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2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	2 October 2019 – 8 March 2020
Season champions	Saaremaa
Finals
Champions	Not played
Runners-up	Not played
Finals MVP	Not awarded
Baltic Volleyball League seasons
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The 2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states. The season was cancelled after the quarterfinals in the beginning of March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the 2019–20 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.

Venues, personnel and kits

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

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Selver Tallinn	Aapo Rantanen	Mutual consent	23 May 2019	Pre-season	Alessandro Piroli	11 July 2019
Biolars/Jelgava	Jurijs Deveikus	Mutual consent	2019		Austris Štāls	2019
Saaremaa	Urmas Tali	Sacked	31 December 2019	2nd	Ioannis Kalmazidis	2 January 2020

Regular season

All participating 9 clubs are playing according to the triple round robin system.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Saaremaa	24	22	2	62	69	19	3.632	2082	1676	1.242	Qualified for Playoffs
2	Bigbank Tartu	24	21	3	61	66	20	3.300	2011	1693	1.188
3	Selver Tallinn	24	16	8	49	57	38	1.500	2140	2017	1.061
4	Jēkabpils Lūši	24	13	11	42	55	44	1.250	2177	2155	1.010
5	Pärnu	24	12	12	36	46	46	1.000	2005	2037	0.984
6	RTU/Robežsardze	24	9	15	26	39	55	0.709	2019	2111	0.956
7	TalTech	24	7	17	20	30	58	0.517	1863	2051	0.908
8	Biolars/Jelgava	24	5	19	17	29	64	0.453	1845	2129	0.867
9	OC Limbaži/MSG	24	3	21	11	20	67	0.299	1743	2016	0.865

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
Saaremaa	6–0	Biolars/Jelgava	3–0	3–0
Bigbank Tartu	6–3	TalTech	1–3	3–1	3–1
Selver Tallinn	5–1	RTU/Robežsardze	3–1	3–2
Jēkabpils Lūši	6–0	Pärnu	3–0	3–1

Final four

The Final four tournament was scheduled to be held at Kuressaare Sports Centre, Kuressaare, Estonia on 13 – 14 March 2020. The tournament was initially postponed due to escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A few days later it was announced that the season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.

• Organizer: cancelled
• Venue: cancelled

	Semifinals				Final
	cancelled
	Bigbank Tartu
					cancelled
	Selver Tallinn
					–
	cancelled
					–
	Saaremaa
	Jēkabpils Lūši
					3rd place match
					cancelled
					–
					–

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
cancelled		Bigbank Tartu	CNX	Selver Tallinn
cancelled		Saaremaa	CNX	Jēkabpils Lūši

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
cancelled		–	CNX	–

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
cancelled		–	CNX	–

Final ranking

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9

2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League Champions  14–man Roster for Final Four Head coach

Final four awards

• Most valuable player

  

• Best setter

  

• Best outside hitters

  

  

• Best middle blockers

  

  

• Best opposite hitter

  

• Best libero

  

References

1. ^ "Eesti Võrkpalli Liit lõpetab täiskasvanute võrkpallihooaja" (in Estonian). EVF. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
2. "Teams" Baltic League. Retrieved on 02.10.2019.
3. "Aapo Rantanen ei jätka isiklikel põhjustel Selveri juhendamist" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
4. "Tallinna Selveri peatreeneriks saab aastaid tippvõrkpallis tiirelnud itaallane" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
5. "Saaremaa Võrkpalliklubi loobubki Urmas Tali teenetest, uueks peatreeneriks on saamas välismaalane" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
6. "Saaremaa Võrkpalliklubi peatreeneriks saab 30 aasta tagune EM-hõbe" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
7. ^ "Credit24 Võrkpalli Meistriliiga Archived 2020-03-14 at the Wayback Machine" Baltic League. Retrieved on 01.11.2019. (in Estonian)
8. "AMETLIK: Credit24 Meistriliiga finaalturniir lükkub edasi" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

External links

• Official website

• Baltic Men Volleyball League
• 2019 in men's volleyball
• 2020 in men's volleyball
• 2019 in Estonian sport
• 2020 in Estonian sport
• 2019 in Latvian sport
• 2020 in Latvian sport
• 2019–20 in European volleyball leagues
• Sports events curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic