Baltic Cup 2016

Baltic Cup 2016
Number of nations	3
Baltic Masters	Latvia (23rd title)
venue	Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Opening game	May 29, 2016
Endgame	4th June 2016
Games	3
Gates	5  (⌀: 1.67 per game)
spectator	7,987  (⌀: 2,662 per game)
Top scorer	Fiodor Černych (2 goals)
yellow cards	8  (⌀: 2.67 per game)
Yellow-red cards	0
Red cards	0

The Baltic Cup 2016 for national soccer teams took place between 29 May and 4 June 2016 for the first time in history in all three Baltic countries . It was the 46th edition of the tournament of the Baltic national teams since the first edition in 1928 . It is therefore the oldest international football tournament for national teams in Europe that is still being held. The national teams from the three Baltic states Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania took part in the tournament. The Latvian national team started the competition as the defending champion and is also the record winner with 22 victories. The games were played in Liepāja (Latvia) Daugava Stadium , Klaipėda (Lithuania) Central Stadium Klaipėda and Tallinn (Estonia) A. Le Coq Arena . Latvia won the title in this competition for the 23rd time by beating Lithuania and drawing against Estonia. The top scorer was the Lithuanian Fiodor Černych who played for Jagiellonia Białystok with two goals .

general overview

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Latvia	2	1	1	0	002: 100	+1	04th
2.	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	003: 200	+1	03
3.	Estonia	2	0	1	1	000: 200	−2	01
Winner of the Baltic Cup 2016

May 29, 2016 in Klaipėda
Lithuania	-	Estonia	2: 0 (2: 0)
June 1, 2016 in Liepāja
Latvia	-	Lithuania	2: 1 (0: 0)
June 4, 2016 in Tallinn
Estonia	-	Latvia	0-0

Squad

→ Main article : Baltic Cup 2016 / Kader

Lithuania versus Estonia

Lithuania		Estonia
	Sunday May 29, 2016 , 4:00 p.m. (local time) in Klaipėda ( Klaipėda Central Stadium ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 3,700 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs ( Latvia )   Match report
	Emilijus Zubas - Edvinas Girdvainis , Vaidas Slavickas (74 Rolandas Baravykas ) Arūnas Klimavičius - Arvydas Novikovas , deividas česnauskis (74. Egidijus Vaitkūnas ) manta Kuklys , Dovydas Norvilas (83. Simona Paulius ) - Nerijus Valskis (74. Vytautas Lukša ) , Lukas Spalvis (83rd Donatas Kazlauskas ), Fiodor Černych (53rd Vykintas Slivka ) Coach: Edgaras Jankauskas ( Lithuania )	Marko Meerits - Markus Jürgenson (80th Andreas Raudsepp ), Joonas Tamm (67th Henri Anier ), Ragnar Klavan , Artur Pikk (87th Dmitri Kruglov ), Nikita Baranov (43rd Andre Frolov ) - Pavel Marin (67th Maksim Gussev ) , Ken Kallaste , Ilja Antonov - Rauno Sappinen (80th Frank Liivak ) Coach: Magnus Pehrsson ( Sweden )
	1: 0 Nerijus Valskis (30th) 2: 0 Fiodor Černych (45th)
	Dovydas Norvilas (81st)	Ken Kallaste (14.)

Latvia versus Lithuania

Latvia		Lithuania
	Wednesday June 1, 2016 , 7.30 p.m. (local time) in Liepāja ( Daugava Stadium ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 2,305 Referee: Roomer Tarajev ( Estonia )   Match report
	Andris Vaņins - Vitālijs Maksimenko , Kaspars Dubra , Kaspars Gorkšs , Vladislavs Gabovs - Artis Lazdiņš , Igors Tarasovs (46th Aleksejs Višņakovs ), Roberts Savaļnieks (46th Artūrs Zjuzins ), Jānis Ikaunieksala ( 88th Ikaunieks ) - Valkaunieks (65th . Oļegs Laizāns ), Artjoms Rudņevs (77th Sergejs Vorobjovs ) Coach: Marians Pahars ( Latvia )	ERNESTAS ŠETKUS - Vaidas Slavickas , Edvinas Girdvainis , Linas Klimavičius , Egidijus Vaitkūnas - Mantas Kuklys , Dovydas Norvilas (79. Vytautas Lukša ) Vykintas Slivka (56 Nerijus Valskis ), Arvydas Novikovas - Fiodor Cernych , Lukas Spalvis Coach: Edgaras Jankauskas ( Lithuania )
	1: 0 Artūrs Zjuzins (50.) 2: 0 Artjoms Rudņevs (71.)	2: 1 Fiodor Černych (84th)
	Roberts Savaļnieks (7th), Artis Lazdiņš (32nd)	Mantas Kuklys (11th) Vaidas Slavickas (35th)

Estonia versus Latvia

Estonia		Latvia
	Saturday 4th June 2016 , 7:00 p.m. (local time) in Tallinn ( A. Le Coq Arena ) Result : 0-0 Spectators: 1,982 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika ( Lithuania )   Match report
	Mihkel Aksalu - Taijo Teniste , Ragnar Klavan , Dmitri Kruglov , Nikita Baranov - Ken Kallaste , Karol Mets , Ilja Antonov , Pavel Marin (69th Sander Puri ), Rauno Sappinen (90th Frank Liivak ) - Henri Anier Trainer: Magnus Pehrsson ( Sweden )	Andris Vaņins - Vladislavs Gabovs , Vitālijs Jagodinskis , Kaspars Gorkšs , Vitālijs Maksimenko - Oļegs Laizāns (46th Artūrs Zjuzins ), Roberts Savaļnieks (46th Aleksejs Višņakovs ), Artis Lazdiņš , Janis Ikaunieks (78th Dāvis Ikaunieks ) - Valērijs Šabala (69th Igors Tarasovs ), Artjoms Rudņevs (90th Sergejs Vorobjovs ) Coach: Marians Pahars ( Latvia )
		Artis Lazdiņš (53.), Jānis Ikaunieks (56.)

See also

• List of top scorer of the Baltic Cup

Web links

• Tournament overview at the Estonian Football Association
• Tournament overview at the Latvian Football Association
• Baltic Cup 2016 in the eu-football.info database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Baltic Cup at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
2. ↑ Baltic Cup 2016 Venues and Logo Approved. lff.lv, April 14, 2016, accessed on May 17, 2016 (English).