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2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

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Host country
  
Russia

Teams
  
16

Matches played
  
31

Dates
  
19–27 January 2008

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Champions
  
Khazar Lankaran (1st title)

The 2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the sixteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Khazar Lankaran for the first time. This was the first edition of the tournament to be hosted in Saint Petersburg, rather than in Moscow.

Participants

  • 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg and Dynamo Kyiv were represented by reserve players.
  • 2 Banants Yerevan replaced Pyunik Yerevan (2007 Armenian champions), who were not allowed to participate after 2006 semifinal incident.
  • 3 OFK Beograd invited by the organizing committee instead of Russian U21/U19 teams.

    • References

    2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup Wikipedia
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