2002–03 Belarusian Cup

The 2002–03 Belarusian Cup was the twelfth season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 7 August 2002 and the final on 24 May 2003. Dinamo Minsk won the Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round.

2002–03 Belarusian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Belarus
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Minsk (3rd title)
Runner-up	Lokomotiv Minsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	88 (2.84 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Artem Kontsevoy Aleksandr Volovik (4 goals)

First round

17 teams joined competition in this round. Six clubs from Second League were drawn against six clubs from First League. Another five First League teams (Darida Minsk Raion, Naftan Novopolotsk, Kommunalnik Slonim, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev, Khimik Svetlogorsk) advanced to the next round by drawing of lots. The rest of First and Second League teams did not participate in this edition of the Cup. All games were played on 7 August 2002.

MTZ-RIPO Minsk (III) v Lida (II)

7 August 2002	MTZ-RIPO Minsk (III)	5 – 0	Lida (II)	Minsk
	Yevseychik 25' Volovik 27', 40', 45' (pen.) Pyatrukovich 90'			Attendance: 500 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

Pinsk-900 (III) v Lokomotiv Minsk (II)

7 August 2002	Pinsk-900 (III)	1 – 2	Lokomotiv Minsk (II)	Pinsk
	Volodko 43'		Kashewski 25', 84'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Mikhail Arkhipov (Zhodino)

Veras Nesvizh (III) v Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)

7 August 2002	Veras Nesvizh (III)	1 – 3	Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)	Nesvizh
	N.Soltan 61' (pen.)		Yusipets 5', 74' Demenkovets 41'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Valeriy Yazevich (Lida)

Baranovichi (III) v Neman Mosty (II)

7 August 2002	Baranovichi (III)	0 – 2	Neman Mosty (II)	Baranovichi
			Verbitskiy 72', 88'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandr Skrob (Stolbtsy)

Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III) v Smorgon (II)

7 August 2002	Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)	5 – 1	Smorgon (II)	Kalinkovichi
	Luzhkov 11' Coda 55' (o.g.) Golovach 79' Biyazov 84' Tikhanovsky 88'		Stelmakh 50'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nikita Pyreyev (Minsk)

Spartak-UOR-Dnepr Shklov (III) v Granit Mikashevichi (II)

7 August 2002

Spartak-UOR-Dnepr Shklov (III)

w/o

Granit Mikashevichi (II)

Shklov

Round of 32

15 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League. Seven clubs advanced to the next round by drawing of lots (Dinamo Minsk, Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, Gomel, Molodechno-2000, Torpedo-MAZ Minsk, Lokomotiv Minsk (II), Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)). The games were played on 18 August 2002.

MTZ-RIPO Minsk (III) v Neman Grodno

18 August 2002	MTZ-RIPO Minsk (III)	1 – 3	Neman Grodno	Minsk
17:00 UTC+3	Volovik 3'		Tarashchyk 1' Turchinovich 45', 82'	Stadium: Traktor Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)

Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev (II) v Belshina Bobruisk

18 August 2002	Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev (II)	0 – 3	Belshina Bobruisk	Mogilev
17:00 UTC+3			Strypeykis 31' Truhaw 67', 69'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Yuriy Maistrov (Fanipol)

Neman Mosty (II) v Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk

18 August 2002	Neman Mosty (II)	0 – 1	Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk	Mosty
17:00 UTC+3			Shushkevich 28'	Stadium: Neman Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Oleg Chikun (Stolbtsy)

Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) v Slavia Mozyr

18 August 2002	Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	1 – 4	Slavia Mozyr	Svetlogorsk
17:00 UTC+3	Shelukhin 62'		Korotkevich 7' (pen.), 11' Balin 24' Rakovskiy 86'	Stadium: Bumazhnik Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Valeriy Petrovich (Minsk)

Kommunalnik Slonim (II) v Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk

18 August 2002	Kommunalnik Slonim (II)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	Slonim
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mikhail Arkhipov (Zhodino)
	Penalties
	Volskiy Misyuk Vorontsov Zyulew Plyut		Sigov Grudtsin Rodionov Schuko Vasilchuk

Darida Minsk Raion (II) v Dinamo Brest

18 August 2002	Darida Minsk Raion (II)	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo Brest	Minsk
17:30 UTC+3			Boyka  119'	Stadium: Darida Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgiy Verbitsky (Slonim)

Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II) v BATE Borisov

18 August 2002	Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)	0 – 4	BATE Borisov	Rechitsa
17:30 UTC+3			Byahanski 32' Kontsevoy 59' (pen.), 73', 87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bronislav Yasinskiy (Minsk)

Naftan Novopolotsk (II) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

18 August 2002	Naftan Novopolotsk (II)	0 – 4	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Novopolotsk
18:00 UTC+3			Trepachkin 36' Yurevich 42', 49' Sļesarčuks 58'	Stadium: Atlant Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandr Chebykin (Minsk)

Granit Mikashevichi (II) v Torpedo Zhodino

18 August 2002	Granit Mikashevichi (II)	0 – 1	Torpedo Zhodino	Mikashevichi
18:00 UTC+3			Matveychik 27'	Stadium: Granit Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Viktor Matyushev (Minsk)

Round of 16

The games were played on 15 September 2002.

