The last finalist and not only Finalist,but also Aleksandr Chervyakov`s team, Lokomotiv Baku resigned with the coach which brought the team to silver medals of the Azerbaijani Super league and the only coach which defeated Rabita Baku in the local arena this season. He was replaced with the former coach of Rabita Baku.
Aleksandr Chervyakov is a coach of the Azerbaijani National team. Dragutin Baltic coached Rabita Baku last season and claimed very impressive results with that team, winning Azerbaijani Super League, silver of Azerbaijani Cup and at last bronze of the CEV Cup.