Baltic Men Volleyball League

Baltic Men Volleyball League
Credit24 Champions League

Most recent season or competition: 2024–25 Baltic Men Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2005
First season	2005–06
No. of teams	7
Country	Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Most recent champion(s)	Bigbank Tartu (6th title)
Most titles	Selver Tallinn (7 titles)
TV partner(s)	Duo 5, Postimees, SportaCentrs.lv
Official website	Home page (in Estonian)

The Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as the Cronimet League for sponsorship reasons, is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs in the Baltic states.

History

• Schenker League (2005–2015)
• League of Hundred (2015–2016)
• Credit24 Champions League (2016–2022)
• Baltic League (2022–2023)
• Cronimet League (2023–present)

Clubs

The following 10 clubs are competing in the Baltic Men Volleyball League during the 2021–22 season.

Team	Location	Arena	Head Coach	Captain
Bigbank Tartu	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	Alar Rikberg	Kert Toobal
Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	Avo Keel	Markus Uuskari
Selver Tallinn	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	Andres Toobal	Denis Losnikov
TalTech	Tallinn	TalTech Sports Hall	Janis Sirelpuu	Martti Keel
Biolars/Jelgava	Jelgava	Zemgale Olympic Center	Lauris Iecelnieks	Sandis Vilcāns
Daugavpils Universitāte	Daugavpils	Daugavpils Olympic Center	Guntis Atars	Antons Nazarovs
Jēkabpils Lūši	Jēkabpils	Jēkabpils Sporta nams	Mārcis Obrumans	Eriks Voronko
RTU/Robežsardze/Jūrmala	Jūrmala	Jūrmala State Gymnasium SH	Raimonds Vilde	Aleksandrs Avdejevs
Amber Volley	Gargždai	Sporto rūmai Klaipėda	Austris Štāls	Dmytro Shlomin

Finals

Year	Finalists				Semi-finalists
	Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
2005–06 Details	Ozolnieki (Poliurs/Biolar)	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Rīga (LU Inčukalns)	Lāse-R Rīga
2006–07 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–2	Lāse-R Rīga		Rīga	Pärnu (Falck)
2007–08 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Lāse-R Rīga	Kuldīga (Elvi)
2008–09 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Lāse-R Rīga	Ozolnieki (Biolar)
2009–10 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–0	Tartu (Pere Leib)		Lāse-R Rīga	Ozolnieki (Biolars/Olaine)
2010–11 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–0	Pärnu		Ozolnieki (Poliurs)	Tartu (Pere Leib)
2011–12 Details	Tartu (Pere Leib)	3–2	Selver Tallinn		Pärnu	TTÜ
2012–13 Details	TTÜ	3–2	Pärnu		Lāse-R Rīga	Selver Tallinn
2013–14 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–1	Tartu (Bigbank)		RTU (Robežsardze)	Pärnu
2014–15 Details	Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	Selver Tallinn		TTÜ	Pärnu
2015–16 Details	Pärnu	3–0	Jelgava (Biolars)		Ozolnieki (Poliurs)	Rakvere
2016–17 Details	Rakvere	3–2	Pärnu		Tartu (Bigbank)	Selver Tallinn
2017–18 Details	Saaremaa	3–2	Pärnu		Jēkabpils Lūši	Rakvere
2018–19 Details	Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	Saaremaa		Pärnu	RTU (Robežsardze)
2019–20 Details	The season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe [1]
2020–21 Details	Selver Tallinn	3–2	Saaremaa	Jēkabpils Lūši	Tartu (Bigbank)
2021–22 Details	Tartu (Bigbank)	3–0	TalTech	Pärnu	Amber Volley
2022–23 Details	Tartu (Bigbank)	3–2	RTU (Robežsardze/Jūrmala)	Ezerzeme/DU	Pärnu
2023–24 Details	Selver/TalTech	3–2	Tartu (Bigbank)	Jēkabpils Lūši	Ezerzeme/DU
2024–25 Details	Tartu (Bigbank)	3–1	Pärnu	Võru (Barrus)	Ezerzeme/DU

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years	Runner-up Years
1.	Selver Tallinn	7	2	2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2020–21	2011–12, 2014–15
2.	Bigbank Tartu	6	6	2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25	2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2023–24
3.	TalTech	2	1	2012–13, 2023–24	2021–22
4.	Pärnu	1	5	2015–16	2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2024–25
5.	Saaremaa	1	2	2017–18	2018–19, 2020–21
6.	Poliurs/Ozolnieki	1		2005–06
–	Rakvere	1		2016–17
8.	RTU/Robežsardze		2		2006–07, 2022–23
9.	Biolars/Jelgava		1		2015–16

Titles by country

Country	Won	Runner-up	Finals
Estonia	18	16	34
Latvia	1	3	4

Most valuable player by edition

• 2012–13 – Mart Tiisaar
• 2013–14 – Hindrek Pulk
• 2014–15 – Robert Täht
• 2015–16 – Hindrek Pulk
• 2016–17 – Siim Põlluäär
• 2017–18 – Hindrek Pulk
• 2018–19 – Hindrek Pulk
• 2020–21 – Renee Teppan
• 2021–22 – Kert Toobal
• 2022–23 – Timo Lõhmus
• 2023–24 – Valentin Bouleau
• 2024–25 – Valentin Kordas

See also

• Baltic Women's Volleyball League

References

1. "Eesti Võrkpalli Liit lõpetab täiskasvanute võrkpallihooaja" (in Estonian). EVF. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)
• Page at the Latvian Volleyball Federation website (in Latvian/English)
• Page at the Estonian Volleyball Federation website (in Estonian)