2022 Baltic Women's Cup

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2022 Baltic Women's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
CityTartu / Võru
Dates6–9 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Estonia (11th title)
Runners-up Faroe Islands
Third place Lithuania
Fourth place Latvia
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored17 (4.25 per match)
Attendance410 (103 per match)
Top scorer(s)Estonia Vlada Kubassova
(3 goals)
2021
2023

The 2022 Women's Baltic Cup was the 22nd edition of the Women's Baltic Cup, an international women's football tournament contested by the Baltic States. The tournament was hosted by Estonia from 6 to 9 October 2022.[1][2]

Defending champions Lithuania who won 2021 Baltic Women's Cup as hosts, were eliminated in the semi-finals (first round) by Estonia,[3] despite finishing third after beating Latvia in 3rd place play-off match.

Hosts Estonia secured a place in the final, having last won the tournament in 2014.[4] Estonia clinched the title by beating Faroe Islands 3–1 in the final, held at Tamme Stadium in Tartu.[5]

Participating nations[edit]

All Baltic States plus the Faroe Islands entered the tournament.[6]

Country Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
5 August 2022
 Lithuania 22nd Champions (1996, 1998, 2007, 2015, 2021) 95
 Faroe Islands 3rd Champions (2016) 100
 Estonia (Host) 22nd Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) 106
 Latvia 22nd Champions (1997, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019) 112

Venues[edit]

Matches will be held in two venues.

Võru Tartu
2022 Baltic Women's Cup is located in Estonia
Võru
Võru
Tartu
Tartu
2022 Baltic Women's Cup (Estonia)
Võru Sports Center Stadium Tamme Stadium
Capacity: 2,500 Capacity: 1,638
Võru_stadium.jpg
Tartu_Tamme_staadion.JPG

Match officials[edit]

the selected match officials for this tournament.

Referees[edit]

  • Estonia Juri Frischer
  • Estonia Reelika Turi
  • Latvia Viola Raudzina
  • Norway Sarah Fatemeh Zangeneh

Assistant referees[edit]

  • Denmark Sidsel Dall
  • Estonia Sander Saga
  • Estonia Neeme Neemlaid
  • Estonia Silver Kõiv
  • Estonia Karolin Kaivoja
  • Latvia Diana Vanaga-Araja
  • Latvia Marita Vitola
  • Norway Line Cathrine Nymoen

Knockout stage[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 October – Võru
 
 
 Latvia2
 
9 October – Tartu
 
 Faroe Islands3
 
 Faroe Islands1
 
6 October – Tartu
 
 Estonia3
 
 Estonia4
 
 
 Lithuania1
 
Third Place
 
 
9 October – Võru
 
 
 Latvia1
 
 
 Lithuania2

Semi-finals[edit]

Latvia 2–3 Faroe Islands
Report
Võru Sports Center Stadium, Võru
Attendance: 17
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Estonia 4–1 Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 222
Referee: Viola Raudzina (Latvia)

Third place match[edit]

Latvia 1–2 Lithuania
Report
Võru Sports Center Stadium, Võru
Attendance: 7
Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)

Final[edit]

Faroe Islands 1–3 Estonia
Report
Attendance: 164
Referee: Sarah Fatemeh Zangeneh (Norway)

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 13 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards[edit]

2022 Baltic Women's Cup
Estonia
Estonia
Eleventh title

Final ranking[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Estonia (H) 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Champions
2  Faroe Islands 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Runners-up
3  Lithuania 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3 Third place
4  Latvia 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0 Fourth place
Source: EJL
(H) Hosts

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Estonian women's football team looking for success Baltic Cup". ERR. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Tournament table". Jalgpall. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Estonian women's team defeated Lithuania and will play in the final of the Baltic tournament". Jalgpall. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Estonia women's football team beat Lithuania to reach Baltic Cup final". ERR. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Estonia defeated the Faroe Islands and won the Baltic tournament!". EJL. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ "The Estonian women's football team looks for success in the Baltic Cup". BA Magz. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.