2016 Virsligas Winter Cup

2016 Virslīgas Ziemas kausa

Tournament details
Country	Latvia
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	FK Liepāja
Runner-up	Ventspils
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	52 (2.6 per match)
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The 2016 Virsligas Winter Cup was the league cup's fourth season. It began on 18 January 2015. Skonto were the defending champion.

Group stage

According to the format, the top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage. The third placed teams played each other to determine two more teams to join them.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FK Jelgava (Q)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Skonto (Q)	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Spartaks Jūrmala (Q)	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	Position play–off
4	METTA/LU (Q)	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2016. Source: soccerstand.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Skonto v Spartaks Jūrmala

18 January 2016	Skonto	2–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Karašausks 37' (pen.) Punculs 50' 58'	Report (in Latvian)	Avdejevs  27' Bespalovs  52' Spon 54'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Andris Treimanis

METTA/LU v FK Jelgava

19 January 2016	METTA/LU	0–5	FK Jelgava	Riga
13:15	Novgorodskis  75'	Report (in Latvian)	Kļuškins 12', 21' 21' ? 57' Smirnovs 69' Eriba 74'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 50 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

Skonto v METTA/LU

25 January 2016	Skonto	2–0	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Jermolajevs 6' Grīnbergs 70'	Report (in Latvian)	Bagdasarjans  5'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 90 Referee: Mareks Ķere

FK Jelgava v Spartaks Jūrmala

26 January 2016	FK Jelgava	0–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Abdoulaye Diallo  54' 55'	Report (in Latvian)	Kozlovs  9' 55'  Kozeka  42' Bulvītis  45'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 65 Referee: Ivars Caune

FK Jelgava v Skonto

1 February 2016	FK Jelgava	3–2	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Silich 12' Kovaļovs 44' (pen.), 59' Smirnovs  81' Eriba  90'	Report (in Latvian)	Kozlovs  15' Japiashvili  43' Ivanovs 47' Isajevs  50' Sukhomlynov  58' Gutkovskis 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 150 Referee: Jevgenijs Vasjukovs

Spartaks Jūrmala v METTA/LU

2 February 2016	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–1	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Bespalovs 53' (pen.)	Report (in Latvian)	Šibass  40' Ošs  52' Kalniņš  57' Emsis  60' Vardanjans 90+1' Stuglis  90+2'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 60 Referee: Andris Utinans

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liepāja (Q)	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Knockout stage
2	Ventspils (Q)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	FC Caramba/Dinamo (Q)	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	Position play–off
4	BFC Daugavpils (Q)	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2016. Source: soccerstand.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Liepāja v FC Caramba/Dinamo

20 January 2016	Liepāja	2–0	FC Caramba/Dinamo	Riga
13:15	Afanasjevs 29', 42' Dobrecovs  40' Hvoinckis  70'	Report (in Latvian)	Blanks  56' Daņilovs  90'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 120 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko

BFC Daugavpils v Ventspils

21 January 2016	BFC Daugavpils	1–3	Ventspils	Riga
13:15	Sokolovs 23' (pen.) Dobratuļins  42' Fjodorovs  75'	Report (in Latvian)	Karlsons 25' Žigajevs 40'  ? 58'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 90 Referee: Jevgenijs Vasjukovs

Liepāja v BFC Daugavpils

27 January 2016	Liepāja	1–0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Mickevičs 58'	Report (in Latvian)	Ivanovs  75' Davidovs  80'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 80 Referee: Dmitrijs Nalivaiko

Ventspils v FC Caramba/Dinamo

28 January 2016	Ventspils	2–0	FC Caramba/Dinamo	Riga
13:15	Koļesovs  9' Žigajevs 27' Svārups 44'	Report (in Latvian)	Daņilovs  26' Flaksis  33'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 110 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

Ventspils v Liepāja

3 February 2016	Ventspils	0–2	Liepāja	Riga
13:15	Krjauklis  41'	Report (in Latvian)	Ikaunieks 38' 61' Kamešs  78' Kurtišs 86'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

FC Caramba/Dinamo v BFC Daugavpils

4 February 2016	FC Caramba/Dinamo	5–1	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Daņilovs 26' (pen.), 39' Savaļnieks 51', 70' Šadčins 61' ?  ?' Naruševičs  ?'	Report (in Latvian)	Ignatāns 83' (pen.) Deružinskis  ?' Dobratuļins  ?'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Andris Treimanis

Position play–off

Fifth–Eighth place

Spartaks Jūrmala v BFC Daugavpils

8 February 2016	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Kozeka 54'	Report (in Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Caramba/Dinamo v METTA/LU

9 February 2016	Caramba/Dinamo	3–2	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Saitō 61' Savaļnieks 71' Halvitovs 80'	Report (in Latvian)	Kalniņš 4' Vardanjans 6' (pen.)	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Seventh–Eighth place

BFC Daugavpils v METTA/LU

16 February 2016	BFC Daugavpils	1–0	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Žaldovskis 80'	Report (in Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Fifth–Sixth place

Caramba/Dinamo v Spartaks Jūrmala

17 February 2016	Caramba/Dinamo	1–1 (6–5 p)	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Šadčins 57'	Report (in Latvian)	Dos Santos 35'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Jelgava v Ventspils

10 February 2016	Jelgava	0–1	Ventspils	Riga
13:15		Report (in Latvian)	Karlsons 62'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Liepāja v Skonto

11 February 2016	Liepāja	1–0	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Kļava 5'	Report (in Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Third place play-off

Jelgava v Skonto

18 February 2016	Jelgava	6–1	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Kļuškins 24' Kovaļovs 32' (pen.) Nakano 39' Silich 60' Kauber 82' Redjko 88'	Report (in Latvian)	Gutkovskis 49'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Final

FK Liepāja v Ventspils

20 February 2016	FK Liepāja	1–0	Ventspils	Riga
13:15	Ikaunieks 34' (pen.)			Stadium: Skonto Hall