Dinamo Brest v Belshina Bobruisk

15 September 2002	Dinamo Brest	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Belshina Bobruisk	Brest
16:00 UTC+3	Denisenya 16' Prokopyuk 87'		Karolik 50' Baltrushevich 58' (pen.)  113'	Stadium: OSK Brestsky Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aleksandr Ryomin (Minsk)

Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk v Neman Grodno

15 September 2002	Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Neman Grodno	Minsk
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Traktor Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mikhail Arkhipov (Zhodino)
	Penalties
	Akulich Makar Labetskiy Bylina		Kovalevich Radushko Hintaw Lyubchuk

Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk v Molodechno-2000

15 September 2002	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	5 – 3	Molodechno-2000	Vitebsk
16:00 UTC+3	Rodionov 28', 56', 59' V.Aleshchenko 54' Karpaw 67'		Sysoy 9' Azarenok 58', 74'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)

Shakhtyor Soligorsk v Dinamo Minsk

15 September 2002	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Soligorsk
16:15 UTC+3			Vodovozov 86'	Stadium: Stroitel Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)

Lokomotiv Minsk (II) v Slavia Mozyr

15 September 2002	Lokomotiv Minsk (II)	1 – 0	Slavia Mozyr	Minsk
16:30 UTC+3	Denisyuk 67'			Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Konstantin Daylid (Brest)

BATE Borisov v Torpedo-MAZ Minsk

15 September 2002	BATE Borisov	3 – 0	Torpedo-MAZ Minsk	Borisov
17:00 UTC+3	Byahanski 8' Kontsevoy 81' Likhtarovich 85'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)

Torpedo Zhodino v Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev

15 September 2002	Torpedo Zhodino	0 – 2	Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	Zhodino
17:00 UTC+3			Patskevich 5' Razhkow 67'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bronislav Yasinskiy (Minsk)

Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III) v Gomel

15 September 2002	Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)	0 – 2	Gomel	Kalinkovichi
17:00 UTC+3			Danilaw 18' Bliznyuk 57'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Valeriy Yazevich (Lida)

Quarterfinals

The games were played on 22 April 2003.

Lokomotiv Minsk v Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev

22 April 2003	Lokomotiv Minsk	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	Minsk
15:00 UTC+3	Lukashevich 6' (pen.) Rogovik 43' Shvydakow  105'		D.Kalachow 51' Pyschur 86'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)

Lokomotiv Vitebsk (II) v Gomel

22 April 2003	Lokomotiv Vitebsk (II)	1 – 2	Gomel	Vitebsk
16:30 UTC+3	Praslov 82'		Sulymenko 61' Ivanov 85'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksandr Chebykin (Minsk)

Belshina Bobruisk v Neman Grodno

22 April 2003	Belshina Bobruisk	2 – 1	Neman Grodno	Bobruisk
17:00 UTC+3	Danilyuk 17' Denisenya 47'		Tarashchyk 19'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Minsk)

BATE Borisov v Dinamo Minsk

22 April 2003	BATE Borisov	0 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Borisov
17:30 UTC+3			Zlatinov 53'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 8 May 2003. The second legs were played on 16 May 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lokomotiv Minsk	4–3	Belshina Bobruisk	3–0	1–3
Gomel	0–2	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	0–2

First leg

Lokomotiv Minsk v Belshina Bobruisk

8 May 2003	Lokomotiv Minsk	3 – 0	Belshina Bobruisk	Minsk
16:00 UTC+3	Afonasenko 10' Denisyuk 58' (pen.), 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)

Gomel v Dinamo Minsk

8 May 2003	Gomel	0 – 0	Dinamo Minsk	Gomel
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Luch Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)

Second leg

Belshina Bobruisk v Lokomotiv Minsk

16 May 2003	Belshina Bobruisk	3 – 1 (3 – 4 agg.)	Lokomotiv Minsk	Bobruisk
17:30 UTC+3	Denisenya 10' Hancharyk 18' Kondrashuk 53'		Shvydakow 25'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)

Dinamo Minsk v Gomel

16 May 2003	Dinamo Minsk	2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Gomel	Minsk
18:30 UTC+3	Razhkow 26', 78'			Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)

Final

24 May 2003

18:30 UTC+3

Dinamo Minsk	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Minsk
M.Tsyhalka 53', 58'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Andrey Zhukov (Minsk)

DINAMO: GK 1 Yury Tsyhalka RB 2 Yan Tsiharaw CB 3 Andriy Raspopov CB 6 Raman Kirenkin LB 5 Kiril Pavlyuchek DM 9 Syarhey Kavalchuk (c) RM 10 Ihar Razhkow  83' LM 4 Andrey Milewski AM 7 Petar Zlatinov  25' FW 8 Vital Valadzyankow  65'  86' FW 11 Maksim Tsyhalka  77' Substitutes: GK 12 Ruslan Kapantsow FW 13 Kirill Andreyenko MF 14 Viktor Sokol  83' FW 15 Mikalay Ryndzyuk  86' MF 16 Yury Vodovozov FW 17 Sergei Kornilenko  77' DF 18 Anton Rabtsaw Manager: Georgi Gyurov

LOKOMOTIV: GK 1 Vital Makawchyk RB 3 Yawhen Linyow CB 8 Georgi Berianidze CB 2 Cristovao Trombin  63' LB 6 Dmitry Rogovik RM 7 Dmitry Denisyuk CM 5 Andrey Lukashevich  26'  46' CM 4 Sergey Kabelskiy (c) LM 9 Mihail Litvinchuk  27'  46' AM 10 Aleksandr Afonasenko FW 11 Mikalay Shvydakow Substitutes: GK 12 Aleksandr Kotlyarov MF 13 Alyaksandr Mikhnavets  67'  46' MF 14 Mikalay Kashewski  46' DF 15 Sergey Polyakov  63' DF 16 Syarhey Khaletski FW 17 Dzmitry Asipenka MF 18 Zaza Kvekveskiri Manager: Anatoliy Yurevich

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