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{{Short description|International football competition}}

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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Baltic Cup
| year         = 2008
| image        = Baltic Cup 2008 official logo.jpg
| size         = 200px
| country      = Latvia
| dates        = 30 May – 1 June
| num_teams    = 3
| venues       = 2
| cities       = 2
| champion     = LAT
| second       = LTU
| third        = EST
| count        = 9
| matches      = 3
| goals        = 5
| attendance   = 9130
| top_scorer   = ''[[#Goalscorers|Four players]]''<br>(1 goal each)
| prevseason = [[2005 Baltic Cup|2005]]
| nextseason = [[2010 Baltic Cup|2010]]
}}

The '''[[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]] 2008''' [[Football (soccer)|football]] competition took place from 30 May to 1 June 2008 at the [[Slokas Stadium]] in [[Jūrmala]] and at the [[Skonto Stadium]] in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BtC-22|title=Baltic Cup 2008 results|website=football.eu|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>

Hosts [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] together with [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]] and [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] are the teams that took part.

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|Pld
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|GF
!width=25|GA
!width=25|GD
!width=25|Pts
|- bgcolor=gold
|align="left"|{{fb|LAT}}
|2||2||0||0||3||1||+2||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=silver
|align="left"|{{fb|LTU}}
|2||1||0||1||2||2|| 0||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=#cc9966
|align="left"|{{fb|EST}}
|2||0||0||2||0||2||–2||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date     = 30 May 2008
|time     = 19:07 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03]])
|team1    = {{fb-rt|LAT}}
|score    = 1 – 0
|report   = [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/2008/lat-est/ Report]
|team2    = {{fb|EST}}
|goals1   = [[Juris Laizāns|Laizāns]] {{goal|48|pen.}}
|goals2   = 
|location = [[Riga]]
|stadium  = [[Skonto stadions]]
|attendance = 4,500
|referee  = [[Audrius Zuta]] ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
}}

{{football box
|date     = 31 May 2008
|time     = 16:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03]])
|team1    = {{fb-rt|EST}}
|score    = 0 – 1
|report   = [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/2008/est-ltu/ Report]
|team2    = {{fb|LTU}}
|goals1   =
|goals2   = {{goal|89}} [[Valerijus Mižigurskis|Mižigurskis]]
|location = [[Jūrmala]]
|stadium  = [[Slokas Stadium]]
|attendance = 1,300
|referee  = [[Romāns Lajuks]] ([[Latvian Football Federation|Latvia]])
}}

{{football box
|date     = 1 June 2008
|time     = 14:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03]])
|team1    = {{fb-rt|LAT}}
|score    = 2 – 1
|report   = [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/2008/lat-ltu/ Report]
|team2    = {{fb|LTU}}
|goals1   = [[Kaspars Gorkšs|Gorkšs]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[Vidas Alunderis|Alunderis]] {{goal|77|o.g.}}  
|goals2   = {{goal|81}} [[Ričardas Beniušis|Beniušis]]
|location = [[Riga]]
|stadium  = [[Skonto stadions]]
|attendance = 3,330
|referee  = [[Sten Kaldma]] ([[Estonian Football Association|Estonia]])
}}

==Winners==
{{winners|fb|2008 Baltic Football Cup winners|LAT|Ninth}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{goalscorers
|matches=3|goals=5

|1 goals=
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Juris Laizāns]]
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Kaspars Gorkšs]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valerijus Mižigurskis]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Ričardas Beniušis]]

|1 own goal=
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vidas Alunderis]] (against Latvia)
}}

==Under-21 results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!widt
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|GF
!width=25|GA
!width=25|GD
!width=25|Pts
|- bgcolor=gold
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|LAT}}
|2||2||0||0||3||1||+2||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=silver
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|LTU}}
|2||1||0||1||4||1||+3||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=#cc9966
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|EST}}
|2||0||0||2||1||6||–5||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date     = 29 May 2008
|time     = 18:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03]])
|team1    = {{fbu-rt|21|LAT}}
|score    = 2 – 1
|report   = [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/2008/u21lat-est/ Report]
|team2    = {{fbu|21|EST}}
|goals1   = [[Oļegs Laizāns|Laizāns]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Ivans Lukjanovs|Lukjanovs]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2   = {{goal|21}} [[Ken Kallaste|Kallaste]]
|location = [[Jūrmala]]
|stadium  = [[Slokas Stadium]]
|attendance= 700
|referee  = [[Saulius Atmanavičius]] ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]])
}}

{{football box
|date     = 30 May 2008
|time     = 15:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03]])
|team1    = {{fbu-rt|21|EST}}
|score    = 0 – 4
|report   = [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/2008/u21est-ltu/ Report]
|team2    = {{fbu|21|LTU}}
|goals1   =
|goals2   = {{goal|7}} [[Markus Palionis|Palionis]]<br />{{goal|62|pen.}} [[Nerijus Valskis|Valskis]]<br />{{goal|87}} [[Vaidas Slavickas|Slavickas]]<br />{{goal|90+1}} [[Robertas Vėževičius|Vėževičius]]
|location = [[Riga]]
|stadium  = [[Latvijas Universitates Stadions]]
|attendance = 
|referee  = [[Andrejs Sipailo]] ([[Latvian Football Federation|Latvia]])
}}

{{football box
|date     = 31 May 2008
|time     = 13:00 [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03]])
|team1    = {{fbu-rt|21|LAT}} 
|score    = 1 – 0
|report   = [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/2008/u21lat-ltu/ Report]
|team2    = {{fbu|21|LTU}}
|goals1   = [[Sergejs Kožans|Kožans]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2   =
|location = [[Riga]]
|stadium  = [[Latvijas Universitates Stadions]]
|attendance = 200
|referee  = [[Hannes Kaasik]] ([[Estonian Football Association|Estonia]])
}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{goalscorers
|matches=3|goals=8

|1 goals=
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Sergejs Kožans]]
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Oļegs Laizāns]]
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Ivans Lukjanovs]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Lithuania national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Markus Palionis]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Lithuania national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Nerijus Valskis]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Lithuania national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Vaidas Slavickas]]
* {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Lithuania national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Robertas Vėževičius]]
* {{flagicon|EST}} [[Estonia national under-21 football team|U-21]] [[Ken Kallaste]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/baltic08.html RSSSF: Baltic Cup 2008 overview]
* [http://www.lff.lv/lv/balticcup2008/results/ 2008 Baltic Cup] at [[Latvian Football Federation]]

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