Tournament details | |
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Host country | Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
Dates | 8–11 June 2024 |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Estonia |
Runners-up | Lithuania |
Third place | Latvia |
Fourth place | Faroe Islands |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 10 (2.5 per match) |
The 2024 Baltic Cup was the 30th Baltic Cup, an international football tournament contested by the Baltic states. The competition was won by Estonia, who claimed their fifth title. Faroe Islands made their debut as invited guests. [1]
This edition saw the previous knock-out tournament format first tried at 2012 Baltic Cup used. Penalty shoot-outs were used to decide the winner if a match was drawn after 90 minutes.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
8 June – Liepāja | ||||||
Latvia | 0 | |||||
11 June – Kaunas | ||||||
Lithuania | 2 | |||||
Lithuania | 1(3) | |||||
8 June – Tallinn | ||||||
Estonia (p) | 1(4) | |||||
Estonia | 4 | |||||
Faroe Islands | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
11 June – Liepāja | ||||||
Latvia | 1 | |||||
Faroe Islands | 0 |
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