2022 Baltic Cup

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2022 Baltic Cup
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Dates16–19 November 2022
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Runners-upFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Third placeFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Fourth placeFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored6 (1.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Zenjov
(2 goals)
2020
2024

The 2022 Baltic Cup was the 29th Baltic Cup, an international football tournament contested by the Baltic states. Iceland won their first title and was the first guest team in the tournament to win it.

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Format

This year Iceland joined Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, thus the knock-out tournament format first tried at 2012 Baltic Cup was used. [1] [2] [3] Penalty shoot-outs were used to decide the winner if a match was drawn after 90 minutes.

Results

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 November – Riga
 
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (p)1 (5)
 
19 November – Riga
 
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1 (3)
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1 (7)
 
16 November – Kaunas
 
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland (p)1 (8)
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 0 (5)
 
 
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland (p)0 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
19 November – Tallinn
 
 
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2
 
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 0

Matches

Latvia vs. Estonia

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Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1–1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Report
Penalties
5–3
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Latvia
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Estonia

Lithuania vs. Iceland

Scoreboard: [4]

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Iceland

3rd Place

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3rd Place Match
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg2–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Report

Final

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