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2021–22 Baltic Men Volleyball League
League	Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	3 October 2021 – 26 February 2022
Season champions	Bigbank Tartu
Finals
Champions	Bigbank Tartu
Runners-up	TalTech
Finals MVP	Kert Toobal (Bigbank Tartu)
Baltic Volleyball League seasons
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The 2021–22 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th 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.

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	Markus Uuskari	Teamshield	EcoBirch
Selver Tallinn	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	Andres Toobal	Denis Losnikov	Erreà	Hansaviimistlus
TalTech	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	Janis Sirelpuu	Martti Keel	Macron	Optimus Systems
Biolars/Jelgava	Jelgava	Zemgale Olympic Center	Lauris Iecelnieks	Sandis Vilcāns	Joma	Jelgava
Daugavpils Universitāte	Daugavpils	Daugavpils Olympic Center	Guntis Atars	Antons Nazarovs	Erreà	Daugavpils
Jēkabpils Lūši	Jēkabpils	Jēkabpils Sporta nams	Mārcis Obrumans	Eriks Voronko	Macron	Jēkabpils / Optibet
RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	Jūrmala	Jūrmala State Gymnasium SH	Raimonds Vilde	Aleksandrs Avdejevs	Erreà	Riga Technical University
Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	Gargždai	Sporto rūmai Klaipėda	Austris Štāls	Dmytro Shlomin	ETX	Arlanga

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Biolars/Jelgava	Austris Štāls	Mutual consent	2021	Pre-season	Lauris Iecelnieks	2021
Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	Saulius Matikonis	Mutual consent	2021		Austris Štāls	2021
Selver Tallinn	Rainer Vassiljev	Mutual consent	8 August 2021		Andres Toobal	20 August 2021

Regular season

All participating 9 clubs are playing according to the double round robin system.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bigbank Tartu	16	15	1	46	47	7	6.714	1319	1027	1.284	Playoffs
2	TalTech	16	12	4	36	40	18	2.222	1341	1193	1.124
3	Pärnu	16	10	6	28	33	24	1.375	1274	1210	1.053
4	Selver Tallinn	16	9	7	28	34	25	1.360	1329	1285	1.034
5	Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	16	9	7	25	29	27	1.074	1286	1216	1.058
6	Jēkabpils Lūši	16	6	10	19	21	34	0.618	1144	1259	0.909
7	RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	16	6	10	18	24	34	0.706	1254	1312	0.956
8	Daugavpils Universitāte	16	4	12	12	19	41	0.463	1268	1410	0.899
9	Biolars/Jelgava	16	1	15	4	9	46	0.196	1046	1349	0.775

Playoffs

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Bigbank Tartu	6–0	Daugavpils Universitāte	3–1	3–0
TalTech	5–1	RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	3–1	3–2
Pärnu	5–1	Jēkabpils Lūši	3–1	3–2
Selver Tallinn	1–5	Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	0–3	2–3

Final four

• Organizer: Bigbank Tartu
• Venue: A. Le Coq Sports Hall, Tartu, Estonia

	Semifinals				Final
	Bigbank Tartu	3
	Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	0
					Bigbank Tartu	3
					TalTech	0
	TalTech	3
	Pärnu	0
					3rd place match
					Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	2
					Pärnu	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Feb	17:00	TalTech	3–0	Pärnu	25–21	25–22	25–19			75–62	Report
25 Feb	20:00	Bigbank Tartu	3–0	Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	25–18	25–18	25–15			75–51	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Feb	15:00	Pärnu	3–2	Gargždai Amber-Arlanga	25–27	22–25	25–14	25–14	15–10	112–90	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Feb	18:00	Bigbank Tartu	3–0	TalTech	25–21	25–16	25–20			75–57	Report

Final ranking

Rank Team Bigbank Tartu TalTech Pärnu 4 Gargždai Amber-Arlanga 5 Selver Tallinn 6 Jēkabpils Lūši 7 RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala 8 Daugavpils Universitāte 9 Biolars/Jelgava

2020–21 Baltic Men Volleyball League Champions  Bigbank Tartu 4th title 14–man Roster for Final Four Rait Rikberg, Taavet Leppik, Kert Toobal, Martti Juhkami, Kevin Soo, Hergo Hansman, Albert Hurt, Ronald Järv, Allar Keskülla, Alex Saaremaa, Tamur Viidalepp, Valentin Kordas, Siim Päid, Mart Naaber Head coach Alar Rikberg

Final four awards

• Most valuable player

  Kert Toobal (Bigbank Tartu)

• Best setter

  Dmytro Shlomin (Gargždai Amber-Arlanga)

• Best outside hitters

  Albert Hurt (Bigbank Tartu)

  Kevin Saar (TalTech)

• Best middle blockers

  Toms Švans (Pärnu)

  Mihkel Tanila (TalTech)

• Best opposite hitter

  Valentin Kordas (Bigbank Tartu)

• Best libero

  Silver Maar (Pärnu)

References

1. "Teams" Baltic League. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. "„Amber - Arlangos" tinklininkai Baltijos lygą pasitinka su mintimis apie finalo ketvertą" (in Lithuanian). ambervolley.lt. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
3. "Estończyk i czterech Polaków. Sztab szkoleniowy Gwardii Wrocław" (in Polish). wroclaw.pl. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
4. "Mängijakarjääri lõpetanud Andres Toobalist saab Balti meisterklubi peatreener" (in Estonian). Vorkpall24.ee. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
5. ^ "Credit24 Võrkpalli Meistriliiga Archived 2020-03-14 at the Wayback Machine" Baltic League. Retrieved on 17.04.2022. (in Estonian)

External links

• Official website

• Baltic Men Volleyball League
• 2021 in men's volleyball
• 2022 in men's volleyball
• 2021 in Estonian sport
• 2022 in Estonian sport
• 2021 in Latvian sport
• 2022 in Latvian sport
• 2021 in Lithuanian sport
• 2022 in Lithuanian sport
• 2021–22 in European volleyball leagues