2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League Explained

2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League:	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport:	Volleyball
Duration:	26 September 2020 – 17 April 2021
Season Champs:	Saaremaa
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	Selver Tallinn
Finals Runner-Up:	Saaremaa
Finals Mvp:	Renee Teppan (Selver Tallinn)
Seasonslistnames:	Baltic Volleyball League
Prevseason Link:	2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League
Prevseason Year:	2019–20
Nextseason Link:	2021–22 Baltic Men Volleyball League
Nextseason Year:	2021–22

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.^[1]

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^[2]	Mutual consent	20 April 2020	Pre-season	Alar Rikberg^[3]	6 June 2020
Selver Tallinn	Alessandro Piroli^[4]	Mutual consent	9 June 2020	Rainer Vassiljev^[5]	10 June 2020

Regular season

All participating 10 clubs are playing according to the double round robin system.^[6]

Playoffs

The four winners of each series qualify to the Final four, while the other four teams are eliminated.^[6]

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Saaremaa	6–0		3–1	3–0
Selver Tallinn	5–1		3–2	3–0
Bigbank Tartu	6–3		0–3	3–0	3–0
	1–5	Jēkabpils Lūši	1–3	2–3

Final four

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

Final

Final ranking

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	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

14–man Roster for Final Four
Niko Haapakoski, Renet Vanker, Oliver Orav, Renee Teppan,, Rauno Haidla, Sten Vahtras, Andrus Raadik, Kristo Kollo, Mihkel Nuut, Denis Losnikov, Mathias Külvi, Marx Aru, Helger Hääl
Head coach
Rainer Vassiljev