2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League

2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League
2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	29 September 2018 – 2 March 2019
Season champions	Bigbank Tartu
Finals
Champions	Bigbank Tartu
Runners-up	Saaremaa
Finals MVP	Hindrek Pulk (Bigbank Tartu)
Baltic Volleyball League seasons
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

Participating teams[edit]

Selver Tallinn
TalTech

Jēkabpils Lūši

OC Limbaži/MSĢ

Daugavpils Universitate

Biolars/Jelgava

RTU/Robežsardze

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Location of 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League teams.

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

Venues and personnel[edit]

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

Main Tournament[edit]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bigbank Tartu	20	17	3	50	54	18	3.000	1738	1497	1.161	Qualified for Playoffs
2	Saaremaa	20	16	4	48	52	18	2.889	1664	1419	1.173
3	RTU/Robežsardze	20	15	5	45	51	25	2.040	1780	1588	1.121
4	Pärnu	20	14	6	41	47	29	1.621	1751	1615	1.084
5	Selver Tallinn	20	10	10	32	42	38	1.105	1757	1758	0.999
6	Rakvere	20	11	9	31	37	35	1.057	1649	1595	1.034
7	Jēkabpils Lūši	20	11	9	31	39	39	1.000	1761	1720	1.024
8	TalTech	20	6	14	19	30	47	0.638	1626	1732	0.939
9	Daugavpils Universitāte	20	5	15	13	22	52	0.423	1490	1746	0.853
10	OC Limbaži/MSG	20	4	16	13	17	49	0.347	1372	1572	0.873
11	Biolars/Jelgava	20	1	19	7	16	57	0.281	1411	1757	0.803

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

Playoffs[edit]

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	TalTech	3–0	3–0
Saaremaa	6–3	Jēkabpils Lūši	1–3	3–0	3–1
RTU/Robežsardze	6–3	Rakvere	0–3	3–1	3–1
Pärnu	6–0	Selver Tallinn	3–1	3–0

Final four[edit]

Organizer: Bigbank Tartu
Venue: University of Tartu Sports Hall, Tartu, Estonia

Semifinals		Final

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Rank	Team
	Bigbank Tartu
	Saaremaa
	Pärnu
4	RTU/Robežsardze
5	Selver Tallinn
6	Rakvere
7	Jēkabpils Lūši
8	TalTech
9	Daugavpils Universitāte
10	OC Limbaži/MSG
11	Biolars/Jelgava