former Soviet Union

[jessekuiper]

This thread is about matches between former Soviet republics. Who is the champion of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union before the fall of communism?

In 1991, the Baltic countries started playing the traditional Baltic Cup again, just like before World War II. But at that moment the Baltic countries were not yet recognised by FIFA. But in 1992 the matches in the Baltic Cup were FIFA-sanctioned so that is were we start.

Surprisingly, Russia has never won this title. But it has to be said that they have made only a few attempts to do so.

10/07/1992 Latvia
12/07/1992 Lithuania
18/05/1993 Ukraine
07/09/1994 Lithuania
21/05/1995 Latvia
08/07/1996 Lithuania
13/08/1996 Ukraine
19/05/2002 Belarus
10/09/2003 Moldova
16/02/2004 Belarus
17/08/2005 Lithuania
16/08/2006 Moldova
20/08/2008 Lithuania
25/05/2010 Ukraine

Next match is not yet scheduled.

[jessekuiper]

Now let's see who has the wooden sp00n:

10/07/1992 Estonia
04/07/1993 Lithuania
29/07/1994 Estonia
05/10/1996 Belarus
07/06/1998 Lithuania
09/06/1999 Estonia
18/08/1999 Armenia
02/02/2000 Moldova
04/02/2000 Lithuania
06/02/2000 Latvia
03/07/2001 Estonia
27/03/2002 Russia (!)
11/10/2003 Georgia
09/02/2005 Lithuania
21/05/2005 Latvia
06/02/2008 Georgia
03/03/2010 Estonia

On 07/09/2010 Estonia will play Uzbekistan. Will this be the first time that we see one of the two titles go to Central Asia?

[jessekuiper]

Estonia vs. Uzbekistan ended in a draw (3:3). No next match scheduled.

[jessekuiper]

01/06/2011 Ukraine 2:0 Uzbekistan >> Ukraine remained champions
11/10/2011 Estonia 0:2 Ukraine >> championship/wooden sp00n double header, nothing changed

On 28/05/2012 there will be another double header of Ukraine vs. Estonia!

[jessekuiper]

Ukraine beat Estonia again at 4:0. If they don't play against Russia at Euro 2012 their next defence will be on 12/10/2012 against Moldova.

After the match against Ukraine, Estonia won 1:0 against Lithuania on the 3rd. A few days later on the 7th, Lithuania left the sp00n in Belarus (0:1). Lithuania v. Belarus ended in 1:1.

[jessekuiper]

Ukraine v. Moldova remained goalless. The return match will be next year on 26 March.

Next week, on 14/11/2012 Lithuania will play Armenia.

[jessekuiper]

Lithuania lost against Armenia (4:2). On 6 September 2013 they will play a Baltic derby against Latvia.