2016 Virsligas Winter Cup

2016 Virslīgas Ziemas kausa

Tournament details
Country	Latvia
Teams	8
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	35 (2.92 per match)

The 2016 Virsligas Winter Cup is the league cup's fourth season. It began on 18 January 2015. Skonto are the defending champion.

Group stage

The top two from each group advance to the Knockout stage. The third placed teams play each other to determine two more teams to join them.

Group A

Skonto v Spartaks Jūrmala

18 January 2016	Skonto	2–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Karašausks  37' (pen.) Punculs  50'  58'	Report (Latvian)	Avdejevs  27' Bespalovs  52' Spon  54'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Andris Treimanis

METTA/LU v FK Jelgava

19 January 2016	METTA/LU	0–5	FK Jelgava	Riga
13:15	Novgorodskis  75'	Report (Latvian)	Kļuškins  12', 21'  21' ?  57' Smirnovs  69' Eriba  74'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 50 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

Skonto v METTA/LU

25 January 2016	Skonto	2–0	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Jermolajevs  6' Grīnbergs  70'	Report (Latvian)	Bagdasarjans  5'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 90 Referee: Mareks Ķere

FK Jelgava v Spartaks Jūrmala

26 January 2016	FK Jelgava	0–0	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Abdoulaye Diallo  54'  55'	Report (Latvian)	Kozlovs  9'  55' Kozeka  42' Bulvītis  45'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 65 Referee: Ivars Caune

FK Jelgava v Skonto

1 February 2016	FK Jelgava	3–2	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Silich  12' Kovaļovs  44' (pen.), 59' Smirnovs  81' Eriba  90'	Report (Latvian)	Kozlovs  15' Japiashvili  43' Ivanovs  47' Isajevs  50' Sukhomlynov  58' Gutkovskis  82' (pen.)	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 150 Referee: Jevgenijs Vasjukovs

Spartaks Jūrmala v METTA/LU

2 February 2016	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–1	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Bespalovs  53' (pen.)	Report (Latvian)	Šibass  40' Ošs  52' Kalniņš  57' Emsis  60' Vardanjans  90+1' Stuglis  90+2'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 60 Referee: Andris Utinans

Group B

Liepāja v FC Caramba/Dinamo

20 January 2016	Liepāja	2–0	FC Caramba/Dinamo	Riga
13:15	Afanasjevs  29', 42' Dobrecovs  40' Hvoinckis  70'	Report (Latvian)	Blanks  56' Daņilovs  90'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 120 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko

BFC Daugavpils v Ventspils

21 January 2016	BFC Daugavpils	1–3	Ventspils	Riga
13:15	Sokolovs  23' (pen.) Dobratuļins  42' Fjodorovs  75'	Report (Latvian)	Karlsons  25' Žigajevs  40'  ?  58'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 90 Referee: Jevgenijs Vasjukovs

Liepāja v BFC Daugavpils

27 January 2016	Liepāja	1–0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Mickevičs  58'	Report (Latvian)	Ivanovs  75' Davidovs  80'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 80 Referee: Dmitrijs Nalivaiko

Ventspils v FC Caramba/Dinamo

28 January 2016	Ventspils	2–0	FC Caramba/Dinamo	Riga
13:15	Koļesovs  9' Žigajevs  27' Svārups  44'	Report (Latvian)	Daņilovs  26' Flaksis  33'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 110 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

Ventspils v Liepāja

3 February 2016	Ventspils	0–2	Liepāja	Riga
13:15	Krjauklis  41'	Report (Latvian)	Ikaunieks  38'  61' Kamešs  78' Kurtišs  86'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

FC Caramba/Dinamo v BFC Daugavpils

4 February 2016	FC Caramba/Dinamo	5–1	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Daņilovs  26' (pen.), 39' Savaļnieks  51', 70' Šadčins  61' ?  ?' Naruševičs  ?'	Report (Latvian)	Ignatāns  83' (pen.) Deružinskis  ?' Dobratuļins  ?'	Stadium: Skonto Hall Attendance: 100 Referee: Andris Treimanis

Position play–off

Fifth–Eighth place

Spartaks Jūrmala v BFC Daugavpils

8 February 2016	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
13:15	Kozeka  54'	Report (Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Caramba/Dinamo v METTA/LU

9 February 2016	Caramba/Dinamo	3–2	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Saitō  61' Savaļnieks  71' Halvitovs  80'	Report (Latvian)	Kalniņš  4' Vardanjans  6' (pen.)	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Seventh–Eighth place

BFC Daugavpils v METTA/LU

16 February 2016	BFC Daugavpils	1–0	METTA/LU	Riga
13:15	Žaldovskis  80'	Report (Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Fifth–Sixth place

Caramba/Dinamo v Spartaks Jūrmala

17 February 2016	Caramba/Dinamo	1–1 (6–5 p)	Spartaks Jūrmala	Riga
13:15	Šadčins  57'	Report (Latvian)	Dos Santos  35'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Jelgava v Ventspils

10 February 2016	Jelgava	0–1	Ventspils	Riga
13:15		Report (Latvian)	Karlsons  62'	Stadium: Skonto Hall

Liepāja v Skonto

11 February 2016	Liepāja	1–0	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Kļava  5'	Report (Latvian)		Stadium: Skonto Hall

Third place play-off

Jelgava v Skonto

18 February 2016	Jelgava	6–1	Skonto	Riga
13:15	Kļuškins  24' Kovaļovs  32' (pen.) Nakano  39' Silich  60' Kauber  82' Redjko  88'	Report (Latvian)	Gutkovskis  49'	Stadium: Skonto Hall