2009–10 Euroleague

2009–10 Euroleague
League	Euroleague
Sport	Basketball
Duration	September 29, 2009 – May 9, 2010
Regular Season
Season MVP	Miloš Teodosić (Olympiacos)
Top scorer	Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos)
Final Four
Final
Final champions	FC Barcelona
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Final MVP	Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona)
Euroleague seasons
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The Euroleague 2009–10 season was the tenth international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe under the ULEB umbrella. The season featured 30 teams from 15 different countries, beginning with the first qualifying round starting on September 29, 2009^[1] and culminating at the 2009–10 Euroleague Final Four at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy arena in Paris, France, with semifinals on May 7 and the third-place game and final on May 9, 2010.^[2]

Changes have been made to the format, adding 6 teams to go from 24 teams to 30 teams, including the preliminary stage. 8 teams competed in qualification rounds, of which 2 teams were selected to join the regular season stage. 22 teams qualifyd directly to the regular season stage with an additional 2 teams qualifying through the preliminary rounds. The regular season phase consisted of 24 teams.^[3][4]

A maximum of three teams can qualify from any one country through their league position. However, 14 clubs hold ULEB "A Licenses", giving them automatic spots in the Euroleague Regular Season through 2011–12 regardless of their domestic league finish. These licenses are granted via a formula that considers each team's performance in its domestic league and the Euroleague; the television revenues ULEB collects from its home country; and the team's home attendance. The clubs holding A Licenses are:

• Spain: Caja Laboral Vitoria, Real Madrid, Regal FC Barcelona, Unicaja Málaga
• Italy: Montepaschi Siena, Lottomatica Roma
• Greece: Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos Athens
• Russia: CSKA Moscow
• Turkey: Efes Pilsen, Fenerbahçe Ülker
• Lithuania: Žalgiris Kaunas
• Israel: Maccabi Tel Aviv
• France: ASVEL Basket (Qualifying round)

Contents 1 Teams of the 2009–2010 Euroleague[5] 2 First preliminary round 3 Second preliminary round 4 Regular season 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Top 16 5.1 Group E 5.2 Group F 5.3 Group G 5.4 Group H 6 Quarterfinals 7 Final four 7.1 Semifinals 7.1.1 Semifinal 1 7.1.2 Semifinal 2 7.2 Third-place playoff 7.3 Final 8 Individual Statistics 8.1 Points 8.2 Rebounds 8.3 Assists 9 Awards 9.1 Euroleague 2009-10 MVP 9.2 Euroleague 2009-10 Final Four MVP 9.3 All-Euroleague First Team 9.4 All-Euroleague Second Team 9.5 Rising Star 9.6 Best Defender 9.7 Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Award) 9.8 Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award) 9.9 Club Executive of the Year 10 References 11 External links

Teams of the 2009–2010 Euroleague^[5]

Country (League)	Teams	Team (rankings in '08/'09 national leagues)	Arena (Capacity)
Spain (Liga ACB)	4
		Regal FC Barcelona (1)	Palau Blaugrana (8,250)
		Caja Laboral Vitoria (2)	Fernando Buesa Arena (9,900)
		Unicaja Málaga (3)	Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena (10,500)
		Real Madrid (4)[a]	Palacio Vistalegre (15,000)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	4
		Panathinaikos Athens (1)	Olympic Indoor Hall (19,250)
		Olympiacos Piraeus (2)	Peace and Friendship Stadium (14,905)
		Maroussi Athens (3) [Q]	Olympic Indoor Hall (19,250)
		Aris Thessaloniki (4)[wc] [Q]	Alexandreio Melathron (5,500)
Italy (Lega A)	4
		Montepaschi Siena (1)	Palasport Mens Sana (7,025)
		Armani Jeans Milano (2)	Mediolanum Forum (12,000)
		Benetton Treviso (3)[Q]	Palaverde (5,134)
		Lottomatica Roma (5)[b]	PalaLottomatica (11,200)
France (LNB Pro A)	3
		ASVEL Villeurbanne (1)	L'Astroballe (5,800)
		Entente Orléans Loiret (2)[Q]	Zénith d'Orléans (6,900)
		Le Mans (3)[wc] [Q]	Antarès (6,003)
Russia (Superleague A)	2
		CSKA Moscow (1)	CSKA Universal Sports Hall (5,500)
		Khimki Moscow Region (2)[c]	Basketball Center of Moscow Region (6,000)
Turkey (TBL)	2
		Efes Pilsen Istanbul (1)	Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500)
		Fenerbahçe Ülker Istanbul (2)
Lithuania (LKL)	2
		Lietuvos Rytas (1)[c]	Siemens Arena (11,000)
		Žalgiris Kaunas (2)	Kaunas Sports Hall (5,000)
Germany (BBL)	2
		EWE Baskets Oldenburg (1)	Weser-Ems-Halle (5,118)
		ALBA Berlin (3)[wc] [Q]	O2 World (16,000)
Serbia (KLS)	1
		Partizan Belgrade (1)	Pionir Hall (8,150)
Croatia (A1 Liga)	1
		Cibona Zagreb (1)	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
Israel (BSL)	1
		Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (1)	Nokia Arena (11,700)
Slovenia (SKL)	1
		Union Olimpija Ljubljana (1)	Dvorana Tivoli (6,000)
Poland (PLK)	1
		Asseco Prokom Gdynia (1)	Gdynia Sports Arena (5,000)
Belgium (Ligue Ethias)	1
		Spirou Charleroi (1) [Q]	Spiroudome (7,560)
Latvia (LBL)	1
		BK Ventspils (1) [Q]	Arena Riga (12,500)

