The 1999
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the seventh edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of
Soviet Union. It was won by
Spartak Moscow for the fourth time.
Format change
Starting with this edition of the tournament, all participating nations were split into two divisions. Eight nations which were represented in
1998 Cup quarterfinals were included in the Top Division, while the other seven nations included in the First Division. This format lasted for three years (1999–2001), before being reverted to the previous format (used from 1996 till 1998). The change was implemented to reduce the number of non-competitive games between opponents with big strength gap, such as 1998 match between
Spartak Moscow and
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa, which was won by the Russian side with a record-setting score 19–0.
New formula adopted for Commonwealth Cup
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*Top Division: In the first round, eight participants are split into two groups (A and B). Nations, whose representatives finish last in their groups, are being relegated to the First Division for the next season. Two best-placed clubs from each group will advance to the semifinal round, with two games between the clubs advanced from the same group being carried over from the first round. In the semifinal round, clubs will play two games against two teams which qualified from the opposing First Round group. Two best clubs of the semifinal round table advance to the final match.
*First Division: Seven nations of the First Division are split into two groups (C and D). Unofficial participant Russia U21 national team is added to one of the groups, but their games are not counted for the official table. Nations, whose representatives win their groups, are being promoted to the Top Division for the next season.
Participants
* 1 FBK Kaunas replaced Žalgiris Vilnius Žalgiris is a translation of the German word ''Grünwald'' (green forest) and also the Polish word ''Grunwald'' and can refer to:
* Battle of Žalgiris, Lithuanian name for the Battle of Grunwald, a decisive battle in 1410
* BC Žalgiris, a basket ...
(league's top team at the winter break), who withdrew after delegating most of its players to the national youth teams during tournament's time frame.
* 2 Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 i ...
were represented by youth/reserve players.
* 3 Tulevik Viljandi participated as a farm club of Flora Tallinn
FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional Football team, football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian football. The ...
( 1998 Estonian champions).
* 4 Spartak-2 Moscow replaced Pakhtakor Tashkent
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...
( 1998 Uzbek champions), who withdrew along with other Uzbek teams.
First Division
Group C
*Unofficial table
*Official table
* ''Moldova promoted to the Top Division''
Results
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Group D
*Unofficial table
*Official table
* ''Armenia promoted to the Top Division''
Results
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Top Division
Group A
*''Georgia relegated to First Division''
Results
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Group B
*''Turkmenistan relegated to First Division''
Results
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Final rounds
Semifinal
* ''Two results carried over from the first round: Dynamo v Skonto 4–3 and Spartak v Kaunas 2–0''
Results
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Final
Top scorers
References
External links
1999 CIS Cup at rsssf.com
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