Baltic Men Volleyball League

Baltic Men Volleyball League
Credit24 Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2005
Inaugural season	2005–06
No. of teams	10
Country	Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Most recent champion(s)	Selver Tallinn (7th title)
Most titles	Selver Tallinn (7 titles)
TV partner(s)	Kanal 12, Postimees,
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 the Baltic states.

History[]

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

Clubs[]

The following 10 clubs are competing in the Baltic Men Volleyball League during the 2020–21 season.

Team	Location	Arena	Head Coach	Captain
Bigbank Tartu	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall		Kert Toobal
Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	Avo Keel
Saaremaa	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Sports Centre		Keith Pupart
Selver Tallinn	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	Rainer Vassiljev	Andrus Raadik
TalTech	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	Janis Sirelpuu
	Jelgava	Zemgale Olympic Center
	Daugavpils
	Jēkabpils
	Jūrmala		Raimonds Vilde
	Gargždai

Finals[]

Year		Final				3rd Place Game
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Fourth place
2005–06 Details		(Poliurs/Biolar)	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		(LU Inčukalns)
2006–07		Selver Tallinn	3–2				Pärnu (Falck)
2007–08		Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)			(Elvi)
2008–09		Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)			(Biolar)
2009–10		Selver Tallinn	3–0	Tartu (Pere Leib)			(Biolars/Olaine)
2010–11		Selver Tallinn	3–0	Pärnu		(Poliurs)	Tartu (Pere Leib)
2011–12		Tartu (Pere Leib)	3–2	Selver Tallinn		Pärnu	TTÜ
2012–13		TTÜ	3–2	Pärnu			Selver Tallinn
2013–14		Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Bigbank)		(Robežsardze)	Pärnu
2014–15		Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	Selver Tallinn		TTÜ	Pärnu
2015–16 Details		Pärnu	3–0	(Biolars)		(Poliurs)	Rakvere
2016–17 Details		Rakvere	3–2	Pärnu		Tartu (Bigbank)	Selver Tallinn
2017–18 Details		Saaremaa	3–2	Pärnu			Rakvere
2018–19 Details		Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	Saaremaa		Pärnu	(Robežsardze)
2019–20 Details		The season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
2020–21 Details		Selver Tallinn	3–2	Saaremaa		Tartu (Bigbank)

Titles by club[]

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years	Runner-up Years
1.	Selver Tallinn	7	2	, , , , , , 2020–21	2011–12, 2014–15
2.	Bigbank Tartu	3	5	, , 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	2	2017–18	2018–19, 2020–21
5.		1		2005–06
–	TTÜ	1
–	Rakvere	1		2016–17
8.			1		2006–07
–			1		2015–16

Titles by country[]

Country	Won	Runner-up	Finals
Estonia	14	13	27
Latvia	1	2	3

See also[]

• Baltic Women's Volleyball League

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Estonian)
• Page at the Latvian Volleyball Federation website (in Latvian/English)
• Page at the Estonian Volleyball Federation website Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Estonian)