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2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	26 September 2020 – 17 April 2021
Season champions	Saaremaa
Finals
Champions	Selver Tallinn
Runners-up	Saaremaa
Finals MVP	Renee Teppan (Selver Tallinn)
Baltic Volleyball League seasons
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The 2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states.

Participating teams

The following teams participate in the 2020–21 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	Alar Rikberg	Kert Toobal	Joma	Bigbank
Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	Avo Keel	Martti Keel	Teamshield	EcoBirch
Saaremaa	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Sports Centre	Ioannis Kalmazidis	Keith Pupart	Macron	Visit Saaremaa
Selver Tallinn	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	Rainer Vassiljev	Andrus Raadik	Erreà	Selver / Graanul Invest
TalTech	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	Janis Sirelpuu	Tamur Viidalepp	Macron	Optimus Systems
Biolars/Jelgava	Jelgava	Zemgale Olympic Center	Austris Štāls	Aleksandrs Kudrjašovs	Joma	Jelgava
Daugavpils Universitāte	Daugavpils	Daugavpils Olympic Center	Guntis Atars	Dmitrijs Meinerts	Erreà	Daugavpils
Jēkabpils Lūši	Jēkabpils	Jēkabpils Sporta nams	Mārcis Obrumans	Edvīns Skrūders	Macron	Jēkabpils / Optibet
RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	Jūrmala	Jūrmala State Gymnasium SH	Raimonds Vilde	Gatis Garklavs	Erreà	Riga Technical University
Amber Volley	Gargždai	Sporto rūmai Klaipėda	Saulius Matikonis	Dmytro Shlomin	ETX	Arlanga

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Bigbank Tartu	Andrei Ojamets	Mutual consent	20 April 2020	Pre-season	Alar Rikberg	6 June 2020
Selver Tallinn	Alessandro Piroli	Mutual consent	9 June 2020		Rainer Vassiljev	10 June 2020

Regular season

All participating 10 clubs are playing according to the double round robin system.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Saaremaa	14	11	3	33	36	16	2.250	1225	1103	1.111	Playoffs
2	Selver Tallinn	14	9	5	28	32	14	2.286	1078	1027	1.050
3	Bigbank Tartu	14	10	4	27	34	22	1.545	1260	1162	1.084
4	RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	14	7	7	22	22	24	0.917	1167	1005	1.161
5	Jēkabpils Lūši	14	8	6	20	24	28	0.857	1128	1161	0.972
6	Pärnu	14	6	8	20	25	27	0.926	1102	1129	0.976
7	TalTech	14	4	10	14	16	32	0.500	985	1117	0.882
8	Amber Volley	14	1	13	4	10	36	0.278	958	1199	0.799
9	Daugavpils Universitāte	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
10	Biolars/Jelgava	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

1. ^ Semi-professional Daugavpils and Jelgava teams withdrew from the competition in January 2021 due to Latvian COVID-19 restrictions implemented on amateur sport.

Playoffs

The four winners of each series qualify to the Final four, while the other four teams are eliminated.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Saaremaa	6–0	Amber Volley	3–1	3–0
Selver Tallinn	5–1	TalTech	3–2	3–0
Bigbank Tartu	6–3	Pärnu	0–3	3–0	3–0
RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	1–5	Jēkabpils Lūši	1–3	2–3

Final four

• Organizer: Saaremaa
• Venue: Kuressaare Sports Centre, Kuressaare, Estonia

	Semifinals				Final
	Saaremaa	3
	Jēkabpils Lūši	1
					Saaremaa	2
					Selver Tallinn	3
	Selver Tallinn	3
	Bigbank Tartu	0
					3rd place match
					Jēkabpils Lūši	3
					Bigbank Tartu	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Apr	16:00	Saaremaa	3–1	Jēkabpils Lūši	25–21	25–23	29–31	25–22		104–97	Report
16 Apr	19:00	Selver Tallinn	3–0	Bigbank Tartu	25–15	25–18	26–24			76–57	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Apr	15:00	Bigbank Tartu	0–3	Jēkabpils Lūši	21–25	22–25	23–25			66–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Apr	18:00	Saaremaa	2–3	Selver Tallinn	25–21	23–25	25–14	19–25	13–15	105–100	Report

Final ranking

Rank Team Selver Tallinn Saaremaa Jēkabpils Lūši 4 Bigbank Tartu 5 RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala 6 Pärnu 7 TalTech 8 Amber Volley 9 Daugavpils Universitāte 10 Biolars/Jelgava

2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League Champions  Selver Tallinn 7th title 14–man Roster for Final Four Niko Haapakoski, Renet Vanker, Oliver Orav, Renee Teppan, Mihkel Varblane [et] , Rauno Haidla, Sten Vahtras, Andrus Raadik, Kristo Kollo, Mihkel Nuut, Denis Losnikov, Mathias Külvi, Marx Aru, Helger Hääl Head coach Rainer Vassiljev

Final four awards

• Most valuable player

  Renee Teppan (Selver Tallinn)

• Best setter

  Renet Vanker (Selver Tallinn)

• Best outside hitters

  Kristaps Šmits (Jēkabpils Lūši)

  Oliver Orav (Selver Tallinn)

• Best middle blockers

  Wennder Lopes (Saaremaa)

  Mihkel Varblane [et] (Selver Tallinn)

• Best opposite hitter

  Hindrek Pulk (Saaremaa)

• Best libero

  Johan Vahter (Saaremaa)

References

1. "Teams" Baltic League. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. "Tartu naised ja mehed tiitliteni tüürinud Ojamets asub tööle Audentese spordigümnaasiumi treenerina" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. "AMETLIK: Alar Rikberg astub treenerikarjääris kaua oodatud sammu" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
4. "Tallinna Selver vahetab peatreenerit" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
5. "Rainer Vassiljev naaseb peatreenerina Eesti tippklubi juurde" (in Estonian). Eesti Rahvusringhääling. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
6. ^ "Credit24 Võrkpalli Meistriliiga" Baltic League. Retrieved on 01.11.2020. (in Estonian)

External links

• Official website

• Baltic Men Volleyball League
• 2020 in men's volleyball
• 2021 in men's volleyball
• 2020 in Estonian sport
• 2021 in Estonian sport
• 2020 in Latvian sport
• 2021 in Latvian sport
• 2020 in Lithuanian sport
• 2021 in Lithuanian sport
• 2020–21 in European volleyball leagues