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
The following teams took part in the 2018–19 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League."Teams" Baltic League. Retrieved on 18.02.2019.
Venues and personnel TeamLocationArenaHead CoachCaptain Bigbank TartuTartuUniversity of Tartu Sports Hall Andrei Ojamets Meelis Kivisild PärnuPärnuPärnu Sports Hall Avo Keel Martti Keel RakvereRakvereRakvere Sports Hall Andres Toode Ronald Järv SaaremaaKuressaareKuressaare Sports Centre Urmas Tali Siim Põlluäär Selver TallinnTallinnAudentes Sports Centre Aapo Rantanen Renet Vanker TalTechTallinnTalTech Sports Hall Janis Sirelpuu Mihkel Nuut Biolars/JelgavaJelgavaZemgale Olympic Center Jurijs Deveikus Aivis Abolins Daugavpils UniversitāteDaugavpilsDaugavpils Olympic Center Edgars Savickis Dmitrijs Lavrenovs Jēkabpils LūšiJēkabpilsJēkabpils Sporta nams Mārcis Obrumans Rihards Pukitis OC Limbaži/MSGLimbažiLimbaži 3rd Secondary School Lauris Iecelnieks Kristaps Smits RTU/RobežsardzeRigaVamoic Sports Hall Raimonds Vilde Gatis Garklavs
Main Tournament All participating 11 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.
Playoffs The four winners of each series qualified to the Final Four, while the other four teams were eliminated. Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 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 Organizer: Bigbank Tartu Venue: University of Tartu Sports Hall, Tartu, Estonia
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking
RankTeam 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
14–man Roster for Final FourRait Rikberg, (c) Meelis Kivisild, Samuel Joseph Walker, Hindrek Pulk, Dmytro Shlomin, Kevin Soo, Hergo Hansman, Maksim Sevtsenko, Stefan Kaibald, Siim Tammearu, Jan Helenius, Märt Tammearu, Alex Saaremaa, Mart NaaberHead coachAndrei Ojamets
Final four awards
Most valuable player Hindrek Pulk (Bigbank Tartu) Best setter Artis Caics (Saaremaa) Best Outside Hitters Illia Kovalov (Pärnu) Aleksandrs Avdejevs (RTU/Robežsardze) Best Middle Blockers Meelis Kivivild (Bigbank Tartu) Harri Palmar (Saaremaa) Best Opposite Hitter Siim Põlluäär (Saaremaa) Best libero Rait Rikberg (Bigbank Tartu)
References
External links Official website