1997 Baltic Cup

1997 Baltic Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Lithuania
Dates July 9 – July 11
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Lithuania (7th title)
Runners-up  Latvia
Third place  Estonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 3
Goals scored (2.33 per match)
Attendance 850 (283 per match)
1996
1998

The 1997 Baltic Cup football competition took place from July 9 to July 11 at the Žalgiris Stadium in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was the seventh annual competition of the three Baltic statesLatvia, Lithuania and Estonia – since they regained their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Contents

Results

Lithuania vs Estonia

1997-07-09
Lithuania  2 – 1  Estonia Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)
Morinas  35'
Suliauskas  69' (pk)
Reim  77'

Estonia vs Latvia

1997-07-10
Estonia  1 – 2  Latvia Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dubinskas (LTU)
Kristal  15' Babičevs  30'
Pahars  50'

Lithuania vs Latvia

1997-07-11
Lithuania  1 – 0  Latvia Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius
Attendance: 400
Referee: Timofeyev (EST)
Ramelis  66'

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Lithuania 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
 Latvia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
 Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0

Awards

 1997 Baltic Football Cup Winners 

Lithuania
Seventh title

References