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)

The 2012 Baltic Cup was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia.[1][2]

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.[3]

Stadiums

Tamme Stadium in Tartu was used for the matches involving Estonia and Võru Stadium 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.[4]

Results

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
 Latvia5
 
3 June
 
 Lithuania0
 
 Latvia (p)1 (6)
 
1 June
 
 Finland1 (5)
 
 Estonia1
 
 
 Finland2
 
Third place
 
 
3 June
 
 
 Estonia1
 
 
 Lithuania0

Matches

Semi-finals

Latvia 5–0 Lithuania
 Report
Võru Stadium, Võru
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

Final

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

Winners

 2012 Baltic Football Cup winners 

Latvia
Tenth title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

Balkan Cup
Nordic Football Championship

References

  1. 1 2 "Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Baltic Cup 2012 results". football.eu. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Homme algaval Balti turniiril võib näha penaltiseeriat" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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