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(1st title)LVA}}(13 titles)| most matches = | website = | current = 2022 Baltic Cup}}The Baltic Cup (, , ) is an international football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Sometimes guests from the Northern Europe subregion are also invited: Finland has participated in the event twice, Iceland once, and Faroe Islands are scheduled to make a debut appearance in 2024. Though originally held annually the competition has been biennial since 2008. The 2020 tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, and took place in 2021.It is one of the oldest national teams football tournaments in Europe after the British Home Championship, and the oldest of the ones still organized.WEB,www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/latvijas-futbols-maijs-2014/0426025001400571110, Eiropas vecākā starptautiskā futbola turnīra vēstures līkloči un ceļš pretim jaunai atzinībai, 2014-05-26, Latvijas futbols. Maijs 2014., Latvijas Futbola federācija, 2014-05-20,www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/latvijas-futbols-maijs-2014/0426025001400571110," title="web.archive.org/web/20160610112816www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/latvijas-futbols-maijs-2014/0426025001400571110,">web.archive.org/web/20160610112816www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/latvijas-futbols-maijs-2014/0426025001400571110, 2016-06-10, dead,

History

As Estonia had unofficially declared itself the Baltic football champion in 1925, 1926 and 1927 based on matches played with Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland it was decided in 1928 to organize an official tournament. Though Poland and Finland were invited to join, the tournament took place between the three Baltic nations.The tournament was intended to improve relations between the nations, but intrigues around the organization and budget questions worked against this goal. The hosts always did everything to wear out their competitors. In 1933 Lithuanian hosts surprised the officials with a tour to a local brewery in the morning before the Lithuania–Latvia match. The Estonian newspaper Päevaleht reported that the Finnish referee for the match was really jolly, but did a horrible job, mostly favouring the Lithuanian hosts. The rules demanded that at least two wins were necessary to win the championship. Both Lithuania–Estonia and Lithuania–Latvia matches had been drawn but stopped due to darkness. In the team meeting Latvia demanded that Lithuania–Estonia match should be re-played first. Latvia was hoping for an advantage against a tired Lithuanian team in their match. Lithuania and Estonia disagreed, noting that Latvia had won their match against Estonia, so a Latvian win against Lithuania would grant the Latvians the championship and end the tournament. Consensus was not reached and the Latvian team left the same day. The championship was not awarded.WEB, Eesti välispoliitika Balti suund 1926–1934,dspace.ut.ee/bitstream/handle/10062/54253/medijainen_eesti_valispol_1991_ocr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y, University of Tartu, 30 May 2018, 21 December 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191221192336/https://dspace.ut.ee/bitstream/handle/10062/54253/medijainen_eesti_valispol_1991_ocr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y, live, WEB, Balti turniir lõppes fiaskoga.,dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=maahaal19330906.2.91&st=1&l=et, dea.digar.ee, Maa Hääl, 6 September 1933, 30 May 2018, 21 December 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191221151227/https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=maahaal19330906.2.91&st=1&l=et, live, The feud led to the cancellation of the 1934 tournament, but the championship returned for the 1935. The rules were changed so that extra matches were now only held between leading teams if they were necessary for deciding on the championship.WEB, Allika, Andrus, Vilniuses algas Balti turniir,www.ohtuleht.ee/5814/vilniuses-algas-balti-turniir, Õhtuleht, 3 June 2018, 21 December 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191221151229/https://www.ohtuleht.ee/5814/vilniuses-algas-balti-turniir, live, In 2021, for the 2020 Baltic Cup, Estonia won the Cup after a wait of 83 years.

Results{|class“wikitable”

