The 2021 Baltic Women's Cup was 21st Baltic Cup, is an international women's football tournament contested by the Baltic states. Originally scheduled to be held in the summer 2020, but the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for 10 to 13 June 2021.[1][2][3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Lithuania |
| Dates | 10–13 June 2021 |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Lithuania (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Faroe Islands |
| Third place |  Estonia |
| Fourth place |  Latvia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 14 (3.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Liucija Vaitukaitytė (2 goals) |
Participating nations edit
The FIFA Women's Rankings of participating Women's national football team as of 16 April 2021.[4]
| Country | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking 16 April 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faroe Islands |
2nd | Champions (2016) | 93 |
| Latvia |
21st | Champions (1997, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019) | 97 |
| Lithuania (Host) |
21st | Champions (1996, 1998, 2007, 2015, 2021) | 108 |
| Estonia |
21st | Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) | 116 |
Venues edit
| Alytus | Jonava | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alytus Stadium | Central Stadium of Jonava | ||
| Capacity: 3,748 | Capacity: 2,000 | ||
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Knockout stage edit
- Times listed are UTC+3:00
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 10 June –Alytus | ||||||
| Estonia | 1 (4) | |||||
| 13 June – Alytus | ||||||
| Faroe Islands (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| Faroe Islands | 0 | |||||
| 10 June – Jonava | ||||||
| Lithuania | 2 | |||||
| Lithuania | 5 | |||||
| Latvia | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 13 June – Jonava | ||||||
| Latvia | 1 | |||||
| Estonia | 4 | |||||
Semi-finals edit
| Estonia | 1–1 | Faroe Islands |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–5 | ||
| Lithuania | 5–0 | Latvia |
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Third place edit
Final edit
| Lithuania | 2–0 | Faroe Islands |
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Report |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 14 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
References edit
- ^ "Baltic Women's Cup 2021". International Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Estonia-Slovenia Women's football match cancelled". Balticcourse.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Baltic Women's Cup 2021". Jalgpall.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "FIFA International Womens Teams Rankings". FIFA.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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