2014 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup


2014 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 22nd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 24 January and 2 February 2014.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the fifth time, with all matches being held in a single venue. All participating nations were represented by their youth national teams.

Format

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 play-off which would place its participants 9th through 12th places.
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

The following 12 teams, shown with age of youth national team, took part in the tournament:
TeamCoachNotesParticipation
Russia U21 Nikolai PisarevHost12th
Ukraine U21 Serhiy Kovalets3rd
Belarus U21 Igor Kovalevich3rd
Lithuania U21 Vitalijus Stankevičius3rd
Latvia U21 Anton Joore3rd
Estonia U21 Martin Reim3rd
Moldova U21 Alexandru Curteian3rd
Kazakhstan U21 Saulius Širmelis3rd
Tajikistan U20 Makhmadjon Khabibulloev3rd
Kyrgyzstan U20 Anarbek Ormombekov3rd
Moscow U21 Vladimir Shcherbak1st
Saint Petersburg U21 Boris Rappoport1st

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Results

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Group B

Results

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Group C

Results

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Consolation round

Bracket

Places 9 to 12

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Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

Final stages

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Places 5 to 8

Semi-finals

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Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final standing

Top scorers