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2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

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Host country
  
Russia

Teams
  
16

Matches played
  
23

Dates
  
15–23 January 2005

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Champions
  
Lokomotiv Moscow (1st title)

The 2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the thirteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Lokomotiv Moscow for the first time.

Contents

Format

This edition of the tournament featured a unique one-off format. In attempt to persuade Russian and Ukrainian champions to field their strongest squads, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv were given a straight bye to the Semifinal, avoiding Group phase and Quarterfinal. As a result, two of four groups featured only three clubs, and only four group winners advanced to the knock-out round. Ultimately, the change did not make desirable effect on Dynamo, who brought a reserve squad, and the format was reverted since next year.

Participants

  • 1 Dynamo Kyiv were represented by Dynamo-2 players.
  • 2 Tbilisi replaced WIT Georgia (2003–04 Georgian champions) and Dinamo Tbilisi (CIS Cup title holders), who declined to participate.

    • Group A

  • Unofficial table
  • Official table

    • References

    2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup Wikipedia
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