{{Short description|Football club tournament held between the top clubs from Baltic states}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox international football competition | year = 2012 | country = Estonia | dates = 1–3 June | num_teams = 4 | venues = 2 | cities = 2 | champion = Latvia | second = Finland | third = Estonia | fourth = Lithuania | count = 10 | matches = 4 | goals = 11 | attendance = 3974 | top_scorer = {{flagicon|LVA}} Edgars Gauračs (3 goals) | prevseason = 2010 | nextseason = 2014 }}
The '''2012 Baltic Cup''' was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia.<ref name="bc2012">{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3401|title=Soome osaleb selle aasta Balti turniiril |publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=11 January 2012|accessdate=11 January 2012|language=Estonian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BtC-24|title=Baltic Cup 2012 results|website=football.eu|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
==Format== For the first time, Finland took part in the competition. As a result of this, the round-robin format was changed to knock-out tournament, as Latvia did not agree to play more than two matches.<ref name="bc2012" /> As a result of this, penalty shoot-outs were used to decide the winner if a match was drawn after 90 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Homme algaval Balti turniiril võib näha penaltiseeriat|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3833|publisher=Estonian Football Association|accessdate=31 May 2012|language=Estonian|date=31 May 2012}}</ref>
==Stadiums== Tamme Stadium in Tartu was used for the matches involving Estonia and Võru Stadium in Võru was the host for the other two matches. Tehvandi Stadium in Otepää and Viljandi linnastaadion in Viljandi were also to be used, but were unavailable for the time period.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tartu ja Võru võõrustavad Balti turniiri mänge|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3467|publisher=Estonian Football Association|accessdate=2 March 2012|language=Estonian|date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
== Results == {{Round4-with third <!--Date|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 --> <!--semi finals --> |1 June|'''{{fb|LVA}}'''|'''5'''|{{fb|LTU}}|0 |1 June|{{fb|EST}}|1|'''{{fb|FIN}}'''|'''2''' <!--final --> |3 June|'''{{fb|LVA}} {{pso}}'''|'''1 (6)'''|{{fb|FIN}}|1 (5) <!--third place --> |3 June|'''{{fb|EST}}'''|'''1'''|{{fb|LTU}}|0}}
==Matches== ===Semi-finals=== {{Footballbox | date = 1 June 2012 | time = 17:30 UTC+3 | team1 = {{fb-rt|LVA}} | score = 5–0 | report = http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3841 | team2 = {{fb|LTU}} | goals1 = *Cauņa {{goal|12|pen.}} *Gauračs {{goal|17||48}} *Višņakovs {{goal|35}} *Smirnovs {{goal|80}} | goals2 = | stadium = Võru Stadium | location = Võru | attendance = 130 | referee = Mattias Gestranius (Finland) }}
{{Footballbox | date = 1 June 2012 | time = 20:30 UTC+3 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EST}} | score = 1–2 | report = http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3842 | team2 = {{fb|FIN}} | goals1 = *Oper {{goal|33}} | goals2 = *Kuqi {{goal|10||22}} | stadium = Tamme Stadium | location = Tartu | attendance = 2,470 | referee = Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia) }}
===Third place match=== {{Footballbox | date = 3 June 2012 | time = 16:30 UTC+3 | team1 = {{fb-rt|EST}} | score = 1–0 | report = http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3852 | team2 = {{fb|LTU}} | goals1 = *Voskoboinikov {{goal|18}} | goals2 = | stadium = Tamme Stadium | location = Tartu | attendance = 1,094 | referee = Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) }}
===Final=== {{Footballbox | date = 3 June 2012 | time = 13:30 UTC+3 | team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}} | score = 1–1 | report = http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3850 | team2 = {{fb|LVA}} | goals1 = *Kolehmainen {{goal|52}} | goals2 = *Gauračs {{goal|54}} | stadium = Võru Stadium | location = Võru | attendance = 280 | referee = Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuanian) | penalties1 = *Pukki {{penmiss}} *Sjölund {{pengoal}} *Kuqi {{pengoal}} *Ojala {{pengoal}} *Pasanen {{pengoal}} *Sparv {{pengoal}} *Hurme {{penmiss}} *Kolehmainen {{penmiss}} | penaltyscore = 5–6 | penalties2 = *{{penmiss}} Cauņa *{{pengoal}} Smirnovs *{{pengoal}} Laizāns *{{pengoal}} Kamešs *{{pengoal}} Zjuzins *{{pengoal}} Kļava *{{penmiss}} Bulvītis *{{pengoal}} Kozlovs }}
==Winners== {{winners|fb|2012 Baltic Football Cup winners|LVA|Tenth}}
==Statistics== ===Goalscorers=== {{goalscorers |matches=4|goals=11
|3 goals= * {{flagicon|LVA}} Edgars Gauračs
|2 goals= * {{flagicon|FIN}} Njazi Kuqi
|1 goal= * {{flagicon|EST}} Andres Oper * {{flagicon|EST}} Vladimir Voskoboinikov * {{flagicon|FIN}} Toni Kolehmainen * {{flagicon|LVA}} Aleksandrs Cauņa * {{flagicon|LVA}} Aleksejs Višņakovs * {{flagicon|LVA}} Vitālijs Smirnovs }}
==See also== Balkan Cup<br /> Nordic Football Championship
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Baltic Cup seasons}}
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