2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League

The 2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states.

2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League
LeagueBaltic Men Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Duration15 October 2016 – 19 March 2017
Season championsEstonia Bigbank Tartu
Finals
ChampionsEstonia Rakvere
  Runners-upEstonia Pärnu
Finals MVPEstonia Siim Põlluäär (Rakvere)
Baltic Volleyball League seasons

Participating teams

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The following teams took part in the 2016–17 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.[1]

Venues and personnel

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Team Location Arena Head Coach
  Bigbank Tartu Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall   Oliver Lüütsepp
  Järvamaa Paide E-Piim Sports Hall   Laimons Raudsepp
  Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall   Avo Keel
  Rakvere Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall   Urmas Tali
  Selver Tallinn Tallinn Audentes Sports Centre   Rainer Vassiljev
  TTÜ Tallinn TTÜ Sports Hall   Janis Sirelpuu
  ASK Kuldīga Kuldīga   Nauris Sokolovskis
  Biolars/Jelgava Jelgava Zemgale Olympic Center   Jurijs Deveikus
  Ezerzeme/DU Daugavpils Daugavpils Olympic Center   Edgars Savickis
  Jēkabpils Lūši Jēkabpils Jēkabpils Sporta nams   Mārcis Obrumans
  Poliurs/Ozolnieki Ozolnieki   Guntis Atars
  RTU/Robežsardze Riga Vamoic Sports Hall   Raimonds Vilde
  Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa Šiauliai   Modestas Strockis
  Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras Vilnius   Vasilij Burakinskij

Main Tournament

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All participating 14 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 26 24 2 70 73 16 4.563 2103 1760 1.195 Qualified
for Playoffs
2   Selver Tallinn 26 23 3 65 71 22 3.227 2182 1829 1.193
3   Pärnu 26 22 4 64 71 29 2.448 2147 1892 1.135
4   Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras 26 17 9 51 60 39 1.538 2180 2030 1.074
5   Rakvere 26 15 11 45 57 43 1.326 1968 1920 1.025
6   RTU/Robežsardze 26 15 11 44 52 46 1.130 2144 2131 1.006
7   Jēkabpils Lūši 26 13 13 38 51 52 0.981 2267 2245 1.010
8   Poliurs/Ozolnieki 26 12 14 36 48 53 0.906 2236 2254 0.992
9   Biolars/Jelgava 26 11 15 35 45 53 0.849 2027 2037 0.995
10   Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa 26 10 16 33 43 54 0.796 1950 2051 0.951
11   Järvamaa 26 8 18 26 41 61 0.672 2162 2221 0.973
12   Ezerzeme/DU 26 7 19 22 38 68 0.559 2122 2316 0.916
13   TTÜ 26 3 23 10 19 72 0.264 1754 2104 0.834
14   ASK/Kuldīga 26 2 24 7 13 74 0.176 1591 2043 0.779
Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2017. Source: Credit24 Champions League

Playoffs

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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   6–3   Poliurs/Ozolnieki 3–0 0–3 3–0
Selver Tallinn   5–1   Jēkabpils Lūši 3–2 3–0
Pärnu   6–0   RTU/Robežsardze 3–1 3–0
Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras   0–6   Rakvere 0–3 0–3

Final four

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March
 
 
  Bigbank Tartu1
 
19 March
 
  Rakvere3
 
  Rakvere3
 
18 March
 
  Pärnu2
 
  Selver Tallinn2
 
 
  Pärnu3
 
3rd place match
 
 
19 March
 
 
  Bigbank Tartu3
 
 
  Selver Tallinn2

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Mar 16:00 Bigbank Tartu   1–3   Rakvere 25–18 24–26 17–25 10–25   76–94 Report
18 Mar 19:00 Selver Tallinn   2–3   Pärnu 25–16 21–25 25–23 20–25 11–15 102–104 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Mar 14:00 Bigbank Tartu   3–2   Selver Tallinn 25–22 25–23 27–29 22–25 15–10 114–109 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Mar 17:00 Rakvere   3–2   Pärnu 12–25 20–25 25–22 26–24 15–13 98–109 Report

Final ranking

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Final four awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Võistkonnad" volley.ee. Retrieved on 03.03.2020. (in Estonian)
  2. ^ "Rakvere Võrkpalliklubi võitis Credit24 Meistriliiga". Volley.ee. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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