Baltic Cup 2012

Baltic Cup 2012
Number of nations	4th
Baltic Masters	Latvia (21st title)
venue	Estonia
Opening game	June 1, 2012
Endgame	June 3, 2012
Games	4th
Gates	11  (⌀: 2.75 per game)
spectator	3,947  (⌀: 987 per game)
Top scorer	Edgars Gauračs (3 goals)
yellow cards	13  (⌀: 3.25 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.75 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.25 per game)

The Baltic Cup 2012 for national football teams took place between June 1st and 3rd, 2012 in Estonia . It was the 44th edition of the Baltic Countries Tournament since it was first held in 1928 .

This year Finland took part in the tournament for the first time. Unlike in previous years, the game was not played in the “ everyone against everyone ” mode , but instead a tournament with two semi-finals, a game for third place and a final. The reason for this was the declaration by the Latvian Football Association that it would not play more than two international matches. The games were held in Tartu ( Tamme stadium ) and Võru ( Võru stadium ). Host Estonia played in the semi-finals against the Finnish selection for the second time in their international history in Tartu. The first time this happened in 1997 against the Faroese national football team . Finland reached the final against Latvia by beating Estonia. The Latvian national team had defeated Lithuania in their semi-final match. In the final, Latvia won the game on penalties 6-5, winning their 21st title.

general overview

Semifinals

June 1, 2012 in Võru
Latvia	-	Lithuania	5-0
June 1, 2012 in Tartu
Estonia	-	Finland	1: 2

3rd place match

June 3, 2012 in Tartu
Estonia	-	Lithuania	1-0

final

June 3, 2012 in Võru
Finland	-	Latvia	1: 1, 5: 6 i. E.

Squad

→ Main article : Baltic Cup 2012 / Kader

Semi-finals

Latvia		Lithuania
	Semi-final 1 June 1, 2012 in Võru ( Võru stadium ) Result: 5: 0 (3: 0) Spectators: 125 Referee: Mattias Gestranius ( Finland )   Match report
	Andris Vaņins - Igors Savčenkovs , Oskars Kļava , Rite Krjauklis , Vitālijs Smirnovs - Oļegs Laizāns (84th nauris bulvītis ), Aleksandrs Fertovs (77. Artis Lazdiņš ) Aleksandrs Cauņa (72 Artūrs Zjuzins ), Aleksejs Višņakovs (77th Andrejs Perepļotkins ) , Ivans Lukjanovs (72nd Alans Siņeļņikovs ) - Edgars Gauračs (72nd Vladimirs Kamešs ) Coach: Aleksandrs Starkovs ( Latvia )	ERNESTAS ŠETKUS - Tomas Mikuckis , Valdemar Borovskij (77. Tadas Eliošius ) Vytautas Andriuškevičius , Arūnas Klimavičius (62. Tadas Kijanskas ) - Ramūnas Radavičius , Gediminas vicius (43. Deivydas Matulevičius ), Lina Pilibaitis , Kęstutis Ivaškevičius (42. Vaidas Silenas , 84th Algis Jankauskas ), Marius Papšys (50th Egidijus Vaitkūnas ) - Andrius Velička Coach: Csaba László ( Hungary )
	1-0 Cauņa (12th penalty kick) 2-0 Gauračs (17th) 3-0 Višņakovs (35th) 4-0 Gauračs (48th) 5-0 Smirnovs (80th)
	Fertovs	Vičius, Pilibaitis
	Lazdiņš
	Savčenkovs

