2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League
# 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League

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.

### Venues and personnel

| Team | Location | Arena | Head Coach | Captain |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bigbank Tartu | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | Andrei Ojamets | Meelis Kivisild |
| Pärnu | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | Avo Keel | Martti Keel |
| Rakvere | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | Andres Toode | Ronald Järv |
| Saaremaa | Kuressaare | Kuressaare Sports Centre | Urmas Tali | Siim Põlluäär |
| Selver Tallinn | Tallinn | Audentes Sports Centre | Aapo Rantanen | Renet Vanker |
| TalTech | Tallinn | TalTech Sports Hall | Janis Sirelpuu | Mihkel Nuut |
| Biolars/Jelgava | Jelgava | Zemgale Olympic Center | Jurijs Deveikus | Aivis Abolins |
| Daugavpils Universitāte | Daugavpils | Daugavpils Olympic Center | Edgars Savickis | Dmitrijs Lavrenovs |
| Jēkabpils Lūši | Jēkabpils | Jēkabpils Sporta nams | Mārcis Obrumans | Rihards Pukitis |
| OC Limbaži/MSG | Limbaži | Limbaži 3rd Secondary School | Lauris Iecelnieks | Kristaps Smits |
| RTU/Robežsardze | Riga | Vamoic Sports Hall | Raimonds Vilde | Gatis Garklavs |

## Main Tournament

All participating 11 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bigbank Tartu | 20 | 17 | 3 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 3.000 | 1738 | 1497 | 1.161 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 2 | Saaremaa | 20 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 52 | 18 | 2.889 | 1664 | 1419 | 1.173 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 3 | RTU/Robežsardze | 20 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 51 | 25 | 2.040 | 1780 | 1588 | 1.121 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 4 | Pärnu | 20 | 14 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 29 | 1.621 | 1751 | 1615 | 1.084 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 5 | Selver Tallinn | 20 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 1757 | 1758 | 0.999 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 6 | Rakvere | 20 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 35 | 1.057 | 1649 | 1595 | 1.034 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 7 | Jēkabpils Lūši | 20 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 39 | 1.000 | 1761 | 1720 | 1.024 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 8 | TalTech | 20 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 30 | 47 | 0.638 | 1626 | 1732 | 0.939 | Qualified for Playoffs |
| 9 | Daugavpils Universitāte | 20 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 52 | 0.423 | 1490 | 1746 | 0.853 | |
| 10 | OC Limbaži/MSG | 20 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 0.347 | 1372 | 1572 | 0.873 | |
| 11 | Biolars/Jelgava | 20 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 0.281 | 1411 | 1757 | 0.803 | |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 March | 1 March |
| Saaremaa | 3 |
| Saaremaa | 3 | 2 March | 2 March |
| RTU/Robežsardze | 1 | 2 March | 2 March |
| RTU/Robežsardze | 1 | Saaremaa | 2 |
| 1 March | 1 March | | Saaremaa | 2 |
| 1 March | 1 March | Bigbank Tartu | 3 |
| Bigbank Tartu | 3 | Bigbank Tartu | 3 |
| Pärnu | 0 | | |
| Pärnu | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 2 March | 2 March |
| | | RTU/Robežsardze | 0 |
| | | Pärnu | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 Mar | 17:00 | Saaremaa | 3–1 | RTU/Robežsardze | 34–32 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–22 | | 104–98 | |
| 1 Mar | 20:00 | Bigbank Tartu | 3–0 | Pärnu | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–62 | |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Mar | 14:00 | Pärnu | 3–0 | RTU/Robežsardze | 25–23 | 27–25 | 25–21 | | | 77–69 | |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Mar | 17:00 | Bigbank Tartu | 3–2 | Saaremaa | 21–25 | 25–22 | 25–19 | 19–25 | 19–17 | 109–108 | |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | 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 |

* 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League Champions
* Bigbank Tartu 3rd title
* 14–man Roster for Final Four
* Rait 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 Naaber
* Head coach
* Andrei 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)
