# 2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 20th annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 19 and 29 January 2012.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the third time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). For this edition of the tournament the format of the competition was changed. All participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams, rather than by champions of domestic leagues.

## 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 group which would place its members between the 9th through the 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

| Team | Coach | Notes | Participation |
| Russia U21 | Nikolai Pisarev | Host | 10th |
| Belarus U20 | Aleksey Vergeyenko | | 1st |
| Ukraine U21 | Pavlo Yakovenko | | 1st |
| Lithuania U21 | Vitalijus Stankevičius | | 1st |
| Latvia U21 | Anton Joore | | 1st |
| Estonia U21 | Frank Bernhardt | | 1st |
| Moldova U21 | Alexandru Curteian | | 1st |
| Kazakhstan U21 | Slobodan Krčmarević | | 1st |
| Tajikistan U20 | Salohiddin Gafurov | | 1st |
| Kyrgyzstan U20 | Murat Jumakeyev | | 1st |
| Turkmenistan U20 | Baýram Durdyýew | | 1st |
| Iran U20 | Akbar Mohammadi | | 1st |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |

#### Results

All times UTC+3

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |

#### Results

All times UTC+3

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 7 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |

#### Results

All times UTC+3

## Consolation round
### Places 9 to 12

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| 10 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |

### Results
## Final stages
### Bracket

| 5th place match (29 Jan) | 5th place match (29 Jan) | 5th place match (29 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (27 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (27 Jan) | 5th – 8th place (27 Jan) | Quarterfinals (25 Jan) | Quarterfinals (25 Jan) | Quarterfinals (25 Jan) | | Semifinals (27 Jan) | Semifinals (27 Jan) | Semifinals (27 Jan) | | | Final (29 Jan) | Final (29 Jan) | Final (29 Jan) |
| | | | | | | Ukraine (p) | Ukraine (p) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Lithuania | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Lithuania (p) | Lithuania (p) | 0 | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 0 | | | | | Belarus (p) | Belarus (p) | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kazakhstan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | | | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | 0 | | | | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | | | | 0 |
| Iran | Iran | 4 | | | | | | | | Belarus | | | | | Russia | Russia | 2 |
| | | | | | | Iran | Iran | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Latvia (p) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7th place match (29 Jan) | 7th place match (29 Jan) | 7th place match (29 Jan) | Iran | Iran | 3 | | | | Latvia | Latvia | 1 | 3rd place match (29 Jan) | 3rd place match (29 Jan) | 3rd place match (29 Jan) | | |
| | | | Moldova | Moldova | 0 | | | | | Russia | Russia | 2 | | | | | |
| Kazakhstan (p) | Kazakhstan (p) | 3 | | | | Russia | Russia | | | 2 | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 3 |
| Moldova | Moldova | 3 | | | | Moldova | Moldova | 1 | | | | | | | Latvia | Latvia | 0 |

### Final
## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | Belarus |
| | Ukraine |
| 4 | Latvia |
| 5 | Iran |
| 6 | Lithuania |
| 7 | Kazakhstan |
| 8 | Moldova |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 10 | Estonia |
| 11 | Tajikistan |
| 12 | Turkmenistan |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sardar Azmoun | Iran | 7 |
| 2 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | Ukraine | 6 |
| 3 | Tursunali Rustamov | Kyrgyzstan | 5 |
| 4 | Anton Saroka | Belarus | 3 |
| 4 | Artem Teplov | Belarus | 3 |
| 4 | Amin Jahan Kohan | Iran | 3 |
| 4 | Aleksey Shchotkin | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| 4 | Shodibek Gaforov | Tajikistan | 3 |