!width=“5%“|Year!width=“10%“|Host cities!style="width:14%; background:gold;“|Champions!style="width:14%; background:silver;“|Runners-up!style="width:14%; background:#c96;“|Third place!style="width:14%; |Fourth place 1928 Baltic Cup >EST}} Tallinn {{fbEST}} {{fb1918}} rowspan=6 {{n/a}} 1929 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Riga {{fbLAT}} {{fb1918}} 1930 Baltic Cup >LTUKaunas >LTULVA}} {{fb|EST}} 1931 Baltic Cup >EST}} Tallinn {{fbLVA}} {{fb1918}} 1932 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Riga {{fbLTUEST}} 1933 Baltic Cup >LTUKaunas> Champion undecided due to disagreements over match times. 1934 colspan=“5“| Not held due to disagreements over the 1933 competition. 1935 Baltic Cup >EST}} Tallinn {{fb1918}} (2) {{fbEST}}rowspan=4 {{n/a}} 1936 Baltic Cup >LAT}} Riga {{fbEST}} {{fb1918}} 1937 Baltic Cup >LTUKaunas >LVA}} (4) {{fbLTU|1918}} 1938 Baltic Cup >EST}} Tallinn {{fbLVA}} {{fb1918}} 1939 colspan=“5“| Not held due to strained sporting relations between Latvia and Lithuania after EuroBasket 1939. 1940–1990 colspan=“5”Not held due to Occupation of the Baltic states>Soviet occupation/annexation of the Baltic states. 1991 Baltic Cup >LTUKlaipÄ—da >LTULVA}} {{fb|rowspan=13 {{n/a}} 1992 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Liepāja {{fb1988}} (4) {{fbEST}} 1993 Baltic Cup >EST}} Pärnu {{fbEST}} {{fb1988}} 1994 Baltic Cup >LTUVilnius >LTULVA}} {{fb|EST}} 1995 Baltic Cup >LAT}} Riga {{fbLTUEST}} 1996 Baltic Cup >EST}} Narva {{fb1988}} (6) {{fbLVA}} 1997 Baltic Cup >LTUVilnius >LTULVA}} {{fb|EST}} 1998 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Liepāja{{flagiconValga, Estonia>Valga {{flagiconViljandi >LTULVA}} {{fb|EST}} 2001 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Riga {{fbLTUEST}} 2003 Baltic Cup >EST}} Tallinn{{flagiconValga, Estonia>Valga {{fbLTUEST}} 2005 Baltic Cup >LTU}} Kaunas {{fbLVA}} {{n/aPUBLISHER=EESTI PäEVALEHT ARCHIVE-DATE=12 APRIL 2019 URL-STATUS=LIVE, ‘’}} 2008 Baltic Cup >LVA}} JÅ«rmala{{flagiconRiga >LVA}} (9) {{fbEST}} 2010 Baltic Cup >LTU}} Kaunas {{fbLVA}} {{fb|EST}} 2012 Baltic Cup >EST}} Tartu{{flagiconVõru >LVA}} (10) {{fbEST}} {{fb|LTU}} 2014 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Ventspils{{flagiconLiepāja >LVA}} (11) {{fbFIN}} {{fb|EST}} 2016 Baltic Cup >LTU}} KlaipÄ—da{{flagiconLiepāja{{flagicon>EST}} Tallinn {{fbLTU}} {{fb|rowspan=3 {{n/a}} 2018 Baltic Cup >EST}} Rakvere{{flagiconRiga{{flagicon>LTU}} Vilnius {{fbEST}} {{fb|LTU}} 2020 Baltic Cup >LTU}} Vilnius{{flagiconRiga{{flagicon>EST}} Tallinn {{fbLVA}} {{fb|LTU}} 2022 Baltic Cup >LVA}} Riga{{flagiconKaunas{{flagicon>EST}} Tallinn {{fbLVA}} {{fbLTU}}

Medal summary

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Statistics

!width=20|Rank!width=120|Team!width=30|{{Tooltip|Apps|Appearances}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}|1{{fb| 107|2{{fb| 70|3{{fb| 53|4{{fb| 7|5{{fb| 2|6{{fb| 0

Top scorers per tournament{| class“wikitable” style@text-align: center;”

!Tournament!Name!Team!Goals1928 Baltic Cup>1928Arnold Pihlak{{fb|EST}}|31929Voldemārs Plade{{fb|LVA}}3Eugen Einman{{fb|EST}}Eduard Ellman-Eelma{{fb|EST}}1930 Baltic Cup>1930Ēriks Pētersons{{fb|LVA}}|41931Friedrich Karm{{fb|EST}}2Eduard Ellman-Eelma{{fb|EST}}1932 Baltic Cup>1932Alberts Šeibelis{{fb|LVA}}|21933 Baltic Cup>1933Ēriks Pētersons{{fb|LVA}}|21935Iļja Vestermans{{fb|LVA}}2Antanas Lingis{{fb|LTU}}1936 Baltic Cup>1936Alberts Šeibelis{{fb|LVA}}|21937 Baltic Cup>1937Iļja Vestermans{{fb|LVA}}|31938 Baltic Cup>1938Ralf Veidemann{{fb|EST}}|21991 Baltic Cup>19919 different players-|11992 Baltic Cup>1992Virginijus Baltušnikas{{fb|LTU}}|31993 Baltic Cup>19935 different players-|11994 Baltic Cup>1994Valdas Ivanauskas{{fb|LTU}}|21995 Baltic Cup>199511 different players-|11996 Baltic Cup>19967 different players-|11997 Baltic Cup>19977 different players-|11998 Baltic Cup>19984 different players-|12001Marians Pahars{{fb|LVA}}2Vladimirs Koļesņičenko{{fb|LVA}}2003 Baltic Cup>20039 different players-|12005 Baltic Cup>2005Igoris Morinas{{fb|LTU}}|22008 Baltic Cup>20084 different players-|12010Mantas Savėnas{{fb|LTU}}1Artūras Rimkevičius{{fb|LTU}}2012 Baltic Cup>2012Edgars Gauračs{{fb|LVA}}|32014 Baltic Cup>20144 different players-12016 Baltic Cup>2016Fiodor Černych{{fb|LTU}}|22018 Baltic Cup>20185 different players-|12020 Baltic Cup>2020Mattias Käit{{fb|EST}}|22022 Baltic Cup>2022Sergei Zenjov{{fb|EST}}|2

