Collapse of the Soviet Union gave birth to this tournament which traditionally being held in Moscow on January-February, indoors. Participating teams represent champions of ex-USSR Republics. This year all 15 of them took part, plus Russia's under-21 team.

Participating teams

• Pyunik (Yerevan, Armenia)
• Kyapaz (Gyandzha, Azerbaijan)
• Dinamo (Minsk, Belarus)
• Dinamo (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• Flora (Tallinn, Estonia)
• Yelimay (Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan)
• Kant-Oil-Semetey (Kant, Kyrgyzstan)
• Skonto (Riga, Latvia)
• Zalgiris (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• Zimbru (Kishineu, Moldova)
• Spartak-Alaniya (Vladikavkaz, Russia)
• Pamir (Dushanbe, Tadzhikistan)
• Kopetdag (Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan)
• Dinamo (Kyjv, Ukraine)
• Neftchi (Fergana, Uzbekistan)
• Russia - under 21 (* not in contest)

Results and standings

• Group tournament (first two teams qualify to quarters) :
• Group A (Skonto, Zimbru, Neftchi, Russia-u21)
• Group B (Pyunik, Kant-Oil-Semetey, Yelimay, Spartak-Alaniya)
• Group C (Dinamo Mn, Flora, Kopetdag, Dinamo K)
• Group D (Kyapaz, Dinamo T, Zalgiris, Pamir)
• Quarterfinals
• Semifinals
• Final

Group A

Club	1	2	3	4	g	w	d	l	g	p
1. Sconto			2:1	3:2	2	2	0	0	4-2	6
2. Neftchi	1:2				2	1	0	1	3-3	3
3. Zimbru		1:2		0:3	2	0	0	2	2-4	0
4. Russia-u21 (*)		2:1			3	2	0	1	7-4	6

Group B

Club	1	2	3	4	g	w	d	l	g	p
1. Spartak-Alaniya			4:0	5:0	3	3	0	0	13-0	9
2. Yelimay	0:4				3	2	0	1	7-4	6
3. Pyunik		0:3		1:1	3	0	1	2	1-8	1
4. Kant-Oil-Semetey			0:4		3	0	1	2	1-10	1

Group C

Club	1	2	3	4	g	w	d	l	g	p
1. Dinamo Mn		3:2			3	3	0	0	10-5	9
2. Dinamo K			2:0	2:0	3	2	0	1	6-3	6
3. Kopetdag	3:5			4:1	3	1	0	2	7-8	3
4. Flora	0:2				3	0	0	3	1-8	0

Group D

Club	1	2	3	4	g	w	d	l	g	p
1. Zalgiris			5:2	0:1	3	2	0	1	8-4	6
2. Dinamo T	1:3		9:0		3	2	0	1	13-3	6
3. Pamir				3:2	3	1	0	2	5-16	3
4. Kyapaz		1:3			3	1	0	2	3-6	3

Quarterfinals

• Skonto 1:0 Yelimay
• Spartak-Alaniya 9:0 Neftchi
• Dinamo Mn 2:1 Dinamo T
• Zalgiris 0:3 Dinamo K

Semifinals

• Skonto 0:2 Spartak-Alaniya
• Dinamo Mn 0:4 Dinamo K

Final

• Spartak-Alaniya 0:1 Dinamo K

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