tommi Kautonen1st South Africa U20 David Notoane1st
Group stage Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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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 Alexey Yevseyev52 Dani Hatakka43 Motjeka Madisha3 Abdurasul Rakhmonov3
References
External links
Russian Football Union Official web-site