All-time top goalscorers

{{Original research section|date=May 2022}}{| class=“wikitable” style="text-align: center;“!Rank!Name!Team!Goals!Tournament(s)|1Ä’riks PÄ“tersons{{fb|LVA}}|9|1930(4), 1931(1), 1932(1), 1933(2) and 1935(1)2Antanas Lingis{{fb|LTU}}6|1930(2), 1932(1), 1933(1) and 1935(2)Eduard Ellman-Eelma{{fb|EST}}|1929(3), 1931(2) and 1935(1)Iļja Vestermans{{fb|LVA}}|1935(2), 1936(1) and 1937(3)|5Alberts Å eibelis{{fb|LVA}}|5|1932(2), 1933(1) and 1936(2)6Arnold Pihlak{{fb|EST}}4|1928(3) and 1929(1)Eugen Einman{{fb|EST}}|1929(3) and 1930(1)Friedrich Karm{{fb|EST}}|1930(2) and 1931(2)Jaroslavas Citavičius{{fb|LTU}}|1930(2), 1932 (1) and 1933(1)Virginijus BaltuÅ¡nikas{{fb|LTU}}|1992(3) and 1995(1)Marians Pahars{{fb|LVA}}|1997(1), 1998(1) and 2001(2)Igoris Morinas{{fb|LTU}}|1997(1), 2003(1) and 2005(2)13Voldemārs Plade{{fb|LVA}}3|1929(3)Stepas Chmelevskis{{fb|LTU}}|1928(2) and 1930(1)Georg Siimenson{{fb|EST}}|1936(1) and 1937(2)Richard Kuremaa{{fb|EST}}|1933(1), 1936(1) and 1937(1)Voldemaras JaÅ¡kevičius{{fb|LTU}}|1935(1), 1936(1) and 1938(1)Vitālijs Astafjevs{{fb|LVA}}|1993(1), 1994(1) and 1995(1)Edgars Gauračs{{fb|LVA}}|2012(3)Mattias Käit{{fb|EST}}|2018(1) and 2020(2)

Hat-tricks

Since the first official tournament in 1928, 4 hat-tricks have been scored in over 50 matches of the 28 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by Arnold Pihlak of the Estonia, playing against Lithuania on 26 July 1928; and the last was by Virginijus BaltuÅ¡nikas of Lithuania, playing against Latvia on 12 July 1992. No player has ever scored two hat-tricks in the Baltic Cup and no player has ever scored more than 3 goals in a single Baltic Cup match.“>

List{| class“wikitable plainrowheaders sortable“|+Baltic Cup hat-tricks

!scope=col| #!scope=col| Player!scope=col| {{abbr|G|Number of goals (if more than 3)}}!scope=col| Time of goals!scope=col| For!scope=col| Result!scope=col| Against!scope=col| Tournament!scope=col| Date!scope=col class=“unsortable“| FIFAreport {{nts|1}}.|Arnold Pihlak 31}}’, 21’, 57’EST}} {{ntsh1928 Baltic Cup#Estonia vs Lithuania>6–0LTU}}|1928 Baltic Cupformat=dmy7|26}}|Report {{nts|2}}.|Voldemārs Plade 351}}’, 68’, 86’LVA}} {{ntsh1929 Baltic Cup#Latvia vs Lithuania>3–1LTU}}|1929 Baltic Cupformat=dmy8|14}}|Report {{nts|3}}.|Ä’riks PÄ“tersons 337}}’, 61’, 64’LVA}} {{ntsh1930 Baltic Cup#Lithuania vs Latvia>3–3LTU|1918}}|1930 Baltic Cupformat=dmy8|17}}|Report {{nts|4}}.|Virginijus BaltuÅ¡nikas 328}}’, 31’, 79’LTU}} {{ntsh1992 Baltic Cup#Lithuania vs Latvia>3–2LVA}}|1992 Baltic Cupformat=dmy7|12}}|Report

See also

• Under-21 Baltic Cup
• Under-19 Baltic Cup
• Under-17 Baltic Cup
• Baltic Futsal Cup
• Women’s Baltic Cup
• Women’s Under-19 Baltic Cup
• Women’s Under-17 Baltic Cup
• Women’s Under-15 Baltic Cup

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

• Baltic Cup overview on RSSSF

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