2009–10 Euroleague

The 2009–10 Euroleague was the 10th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 53rd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The regular season featured 24 teams from 13 countries.

Turkish Airlines Euroleague1
Paris-Bercy in Paris hosted the Final Four
Season	2009–10
Duration	29 September 2009 – 9 May 2010
Teams	24 (regular season) 30 (total)
Regular season
Season MVP	Miloš Teodosić
Finals
Champions	Regal FC Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	Partizan
Final Four MVP	Juan Carlos Navarro
Statistical leaders
Points Linas Kleiza 17.1 Rebounds Travis Watson 9.5 Assists Omar Cook 5.9 Index Rating Aleks Marić 21.1
← 2008–09 2010–11 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

This season marked the first time since 2001–02 season that a qualifying round was used to determine the last two teams for the regular season. The qualifying round started on September 29, 2009, while the regular season of the Euroleague started on October 15, 2010. The season ended with the Euroleague Final Four, which was hosted at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France,^[1] with the final on May 9, 2010.

Format

For the first time in the modern Euroleague era, a preliminary stage was used to determine the last two teams in the regular season. 8 teams competed in qualification rounds, of which the 2 winners advanced to the regular season stage. Those teams joined 22 teams that had qualified directly to the regular season stage.^[2][3]

Allocation

A maximum of three teams could qualify from any one country through their league position. However, 14 clubs held Euroleague Basketball A-linceces, which gave them automatic spots in the Euroleague Regular Season until 2011–12, regardless of their domestic league finish. These licenses were granted via a formula that considers each team's performance in its domestic league and the Euroleague, the television revenues Euroleague Basketball collects from its home country and the team's home attendance.

A-licence holders

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

The rest of the field was filled with teams that qualified through their performance in their respective national leagues and wild card invitations.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

• A: Qualified through an A–licence
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• QR: Qualifying rounds
• WC: Wild card
• EC: Champion of the 2008–09 Eurocup Basketball

Regular season
Regal FC Barcelona (A)	Montepaschi Siena (A)	CSKA Moscow (A)	EWE Oldenburg (1st)
Caja Laboral (A)	Armani Jeans Milano (2nd)	Khimki (EC)[Note EC]	Partizan (1st)
Unicaja (A)	Lottomatica Roma (A)	Efes Pilsen (A)	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (A)
Real Madrid (A)	ASVEL (1st)	Fenerbahçe Ülker (A)	Union Olimpija (1st)
PanathinaikosTH (A)	Cibona (1st)	Lietuvos rytas (1st)
Olympiacos (A)	Asseco Prokom Gdynia (1st)	Žalgiris (A)
Qualifying rounds
Maroussi (3rd)	Entente Orléanaise (2nd)	Ventspils (1st)	Spirou Charleroi (1st)
Aris (4th)	Le Mans (3rd)	Alba Berlin (3rd)	Benetton Treviso (3rd)

1. ^
   Eurocup (EC): Lietuvos Rytas was the ULEB Eurocup 2008–09 champion, which carried 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.

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2009–10 Euroleague Qualifying rounds

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spirou	111–134	Entente Orléanaise	55–53	56–81
Ventspils	154–161	Benetton Treviso	78–73	76–88
Le Mans	123–137	Alba Berlin	61–60	62–77
Aris	129–156	Maroussi	69–67	60–89

Second preliminary round

Game 1 of each match was played on October 6. Game 2 of the Benetton Treviso-Entente Orléanaise match was played on October 9, and Game 2 of Maroussi-Alba Berlin 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benetton Treviso	155–162	Entente Orléanaise	73–82	82–80
Maroussi	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 were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:^[4]

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 advanced to Top 16

Group A Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Regal FC Barcelona 10 10 0 833 625 +208 2. Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 830 689 +141 3. Žalgiris 10 3 7 673 739 −66 4. Cibona VIP 10 3 7 637 742 −105 5. ASVEL 10 3 7 680 749 −69 6. Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 3 7 690 799 −109

