2008 Baltic Cup

The Baltic Cup 2008 football competition took place from 30 May to 1 June 2008 at the Slokas Stadium in Jūrmala and at the Skonto Stadium in Riga, Latvia.^[1]

2008 Baltic Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	30 May – 1 June
Teams	3
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Latvia (9th title)
Runners-up	Lithuania
Third place	Estonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	5 (1.67 per match)
Attendance	9,130 (3,043 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Four players (1 goal each)
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Hosts Latvia together with Lithuania and Estonia are the teams that took part.

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Lithuania	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Estonia	2	0	0	2	0	2	–2	0

30 May 2008

19:07 EEST (UTC+03)

Latvia	1 – 0	Estonia
Laizāns 48' (pen.)	Report

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Audrius Zuta (Lithuania)

31 May 2008

16:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Estonia	0 – 1	Lithuania
	Report	89' Mižigurskis

Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

1 June 2008

14:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Latvia	2 – 1	Lithuania
Gorkšs 56' Alunderis 77' (o.g.)	Report	81' Beniušis

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 3,330

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Winners

2008 Baltic Football Cup winners
Latvia Ninth title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

1 goal

• Juris Laizāns
• Kaspars Gorkšs
• Valerijus Mižigurskis
• Ričardas Beniušis

1 own goal

• Vidas Alunderis (against Latvia)

Under-21 results

Team	widt	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
Lithuania	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
Estonia	2	0	0	2	1	6	–5	0

29 May 2008

18:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Latvia	2 – 1	Estonia
Laizāns 52' Lukjanovs 86'	Report	21' Kallaste

Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala

Attendance: 700

Referee: Saulius Atmanavičius (Lithuania)

30 May 2008

15:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Estonia	0 – 4	Lithuania
	Report	7' Palionis 62' (pen.) Valskis 87' Slavickas 90+1' Vėževičius

Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga

Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

31 May 2008

13:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Latvia	1 – 0	Lithuania
Kožans 74'	Report

Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga

Attendance: 200

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

1 goal

• U-21 Sergejs Kožans
• U-21 Oļegs Laizāns
• U-21 Ivans Lukjanovs
• U-21 Markus Palionis
• U-21 Nerijus Valskis
• U-21 Vaidas Slavickas
• U-21 Robertas Vėževičius
• U-21 Ken Kallaste