• ^Q The team has competed in the qualifying rounds
• ^wc ALBA Berlin, Le Mans and Aris Salonica were granted "wild card" berths by ULEB. Aris' selection gave A1 Ethniki a fourth berth to go along with its normal allocation of three places.
• ^a Liga ACB is entitled to three Euroleague places by the standard formula. However, because four ACB clubs hold A Licences, the league has a minimum of four berths. (The top four places in the 2008–09 ACB season were all occupied by A Licence holders.)
• ^b Lega A is also entitled to three places by the standard formula. However, the 2008–09 season saw only one of the counry's two A Licence holders finish in the top three, namely champions Montepaschi Siena. As a result, Lottomatica Roma earned an extra place for Lega A by virtue of its A Licence.
• ^c Lietuvos Rytas was the ULEB Eurocup 2008-09 champion, which carries with it a one-year "C Licence" into the Euroleague Regular Season. However, the club also earned a one-season "B Licence" for the Euroleague by winning its domestic championship, and the league's ranking was sufficiently high to give Rytas direct entry into the Regular Season. As a result, the Eurocup champion's C Licence went to Khimki Moscow Region of the Russian Basketball Super League as the ULEB Eurocup 2008–09 finalist.

First preliminary round

Games were played on September 29 and October 2. Winners advanced to the second preliminary round, while losers parachuted into the Eurocup.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spirou Charleroi	111–134	Entente Orléans Loiret	55–53	56–81
BK Ventspils	154–161	Benetton Treviso	78–73	76–88
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	123–137	ALBA Berlin	61–60	62–77
Aris Salonica	129–156	Maroussi Athens	69–67	60–89

Second preliminary round

Game 1 of each match was played on October 6. Game 2 of the Benetton-Orléans match was played on October 9, and Game 2 of Maroussi-ALBA was played on October 11. The winners of each match advanced to the Regular Season, with the losers parachuting into the Eurocup.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benetton Treviso	155–162	Entente Orléans Loiret	73–82	82–80
Maroussi Athens	149–145	ALBA Berlin	79–70	70–75

Regular season

The Regular Season began on October 15, 2009 and concluded on January 14, 2010.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[6]

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors

	Top four places in each group advance to Top 16
	Eliminated

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Regal FC Barcelona	10	10	0	833	625	+208
2.	Montepaschi Siena	10	8	2	830	689	+141
3.	Žalgiris Kaunas	10	3	7	673	739	−66	3–3, +6
4.	Cibona Zagreb	10	3	7	637	742	−105	3–3, +2
5.	ASVEL Villeurbanne	10	3	7	680	749	−69	3–3, −3
6.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	10	3	7	690	799	−109	3–3, −5

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Olympiacos Piraeus	10	8	2	884	787	+97
2.	Unicaja Málaga	10	7	3	784	775	+9
3.	Partizan Belgrade	10	5	5	745	757	−12
4.	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	10	4	6	808	793	+15	1–1, +8
5.	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	10	4	6	741	784	−43	1–1, −8
6.	Entente Orléans Loiret	10	2	8	722	788	−66

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	CSKA Moscow	10	8	2	730	700	+30
2.	Caja Laboral Baskonia	10	7	3	779	735	+46
3.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	10	6	4	794	737	+57
4.	Maroussi Athens	10	4	6	744	764	−20	1–1, +1
5.	Lottomatica Roma	10	4	6	713	737	−24	1–1, −1
6.	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	10	1	9	677	764	−87

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Real Madrid	10	8	2	811	690	+121	2–0
2.	Panathinaikos Athens	10	8	2	792	697	+95	0–2
3.	Khimki Moscow Region	10	6	4	740	733	+7
4.	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	10	4	6	747	810	−63
5.	Armani Jeans Milano	10	3	7	724	741	−17
6.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	10	1	9	657	800	−143