Group B Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Olympiacos 10 8 2 884 787 +97 2. Unicaja 10 7 3 784 775 +9 3. Partizan 10 5 5 745 757 −12 4. Efes Pilsen 10 4 6 808 793 +15 5. Lietuvos rytas 10 4 6 741 784 −43 6. Entente Orléanaise 10 2 8 722 788 −66

Group C Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group C Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. CSKA Moscow 10 8 2 730 700 +30 2. Caja Laboral 10 7 3 779 735 +46 3. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 10 6 4 794 737 +57 4. Maroussi 10 4 6 744 764 −20 5. Lottomatica Roma 10 4 6 713 737 −24 6. Union Olimpija 10 1 9 677 764 −87

Group D Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Real Madrid 10 8 2 811 690 +121 2. Panathinaikos 10 8 2 792 697 +95 3. Khimki 10 6 4 740 733 +7 4. Asseco Prokom 10 4 6 747 810 −63 5. Armani Jeans Milano 10 3 7 724 741 −17 6. 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.^[4]

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group E Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Regal FC Barcelona 6 5 1 465 396 +69 2. Partizan 6 3 3 389 422 −33 3. Panathinaikos 6 2 4 439 442 −3 4. Maroussi 6 2 4 419 452 −33

Group F Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 6 4 2 444 423 +21 2. Real Madrid 6 3 3 447 444 +3 3. Montepaschi Siena 6 3 3 481 497 −16 4. Efes Pilsen 6 2 4 437 445 −8

Group G Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 494 448 +46 2. Asseco Prokom 6 3 3 471 455 +16 3. Unicaja 6 2 4 450 452 −2 4. Žalgiris 6 2 4 454 514 −60

Group H Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group H Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Olympiacos 6 5 1 536 504 +32 2. Caja Laboral 6 3 3 515 521 −6 3. Khimki 6 3 3 476 487 −11 4. Cibona VIP 6 1 5 486 501 −15

Quarterfinals

Main article: 2009–10 Euroleague Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

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

Final four

Main article: 2010 Euroleague Final Four

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

2009–10 Euroleague Champions
Regal FC Barcelona 2nd title

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Aleks Marić	Partizan	18	380	21.11
2.	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	22	393	17.86
3.	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow	21	356	16.95

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PPG
1.	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	20	345	17.25
2.	Qyntel Woods	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	20	337	16.85
3.	Marko Tomas	Cibona	16	263	16.44

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	RPG
1.	Aleks Marić	Partizan	16	137	8.56
2.	Lawrence Roberts	Partizan	19	140	7.37
3.	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	20	128	6.40

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	APG
1.	Omar Cook	Unicaja	16	95	5.94
2.	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos	20	104	5.20
3.	Theodoros Papaloukas	Olympiacos	17	88	5.18

Other Stats

Category	Name	Team	Games	Stat
Steals per game	Bo McCalebb	Partizan	23	1.95
	Viktor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow
Blocks per game	D'or Fischer	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	20	1.80
Turnovers per game	Qyntel Woods	Asseco Prokom	20	3.45
Fouls drawn per game	Aleks Marić	Partizan	18	7.00
Minutes per game	David Logan	Asseco Prokom	20	36:21
2FG%	Terence Morris	Regal FC Barcelona	21	0.825
3FG%	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow	21	0.550
FT%	Henry Domercant	Montepaschi Siena	16	0.937

Game highs

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Rating	Aleks Marić	Partizan	49
	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Real Madrid
Points	Aleks Marić	Partizan	39
Rebounds	Travis Watson	Žalgiris	17
Assists	Theodoros Papaloukas	Olympiacos	14
Steals	Terrell McIntyre	Montepaschi Siena	7
Blocks	3 occasions		5
Turnovers	8 occasions		7
Fouls Drawn	Marko Tomas	Cibona	12

Awards

Euroleague 2009–10 MVP

• Miloš Teodosić ( Olympiacos)

