2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League

The 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states.

2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League
LeagueBaltic Men Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Duration29 September 2018 – 2 March 2019
Season champions Bigbank Tartu
Finals
Champions Bigbank Tartu
  Runners-up Saaremaa
Finals MVP Hindrek Pulk (Bigbank Tartu)

Participating teams
Rakvere
Jēkabpils Lūši
OC Limbaži/MSĢ
Daugavpils Universitate
Biolars/Jelgava
RTU/Robežsardze
Location of teams in 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League.

The following teams took part in the 2018–19 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.[1]

Team Head Coach Captain Location Arena
Bigbank Tartu Andrei Ojamets Meelis Kivisild Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall
Pärnu Avo Keel Martti Keel Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall
Rakvere Andres Toode Ronald Järv Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall
Saaremaa Urmas Tali Siim Põlluäär Kuressaare Kuressaare Sports Centre
Selver Tallinn Aapo Rantanen Renet Vanker Tallinn Audentes Sports Centre
TalTech Janis Sirelpuu Mihkel Nuut Tallinn TalTech Sports Hall
Biolars/Jelgava Jurijs Deveikus Aivis Abolins Jelgava Zemgale Olympic Center
Daugavpils Universitāte Edgars Savickis Dmitrijs Lavrenovs Daugavpils Daugavpils Olympic Center
Jēkabpils Lūši Mārcis Obrumans Rihards Pukitis Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Sporta nams
OC Limbaži/MSG Lauris Iecelnieks Kristaps Smits Limbaži Limbaži 3rd Secondary School
RTU/Robežsardze Raimonds Vilde Gatis Garklavs Riga Vamoic Sports Hall

Main Tournament

All participating 11 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.

Key to colors
     Qualified for Playoffs
     Eliminated from Playoffs
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Bigbank Tartu 50 17 3 54 18 3.000 1738 1497 1.161
2 Saaremaa 48 16 4 52 18 2.889 1664 1419 1.173
3 RTU/Robežsardze 45 15 5 51 25 2.040 1780 1588 1.121
4 Pärnu 41 14 6 47 29 1.621 1751 1615 1.084
5 Selver Tallinn 32 10 10 42 38 1.105 1757 1758 0.999
6 Rakvere 31 11 9 37 35 1.057 1649 1595 1.034
7 Jēkabpils Lūši 31 11 9 39 39 1.000 1761 1720 1.024
8 TalTech 19 6 14 30 47 0.638 1626 1732 0.939
9 Daugavpils Universitāte 13 5 15 22 52 0.423 1490 1746 0.853
10 OC Limbaži/MSG 13 4 16 17 49 0.347 1372 1572 0.873
11 Biolars/Jelgava 7 1 19 16 57 0.281 1411 1757 0.803

Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2019. Source: Credit24 Champions League Regular Season

Playoffs

The four winners of each series qualified to the Final Four, while the other four teams were eliminated.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Bigbank Tartu 6–0 TalTech3–03–0
Saaremaa 6–3 Jēkabpils Lūši1–33–03–1
RTU/Robežsardze 6–3 Rakvere0–33–13–1
Pärnu 6–0 Selver Tallinn3–13–0

Final four
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 March
 
 
 Saaremaa 3
 
2 March
 
 RTU/Robežsardze 1
 
 Saaremaa 2
 
1 March
 
 Bigbank Tartu 3
 
 Bigbank Tartu 3
 
 
 Pärnu 0
 
3rd place match
 
 
2 March
 
 
 RTU/Robežsardze 0
 
 
 Pärnu 3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Mar 17:00 Saaremaa 3–1 RTU/Robežsardze 34–32 25–19 20–25 25–22   104–98  
1 Mar 20:00 Bigbank Tartu 3–0 Pärnu 25–19 25–22 25–21     75–62  

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Mar 14:00 Pärnu 3–0 RTU/Robežsardze 25–23 27–25 25–21     77–69  

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Mar 17:00 Bigbank Tartu 3–2 Saaremaa 21–25 25–22 25–19 19–25 19–17 109–108  

Final ranking

Final four awards
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References
  1. "Teams" Baltic League. Retrieved on 18.02.2019.
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