2009–10 Liga Nacional de Básquet season

The 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Básquet season was the 26th season of the top professional basketball league in Argentina. The regular season started on 7 October 2009. Peñarol won their second title, defeating Atenas in the finals.

2009–10 Liga Nacional de Básquet season
League	Liga Nacional de Básquet
Sport	Basketball
Duration	7 October 2009 – 28 March 2010 (regular season) 31 March – 25 May 2010 (playoffs)
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	TyC Sports
Season MVP	Leonardo Gutiérrez
2010 Liga Nacional de Básquet Playoffs
Finals champions	Peñarol
Runners-up	Atenas
Finals MVP	Leonardo Gutiérrez (Peñarol)

Promotions and relegations

Torneo Nacional de Ascenso Champions from the previous season La Unión and runners-up Unión de Sunchales were promoted, occupying the berths left by Ben Hur and Monte Hermoso. Central Enterriano, also from the second-tier tournament, traded places with Independiente de Neuquén, who had to sell their berth due to financial difficulties.^[1]

Clubs

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Atenas	Córdoba	Carlos Cerutti	3,730
Bahía Blanca Estudiantes	Bahía Blanca	Osvaldo Casanova	3,950
Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires	Luis Conde	2,000
Central Enterriano	Gualeguaychú	Estadio José María Bértora	2,000
Ciclista Olímpico	La Banda	Luis Conde	2,000
Gimnasia y Esgrima (Comodoro Rivadavia)	Comodoro Rivadavia	Socios Fundadores	2,276
Juventud Sionista	Paraná	Estadio Moisés Flesler	2,100
Lanús	Lanús	Antonio Rotili	4,000
Libertad	Sunchales	El Hogar de los Tigres	4,000
Obras Sanitarias	Buenos Aires	Estadio Obras	3,100
Peñarol	Mar del Plata	Islas Malvinas	8,000
Quilmes	Mar del Plata	Estadio Once Unidos	2,000
Quimsa	Santiago del Estero	Estadio Ciudad	5,200
Regatas Corrientes	Corrientes	José Jorge Contte	4,000
La Unión	Formosa	Cincuentenario	4,500
Unión de Sunchales	Sunchales	La Fortaleza del Bicho Coliseo del Sur[2]

Regular season

First stage

The first stage took place between 7 October and 25 November 2009. Teams were divided into two zones. The top three teams from each zone plus the best fourth team overall and a wildcard competed in the Torneo Súper 8 that took place in December.

North Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Atenas	14	9	5	23	Qualified to Torneo Súper 8
2	Quimsa	14	9	5	23
3	Juventud Sionista	14	9	5	23
4	Libertad	14	7	7	21[a]
5	La Unión	14	7	7	21[a]
6	Unión de Sunchales	14	6	8	20
7	Regatas Corrientes	14	6	8	20
8	Ciclista Olímpico	14	1	13	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Libertad wins head-to-head against La Unión 2–0.

South Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	14	10	4	24	Qualified to Torneo Súper 8
2	Boca Juniors	14	9	5	23
3	Obras Sanitarias	14	8	6	22
4	Central Enterriano	14	7	7	21
5	Quilmes	14	7	7	21	Qualified to Torneo Súper 8 (wildcard)
6	Lanús	14	5	9	19
7	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	14	5	9	19
8	Bahía Blanca Estudiantes	14	5	9	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Torneo Súper 8

The sixth edition of Torneo Súper 8 took place on 17–20 December 2009 in the city of Mar del Plata. Peñarol won their second title, defeating Atenas in the Final.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Juventud Sionista	94
	Quimsa	77
					Juventud Sionista	65
					Peñarol	78
	Peñarol	93
	Quilmes	87
									Peñarol	74
									Atenas	67
	Atenas	80
	Obras Sanitarias	66
					Atenas	75
					Boca Juniors	71
	Boca Juniors	87
	Libertad	73

Second stage

The second stage started on 27 November 2010. All 16 teams were ranked together. Each team carried over half of the points obtained in the first stage.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Peñarol	30	23	7	65	Quarterfinals
2	Atenas	30	22	8	63.5
3	Juventud Sionista	30	17	13	58.5
4	Libertad	30	17	13	57.5
5	Boca Juniors	30	16	14	57.5	Reclassification playoffs
6	Quimsa	30	15	15	56.5
7	La Unión	30	16	14	56.5
8	Unión de Sunchales	30	17	13	56
9	Regatas Corrientes	30	16	14	55
10	Lanús	30	14	16	53.5
11	Bahía Blanca Estudiantes	30	13	17	52.5
12	Obras Sanitarias	30	11	19	52
13	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	30	12	18	51.5	Relegation playoffs
14	Quilmes	30	11	19	51.5
15	Ciclista Olímpico	30	14	16	51
16	Central Enterriano	29	6	23	45.5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Championship playoffs

The Playoffs started on 31 March 2011 and ended on 25 May 2011. Peñarol defeated Atenas in the Finals.

	Reclassification					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	Peñarol	3
						10	Lanús	0
	7	La Unión	2
	10	Lanús	3
											1	Peñarol	3
											10	Boca Juniors	0
						4	Libertad	1
						5	Boca Juniors	3
	5	Boca Juniors	3
	12	Obras Sanitarias	0
																1	Peñarol	4
																2	Atenas	1
						2	Atenas	3
						9	Regatas Corrientes	2
	8	Unión de Sunchales	1
	9	Regatas Corrientes	3
											2	Atenas	3
											3	Juventud Sionista	2
						3	Juventud Sionista	3
						6	Quimsa	1
	6	Quimsa	3
	11	Bahía Blanca Estudiantes	1

Relegation playoffs

The relegation series began on 2 April. Central Entrerriano and Quilmes lost their respective series and were relegated to the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso.

	Finals
	13	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	3
	16	Central Entrerriano	0

	Finals
	14	Quilmes	2
	15	Ciclista Olímpico	3

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Atenas	FIBA Americas League	Group stage
Obras Sanitarias		Group stage
Peñarol		Champions
Quimsa		Final four
Libertad	Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol	Final four
Juventud Sionista
Quimsa		Champions

Awards

Yearly Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Leonardo Gutiérrez, Peñarol
• All-Tournament Team:
  • F Leonardo Gutiérrez, Peñarol
  • F Juan Locatelli, Atenas
  • C Román González, Quimsa
  • G Juan Pablo Figueroa, Atenas
  • G David Jackson, Libertad