Estonia		Finland
	Semi-final 2 June 1st, 2012 in Tartu ( Tamme staadion ) Result: 1: 2 (1: 2) Spectators: 2,470 Referee: Vadimsdirectorenko ( Latvia )   Match report
	Sergei Pareiko - Taavi Rähn , Dmitri Kruglov (81st Henrik Ojamaa ), Ragnar Klavan , Enar Jääger , Taijo Teniste - Aleksandr Dmitrijev , Konstantin Vassiljev - Andres Oper , Tarmo Kink (46th Sander Puri ), Jarmo Ahjupera (46th Kaimar Saag ) Coach: Tarmo Rüütli ( Estonia )	Niki Mänkepää - Joona Toivio , Juhani Ojala (63rd Jarkko Hurme ), Kari Arkivuo , Jukka Raitala - Përparim Hetemaj , Tim Sparv , Alexander Ring , Kasper Hämäläinen (73rd Markus Halsti ) - Teemu Pukki (46th Toni Kuqi Kolehmainen ), Njazi (83rd Mika Ääritalo ) Coach: Mixu Paatelainen ( Finland )
	1: 2 opera (33rd)	0: 1 Kuqi (10th) 0: 2 Kuqi (22nd)
	Kink	Hämäläinen
		ring

3rd place match

Estonia		Lithuania
	3rd place match June 3, 2012 in Tartu ( Tamme staadion ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 1,049 Referee: Hannes Kaasik ( Estonia )   Match report
	Pavel Londak - Alo Bärengrub , Igor Morozov , Tihhon Šišov - Gert Kams , Ats Purje (74th Kaimar Saag ), Sergei Mošnikov (85th Siim Luts ), Martin Vunk , Oliver Konsa (62nd Sander Puri ) - Tarmo Neemelo (68th ) Jarmo Ahjupera ), Vladimir Voskoboinikov (80th Henrik Ojamaa ) Coach: Tarmo Rüütli ( Estonia )	Saulius Klevinskas - Tadas Kijanskas , Algis Jankauskas , Egidijus Vaitkūnas , Georgas Freidgeimas - Ramūnas Radavičius , Mindaugas Panka , Linas Pilibaitis (46. Marius Papsys ), Mantas Kuklys - Deivydas Matulevičius (73 Kęstutis Ivaškevičius ), Andrius Velička Coach: Csaba László ( Hungary )
	1-0 Voskoboinikov (18th)
		Jankauskas, Velička, Radavičius
		Kijanskas

final

Finland		Latvia
	final June 3, 2012 in Võru ( Võru stadium ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 0), 5: 6 i. E. Spectators: 280 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika ( Lithuania )   Match report
	Lukáš Hrádecký (46th Henri Sillanpää ) - Petri Pasanen , Jukka Raitala (57th Jarkko Hurme ), Paulus Arajuuri , Markus Halsti - Tim Sparv , Daniel Sjölund , Toni Kolehmainen - Timo Furuholm (73rd Mika Ojala ), Roni Porokara (57th ) Njazi Kuqi ), Teemu Pukki Trainer: Mixu Paatelainen ( Finland )	Andris Vaņins - nauris bulvītis , Oskars Kļava , Rite Krjauklis , Vitālijs Smirnovs , - Oļegs Laizāns , Aleksandrs Fertovs , Aleksandrs Cauņa , Aleksejs Višņakovs (77th Artūrs Zjuzins ) - Edgars Gauračs (82. Vladislav Kozlov ), Ivan Lukjanovs (72 Vladimirs Kamešs ) Coach: Aleksandrs Starkovs ( Latvia )
	1: 0 Kolehmainen (52nd)	1: 1 Gauračs (54th)
	penalties shoot
	Pukki 1: 0 Sjölund 2: 1 Kuqi 3: 2 Ojala 4: 3 Pasanen 5: 4 Sprav Hurme Kolehmainen	Cauņa 1: 1 Smirnovs 2: 2 Laizāns 3: 3 Kamešs 4: 4 Zjuzins 5: 5 Kļava Bulvītis 5: 6 Kozlovs
	Raitala, Pasanen	Laizāns, Višņakovs, Fertovs

Web links

• Baltic Cup 2012 at eu-football.info
• Baltic Cup 2012 at the Estonian Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril jalgpall.ee (Estonian)
2. ↑ Baltic Cup Overview rsssf.com
3. ↑ Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge jalgpall.ee (Estonian)
4. ↑ Balti turniiri avamängu vilistavad soomlased jalgpall.ee (Estonian)
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Balti turniiri kohtunikud on osalevatest riikidest soccernet.ee (Estonian)