Latvian U19 team - Baltic champions 2009

Latvian natoinal U-19 Youth team (players born in 1991) won Baltic cup tournament in Riga last weekend. In the traditional tournament between the home team, helped by home supporters won both matches.

In the first game of the tournament Latvia achieved a very hard victory against Estonia 3:2 (1:1). A day later hat-trick by Visvaldis Ignatans against Lithuania (3:1) guaranteed the Latvians first place and the trophy.

In match for the second place Estonia and Lithuania played a draw (1:1), but the Estonians came up on top thanks to a better goal difference.

FOTO - Baltic cup 2009 in Riga

Statistics:
Results
5/01/2009 Latvia U19 - Estonia U19 3:2 (1:1)
5/02/2009 Lithuania U19 - Estonia U19 1:1 (0:1)
5/03/2009 Latvia U19 - Lithuania U19 3:1 (3:0)

U-19 Baltic cup 2009
Final table
(Place, team, wins, draws, losses, goals, points)
1. Latvia 2-0-0 6:3 6
2. Estonia 0-1-1 3:4 1
3. Lithuania 0-1-1 2:4 1

Artcle from www.balticleague.com

LFF Press department