Baltic Cup (football)

Baltic Cup
Founded1928
RegionBaltic (UEFA)
Number of teams3
(+ possible guests)
Current champions Estonia
(5th title)
Most successful team(s) Latvia
(13 titles)
2024 Baltic Cup

The Baltic Cup (Estonian: Balti turniir, Latvian: Baltijas kauss, Lithuanian: Baltijos taurė) is an international football competition contested by the national teams of the Baltic statesEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Sometimes guests from the Northern Europe subregion are also invited: Finland has participated in the event twice, Iceland once, and Faroe Islands made a debut appearance in 2024. Though originally held annually, the competition has been biennial since 2008.

It is one of the oldest national teams football tournaments in Europe after the British Home Championship, and the oldest of the ones still organized.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Eiropas vecākā starptautiskā futbola turnīra vēstures līkloči un ceļš pretim jaunai atzinībai". Latvijas futbols. Maijs 2014. Latvijas Futbola federācija. 2014-05-20. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  2. ^ Daly, Rhys (2022-11-19). "Europe's oldest international football trophy finished just day before Qatar World Cup - Daily Star". dailystar.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-29.