2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League

2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League
2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	15 October 2016 – 19 March 2017
Season champions	Bigbank Tartu
Finals
Champions	Rakvere
Runners-up	Pärnu
Finals MVP	Siim Põlluäär (Rakvere)
Baltic Volleyball League seasons
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states.

Participating teams

Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras

Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa

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Location of teams in 2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League.

The following teams took part in the 2016–17 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.^[1]

Team	Head Coach	Location	Arena
Bigbank Tartu	Oliver Lüütsepp	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall
Järvamaa	Laimons Raudsepp	Paide	E-Piim Sports Hall
Pärnu	Avo Keel	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall
Rakvere	Urmas Tali	Rakvere	Rakvere Sports Hall
Selver Tallinn	Rainer Vassiljev	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre
TTÜ	Janis Sirelpuu	Tallinn	TTÜ Sports Hall
ASK Kuldīga	Nauris Sokolovskis	Kuldīga
Biolars/Jelgava	Jurijs Deveikus	Jelgava
Ezerzeme/DU	Edgars Savickis	Daugavpils
Jēkabpils Lūši	Mārcis Obrumans	Jēkabpils
Poliurs/Ozolnieki	Guntis Atars	Limbaži
RTU/Robežsardze	Raimonds Vilde	Riga
Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa	Modestas Strockis	Šiauliai
Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras	Vasilij Burakinskij	Vilnius

Main Tournament

All participating 14 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.

Key to colors
	Qualified for Playoffs
	Eliminated from Playoffs

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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	6–3	Poliurs/Ozolnieki	3–0	0–3	3–0
Selver Tallinn	5–1	Jēkabpils Lūši	3–2	3–0
Pärnu	6–0	RTU/Robežsardze	3–1	3–0
Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras	0–6	Rakvere	0–3	0–3

Final four

Organizer: Bigbank Tartu
Venue: Võru, Estonia

Semifinals		Final

18 March

Bigbank Tartu	1
		19 March
Rakvere	3
		Rakvere	3
18 March
		Pärnu	2
Selver Tallinn	2

Pärnu	3
		3rd place match

		19 March

		Bigbank Tartu	3

		Selver Tallinn	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	16:00	Bigbank Tartu	1–3	Rakvere	25–18	24–26	17–25	10–25		76–94	Report
18 Mar	19:00	Selver Tallinn	2–3	Pärnu	25–16	21–25	25–23	20–25	11–15	102–104	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Mar	14:00	Bigbank Tartu	3–2	Selver Tallinn	25–22	25–23	27–29	22–25	15–10	114–109	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Mar	17:00	Rakvere	3–2	Pärnu	12–25	20–25	25–22	26–24	15–13	98–109	Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Rakvere
	Pärnu
	Bigbank Tartu
4	Selver Tallinn
5	Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras
6	RTU/Robežsardze
7	Jēkabpils Lūši
8	Poliurs/Ozolnieki
9	Biolars/Jelgava
10	Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa
11	Järvamaa
12	Ezerzeme/DU
13	TTÜ
14	ASK/Kuldīga