Top 16

The survivors from the Regular Season advanced to the Top 16, where they were drawn into four groups of four teams each, playing home-and-home from January 27 through March 11. The draw was held at Euroleague headquarters in Barcelona, starting at 13:00 CET on January 18, and was streamed live on the official Euroleague site.^[6]

Key to colors

	Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Regal FC Barcelona	6	5	1	465	396	+69
2.	Partizan Belgrade	6	3	3	389	422	−33
3.	Panathinaikos Athens	6	2	4	439	442	−3	1–1, +1
4.	Maroussi Athens	6	2	4	419	452	−33	1–1, −1

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	6	4	2	444	423	+21
2.	Real Madrid	6	3	3	447	444	+3	1–1, +1
3.	Montepaschi Siena	6	3	3	481	497	−16	1–1, −1
4.	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	6	2	4	437	445	−8

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	CSKA Moscow	6	5	1	494	448	+46
2.	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	6	3	3	471	455	+16
3.	Unicaja Málaga	6	2	4	450	452	−2	1–1, +13
4.	Žalgiris Kaunas	6	2	4	454	514	−60	1–1, −13

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	5	1	536	504	+32
2.	Caja Laboral Baskonia	6	3	3	515	521	−6	1–1, 0, −6 overall
3.	Khimki Moscow Region	6	3	3	476	487	−11	1–1, 0, −11 overall
4.	Cibona Zagreb	6	1	5	486	501	−15

Quarterfinals

	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
1.	Regal FC Barcelona	3 – 1	Real Madrid	68 – 61	63 – 70	84 – 73	84 – 78	–
2.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	1 – 3	Partizan Belgrade	77 – 85	98 – 78	73 – 81	67 – 76	–
3.	CSKA Moscow	3 – 1	Caja Laboral Baskonia	86 – 63	83 – 63	53 – 66	74 – 70	–
4.	Olympiacos Piraeus	3 – 1	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	83 – 79	90 – 73	78 – 81	86 – 70	–

Final four

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France

	Semifinals May 7				Final May 9
	Regal FC Barcelona	64
	CSKA Moscow	54
					Regal FC Barcelona	86
					Olympiacos Piraeus	68
					Third place
	Partizan Belgrade	80		CSKA Moscow	90
	Olympiacos Piraeus	83 after overtime			Partizan Belgrade	88 after overtime

Semifinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time.

Semifinal 1

7 May 2010 18:00	Report	Regal FC Barcelona	64–54	CSKA Moscow		Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 14768 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), David Chambon (FRA), Olegs Latisevs (LAT)
		Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 17–10, 18–20, 17–13
		Pts: Vázquez 11 Rebs: Lorbek 9 Asts: Rubio 8		Pts: Šiškauskas 19 Rebs: Kaun 10 Asts: Šiškauskas 5

Semifinal 2

7 May 2010 21:00	Report	Partizan Belgrade	80–83	Olympiacos Piraeus	OT	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 14768 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Fabio Facchini (ITA), Dani Hierrezuelo (ESP), Matej Boltauzer (SLO)
		Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 11–18, 24–19, 15-15, OT: 13–16
		Pts: McCalebb 21 Rebs: Veselý 10 Asts: Roberts 5		Pts: Kleiza 19 Rebs: Kleiza 11 Asts: Papaloukas 5

Third-place playoff

9 May 2010 18:00	Report	CSKA Moscow	90–88	Partizan Belgrade	OT	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 14768 Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA), Dani Hierrezuelo (ESP), Olegs Latisevs (LAT), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
		Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 22–24, 14–18, 17–16, OT: 12–10
		Pts: Langdon 32 Rebs: Khryapa 6 Asts: Holden, Šiškauskas 4		Pts: Roberts 16 Rebs: Roberts 8 Asts: McCalebb 4

Final

9 May 2010 21:00	Report	Regal FC Barcelona	86–68	Olympiacos Piraeus		Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 14768 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Shmuel Bachar (ISR), David Chambon (FRA), Matej Boltauzer (SLO)
		Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 19–17, 17–14, 22–18
		Pts: Navarro 21 Rebs: Navarro, Mickeal 5 Asts: Navarro, Sada 3		Pts: Childress 15 Rebs: Childress 6 Asts: Papaloukas, Teodosić 3

Euroleague 2010 Champions
FC Barcelona Second title

Individual Statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos Piraeus	20	345	17.25
2.	Qyntel Woods	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	20	337	16.85
3.	Marko Tomas	Cibona Zagreb	16	263	16.44
4.	Keith Langford	Khimki Moscow Region	15	233	15.53
5.	David Logan	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	20	306	15.30

