Sports season
2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League |
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League | Baltic Men Volleyball League |
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Sport | Volleyball |
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Duration | 2 October 2019 – 8 March 2020[1] |
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Season champions | Saaremaa |
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Finals |
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Champions | Not played |
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Runners-up | Not played |
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Finals MVP | Not awarded |
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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.[1] Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.
Participating teams
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Location of
2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League teams.
The following teams took part in the 2019–20 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.[2]
Venues, personnel and kits
Coaching changes
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
Selver Tallinn | Aapo Rantanen[3] | Mutual consent | 23 May 2019 | Pre-season | Alessandro Piroli[4] | 11 July 2019 |
Biolars/Jelgava | Jurijs Deveikus | Mutual consent | 2019 | Austris Štāls | 2019 |
Saaremaa | Urmas Tali[5] | Sacked | 31 December 2019 | 2nd | Ioannis Kalmazidis[6] | 2 January 2020 |
Regular season
All participating 9 clubs are playing according to the triple round robin system.[7]
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 | |
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: Credit24 Champions League Regular Season
Playoffs
The four winners of each series qualified to the Final four, while the other four teams were eliminated.[7]
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.[8] A few days later it was announced that the season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.
- Organizer: cancelled
- Venue: cancelled
Semifinals
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
| 2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League Champions | | 14–man Roster for Final Four | | Head coach | | |
Final four awards
Most valuable player ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
Best setter ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
Best outside hitters ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
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Best middle blockers ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
Best opposite hitter ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
Best libero ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/25px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
References
- ^ a b c "Eesti Võrkpalli Liit lõpetab täiskasvanute võrkpallihooaja" (in Estonian). EVF. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Teams" Baltic League. Retrieved on 02.10.2019.
- ^ "Aapo Rantanen ei jätka isiklikel põhjustel Selveri juhendamist" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Tallinna Selveri peatreeneriks saab aastaid tippvõrkpallis tiirelnud itaallane" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Saaremaa Võrkpalliklubi loobubki Urmas Tali teenetest, uueks peatreeneriks on saamas välismaalane" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Saaremaa Võrkpalliklubi peatreeneriks saab 30 aasta tagune EM-hõbe" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Credit24 Võrkpalli Meistriliiga Archived 2020-03-14 at the Wayback Machine" Baltic League. Retrieved on 01.11.2019. (in Estonian)
- ^ "AMETLIK: Credit24 Meistriliiga finaalturniir lükkub edasi" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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