# 1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fifth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv second time in a row.

## Participants

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| Spartak Moscow | 1996 Russian Top League champions | 4th |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1995–96 Vyshcha Liha champions | 2nd |
| MPKC Mozyr | 1996 Belarusian Premier League champions | 1st |
| Kareda Šiauliai | 1995–96 A Lyga champions | 1st |
| Skonto Riga | 1996 Latvian Higher League champions | 5th |
| Lantana Tallinn | 1995–96 Meistriliiga champions | 1st |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1995–96 Moldovan National Division champions | 5th |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1995–96 Umaglesi Liga champions | 5th |
| Neftchi Baku | 1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 3rd |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 1995–96 Armenian Premier League champions | 2nd |
| Taraz | 1996 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 1st |
| Navbahor Namangan | 1996 Uzbek League champions | 1st |
| Dynamo Dushanbe | 1996 Tajik League champions | 1st |
| Metallurg Kadamjay | 1996 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 1st |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1996 Ýokary Liga runners-up $^1$ | 5th |
| Russia XI | Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage $^2$ | 1st |
* $^1$ Köpetdag Aşgabat invited as a Turkemenistan League title holders and 1996–97 season 2nd team as of the winter break. The spring part of the season was eventually cancelled and Köpetdag became a runners-up of an unfinished championship.
* $^2$ Russia XI was a non age-restricted representation of Russian Top League, bringing together candidates for the senior national team.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spartak Moscow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 9 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Navbahor Namangan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 |
| Neftchi Baku | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 9 |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Kareda Šiauliai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Metallurg Kadamjay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
| Lantana Tallinn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 |
| Taraz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
| Dynamo Dushanbe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group D

* Unofficial table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia XI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Skonto Riga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| MPKC Mozyr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
* Official table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| Skonto Riga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| MPKC Mozyr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |

#### Results
## Final rounds

| Quarter-finals (29 Jan) | Quarter-finals (29 Jan) | Semi-finals (31 Jan) | Semi-finals (31 Jan) | Final (3 Feb) | Final (3 Feb) |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | | | | |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0 | | | | |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv (p) | 0 | | |
| | | Skonto Riga | 0 | | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | Skonto Riga | 0 | | |
| Skonto Riga (p) | 0 | | | | |
| Skonto Riga (p) | 0 | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 |
| | | | | Spartak Moscow | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 3 | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 2 |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 0 | | | | |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 0 | Spartak Moscow (p) | 1 | | |
| | | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1 | | |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1 | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1 | | |
| Lantana Tallinn | 0 | | | | |

### Final
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 |
| 1 | Andrey Tikhonov | Spartak Moscow | 6 |
| 3 | Sergei Bragin | Lantana Tallinn | 5 |
| 4 | Yegor Titov | Spartak Moscow | 4 |
| 4 | Valyantsin Byalkevich | Dynamo Kyiv | 4 |
| 4 | Maksim Buznikin | Russia XI | 4 |