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Aleks Marić	Partizan Belgrade	16	137	8.56
2.	Lawrence Roberts	Partizan Belgrade	19	140	7.37
3.	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos Piraeus	20	128	6.40
4.	Robertas Javtokas	Khimki Moscow Region	16	102	6.38
5.	Viktor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	20	127	6.35

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Omar Cook	Unicaja Málaga	16	95	5.94
2.	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos Piraeus	20	104	5.20
3.	Theodoros Papaloukas	Olympiacos Piraeus	17	88	5.18
4.	Terrell McIntyre	Montepaschi Siena	16	82	5.13
5.	Pablo Prigioni	Real Madrid	20	89	4.45

Awards

Euroleague 2009-10 MVP

• Miloš Teodosić (Olympiacos Piraeus)

Euroleague 2009-10 Final Four MVP

• Juan Carlos Navarro (Regal FC Barcelona)

All-Euroleague First Team

• Miloš Teodosić (Olympiacos Piraeus)
• Juan Carlos Navarro (Regal FC Barcelona)
• Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos Piraeus)
• Viktor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)
• Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade)

All-Euroleague Second Team

• Bo McCalebb (Partizan Belgrade)
• Josh Childress (Olympiacos Piraeus)
• Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA Moscow)
• Erazem Lorbek (Regal FC Barcelona)
• Tiago Splitter (Caja Laboral)

Rising Star

• Ricky Rubio (Regal FC Barcelona)

Best Defender

• Viktor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Award)

• Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos Piraeus)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

• Xavier Pascual (Regal FC Barcelona)

Club Executive of the Year

• Przemyslaw Seczkowski (Prokom)

MVP of Month

• October 2009: Bojan Popović (Lietuvos Rytas)
• November 2009: Pete Mickeal (Regal FC Barcelona)
• December 2009: Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade)
• January 2010: Miloš Teodosić (Olympiacos Piraeus)
• February 2010: Alan Anderson (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv)
• March 2010: Viktor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)
• April 2010: Juan Carlos Navarro (Regal FC Barcelona)

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

• Week 1: Darjuš Lavrinovič (Real Madrid)
• Week 2: Tiago Splitter (Caja Laboral Baskonia) & Matt Walsh (Union Olimpija Ljubljana)
• Week 3: Romain Sato (Montepaschi Siena)
• Week 4: Ioannis Bourousis (Olympiacos Piraeus)
• Week 5: Keith Langford (Khimki Moscow Region) & Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade)
• Week 6: Dainius Šalenga (Žalgiris Kaunas)
• Week 7: Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade)
• Week 8: Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade)
• Week 9: Miloš Teodosić (Olympiacos Piraeus) & Chuck Eidson (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv)
• Week 10: Ricky Rubio (Regal FC Barcelona) & Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA Moscow)

Top 16

• Week 1: Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA Moscow) & Robertas Javtokas (Khimki Moscow Region) & Fernando San Emeterio (Caja Laboral Baskonia)
• Week 2: Alan Anderson (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv)
• Week 3: Terrell McIntyre (Montepaschi Siena)
• Week 4: Jamont Gordon (Cibona Zagreb)
• Week 5: Bojan Bogdanović (Cibona Zagreb)
• Week 6: Romain Sato (Montepaschi Siena)

Quarterfinals

• Game 1: Dušan Kecman (Partizan Belgrade)
• Game 2: Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos Piraeus)
• Game 3: Juan Carlos Navarro (Regal FC Barcelona)
• Game 4: Fernando San Emeterio (Caja Laboral Baskonia)

References

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Site
• Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page
• ULEB.net Official Site

Euroleague 2009–10 Champions Regal FC Barcelona Runners-up Olympiacos Piraeus Third place CSKA Moscow Fourth place Partizan Belgrade Eliminated in quarter-finals Real Madrid · Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv · Caja Laboral Baskonia · Asseco Prokom Gdynia Eliminated in Top 16 Group E · Group F · Group G · Group H: Panathinaikos Athens · Maroussi Athens · Montepaschi Siena · Efes Pilsen Istanbul · Unicaja Málaga · Žalgiris Kaunas · Khimki Moscow Region · Cibona Zagreb Eliminated in Regular Season Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D: ASVEL Villeurbanne · Fenerbahçe Ülker Istanbul · Entente Orléans Loiret · Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius · Lottomatica Roma · Union Olimpija Ljubljana · Armani Jeans Milano · EWE Baskets Oldenburg Eliminated in Second Preliminary Round ALBA Berlin · Benetton Treviso Eliminated in First Preliminary Round Aris Salonica · BK Ventspils · Le Mans Sarthe Basket · Spirou Charleroi

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