Baltic Men Volleyball League

Baltic Men Volleyball League
Credit24 Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2005
First season	2005–06
No. of teams	9
Country	Estonia Latvia
Most recent champion(s)	Bigbank Tartu (3rd title)
Most titles	Selver Tallinn (6 titles)
TV partner(s)	Kanal 12, Postimees, SportaCentrs.lv
Official website	Home page (in Estonian)

The Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as the Credit24 Champions League (Estonian: Credit24 Võrkpalli Meistriliiga, Latvian: Credit24 Meistarlīga volejbolā) for sponsorship reasons, is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs in Estonia and Latvia. Previously, clubs from the fellow Baltic nation of Lithuania have also participated.

History

• Schenker League (2005–2015)
• League of Hundred (2015–2016)
• Credit24 Champions League (2016–present)

Clubs

The following 9 clubs are competing in the Baltic Men Volleyball League during the 2019–20 season.

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Location	Arena
Bigbank Tartu	Andrei Ojamets	Kert Toobal	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall
Pärnu	Avo Keel	Martti Keel	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall
Saaremaa	Ioannis Kalmazidis	Daniel Maciel	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Sports Centre
Selver Tallinn	Alessandro Piroli	Karli Allik	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre
TalTech	Janis Sirelpuu	Mihkel Nuut	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall
Biolars/Jelgava	Austris Štāls	Aleksandrs Kudrjašovs	Jelgava	Zemgale Olympic Center
Jēkabpils Lūši	Mārcis Obrumans	Rihards Pukitis	Jēkabpils	Jēkabpils Sporta nams
OC Limbaži/MSG	Lauris Iecelnieks	Jānis Jansons	Limbaži	Limbaži 3rd Secondary School
RTU/Robežsardze	Raimonds Vilde	Andrejs Zavorotnijs	Riga	Mežaparks Sporta centrs

Finals

Year		Final				3rd Place Game
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Fourth place
2005–06 Details		Ozolnieki (Poliurs/Biolar)	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Rīga (LU Inčukalns)	Lāse-R Rīga
2006–07 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–2	Lāse-R Rīga		Rīga	Pärnu (Falck)
2007–08 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Lāse-R Rīga	Kuldīga (Elvi)
2008–09 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Lāse-R Rīga	Ozolnieki (Biolar)
2009–10 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–0	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Lāse-R Rīga	Ozolnieki (Biolars/Olaine)
2010–11 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–0	Pärnu		Ozolnieki (Poliurs)	Tartu (Pere Leib)
2011–12 Details		Tartu (Pere Leib)	3–2	Selver Tallinn		Pärnu	TTÜ
2012–13 Details		TTÜ	3–2	Pärnu		Lāse-R Rīga	Selver Tallinn
2013–14 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Bigbank)		RTU (Robežsardze)	Pärnu
2014–15 Details		Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	Selver Tallinn		TTÜ	Pärnu
2015–16 Details		Pärnu	3–0	Jelgava (Biolars)		Ozolnieki (Poliurs)	Rakvere
2016–17 Details		Rakvere	3–2	Pärnu		Tartu (Bigbank)	Selver Tallinn
2017–18 Details		Saaremaa	3–2	Pärnu		Jēkabpils Lūši	Rakvere
2018–19 Details		Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	Saaremaa		Pärnu	RTU (Robežsardze)
2019–20 Details		The season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years	Runner-up Years
1.	Selver Tallinn	6	2	2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14	2011–12, 2014–15
2.	Bigbank Tartu	3	5	2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19	2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14
3.	Pärnu	1	4	2015–16	2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18
4.	Saaremaa	1	1	2017–18	2018–19
5.	Poliurs/Ozolnieki	1		2005–06
–	TTÜ	1		2012–13
–	Rakvere	1		2016–17
8.	RTU/Robežsardze		1		2006–07
–	Biolars/Jelgava		1		2015–16

Titles by country

Country	Won	Runner-up	Finals
Estonia	13	12	25
Latvia	1	2	3

See also

• Baltic Women's Volleyball League

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)
• Page at the Latvian Volleyball Federation website (in Latvian/English)
• Page at the Estonian Volleyball Federation website (in Estonian)