2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League

2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	15 October 2016 – 19 March 2017
Season champions	Bigbank Tartu
Season MVP	Siim Põlluäär (Rakvere)
Finals
Champions	Rakvere
Runners-up	Pärnu

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.

Participating teams

Country	Number of teams	Teams
Estonia	6	Selver Tallinn Bigbank Tartu Pärnu TTÜ Rakvere Järvamaa
Latvia	6	RTU/Robežsardze Poliurs/Ozolnieki Ezerzeme/DU Biolars/Jelgava ASK/Kuldīga Jēkabpils Lūši
Lithuania	2	Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa

Main Tournament

All participating 14 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.

Qualified for the Play-off matches

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

Final four

• Organizer: Bigbank Tartu
• Venue: Võru, Estonia

	Semifinals				Final
	18 March
	Bigbank Tartu	1
					19 March
	Rakvere	3
					Rakvere	3
	18 March
					Pärnu	2
	Selver Tallinn	2
	Pärnu	3
					3rd place match
					19 March
					Bigbank Tartu	3
					Selver Tallinn	2

Semifinals

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

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

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

Rank	Team
	Rakvere
	Pärnu
	Bigbank Tartu
4	Selver Tallinn
5	Flamingo Volley-SM Tauras
6	RTU/Robežsardze
7	Jēkabpils Lūši
8	Poliurs/Ozolnieki
9	Biolars/Jelgava
10	Elga Master Idea SM Dubysa
11	Järvamaa
12	Ezerzeme/DU
13	TTÜ
14	ASK/Kuldīga

2016–17 Baltic Men Volleyball League Champions
Rakvere 1st title

12–man Roster for Final Four

Andris Õunpuu, Kevin Saar, Magnus Kallas, Rasmus Rohumets, Tanel Uusküla, Karl Maidle, Kaupo Kivisild, Romet Priimägi, Alari Saar, Artis Caics, Siim Põlluäär, Kristjan Jürima

Head Coach

Urmas Tali

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Siim Põlluäär (Rakvere)

• Best Setter

Artis Caics (Rakvere)

• Best Outside Hitters

Tanel Uusküla (Rakvere)

Taavet Leppik (Pärnu)

• Best Middle Blockers

Toms Švans (Pärnu)

Kaupo Kivisild (Rakvere)

• Best Opposite Spiker

Siim Põlluäär (Rakvere)

• Best Libero

Rait Rikberg (Bigbank Tartu)

References

• Credit24 Champions League 2016/2017 volley.ee

External links

• Official website Template:Et