2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup


2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 23rd annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 16 and 25 January 2015.
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the sixth 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 PisarevHost13th
Belarus U21 Igor Kovalevich4th
Lithuania U21 Arminas Narbekovas4th
Latvia U21 Dainis Kazakevičs4th
Estonia U21 Martin Reim4th
Moldova U21 Igor Ursachi4th
Kazakhstan U21 Saulius Širmelis4th
Tajikistan U20 Alisher Tukhtaev4th
Turkmenistan U20 Ahmet Agamyradow3rd
Kyrgyzstan U20 Mirlan Eshenov4th
Finland U21 Tommi Kautonen1st
South Africa U20 David Notoane1st

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