Euroleague 2009–10 Final Four MVP

• Juan Carlos Navarro ( Regal FC Barcelona)

All-Euroleague Team 2009–10

^[5]

Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club team
PG	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos	Bo McCalebb	Partizan
SG/SF	Juan Carlos Navarro	Regal FC Barcelona	Josh Childress	Olympiacos
SG/SF	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow
PF/C	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	Erazem Lorbek	Regal FC Barcelona
PF/C	Aleks Marić	Partizan	Tiago Splitter	Caja Laboral

Rising Star

• Ricky Rubio ( Regal FC Barcelona)

Best Defender

• Victor Khryapa ( CSKA Moscow)

Top scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Linas Kleiza ( Olympiacos)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

• Xavier Pascual ( Regal FC Barcelona)

Club Executive of the Year

• Przemyslaw Seczkowski ( Asseco Prokom Gdynia)

MVP Weekly

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week

Regular season

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	Darjuš Lavrinovič	Real Madrid	49
2	Tiago Splitter	Caja Laboral	36
	Matt Walsh	Union Olimpija	36
3	Romain Sato	Montepaschi Siena	37
4	Ioannis Bourousis	Olympiacos	32
5	Keith Langford	Khimki	38
	Aleks Marić	Partizan	38
6	Dainius Šalenga	Žalgiris	28
7	Aleks Marić (2)	Partizan	49
8	Aleks Marić (3)	Partizan	29
9	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos	34
	Chuck Eidson	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	34
10	Ricky Rubio	Regal FC Barcelona	33
	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow	33

Top 16

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2)	CSKA Moscow	29
	Robertas Javtokas	Khimki	29
	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	29
2	Alan Anderson	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	40
3	Terrell McIntyre	Montepaschi Siena	43
4	Jamont Gordon	Cibona	40
5	Bojan Bogdanović	Cibona	28
6	Romain Sato (2)	Montepaschi Siena	27

Quarter-finals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Dušan Kecman	Partizan	30
2	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	35
3	Juan Carlos Navarro	Regal FC Barcelona	29
4	Fernando San Emeterio (2)	Caja Laboral	30

MVP of Month

Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award

Month	Player	Team
October 2009	Bojan Popović	Lietuvos rytas
November 2009	Pete Mickeal	Regal FC Barcelona
December 2009	Aleks Marić	Partizan
January 2010	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos
February 2010	Alan Anderson	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
March 2010	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow
April 2010	Juan Carlos Navarro	Regal FC Barcelona

Attendance figures

Rank	Club	# Of Home Games	Total Attendance	Arena Capacity
1.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	8	90,500	11,700
2.	Panathinaikos	7	67,722	19,250
3.	Caja Laboral	7	64,830	9,900
4.	Unicaja	8	62,531	10,500
5.	Real Madrid	7	60,100	15,000
6.	Olympiacos	8	55,129	14,905
7.	Efes Pilsen	8	55,013	12,500
8.	Partizan	8	54,893	8,150
9.	Lietuvos rytas	5	40,000	11,000
10.	Žalgiris	8	37,433	5,000
11.	Regal FC Barcelona	7	35,816	8,250
12.	ASVEL	5	33,930	5,800
13.	Cibona	8	32,365	5,400
14.	Entente Orleanaise*	7	31,805	6,900
15.	Montepaschi Siena	7	31,338	7,025
16.	Prokom Gdynia	7	29,785	5,000
17.	Maroussi*	10	28,100	19,250
18.	CSKA Moscow	7	25,340	5,500
19.	Khimki	7	25,129	6,000
20.	Union Olimpija	5	24,000	6,000
21.	Alba Berlin*	2	23,506	16,000
22.	Lottomatica Roma	5	21,147	11,200
23.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	5	16,080	5,118
24.	Armani Jeans Milano	5	12,940	12,000
25.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	5	7,200	12,500
26.	Spirou Charleroi*	1	6,000	7,560
27.	Aris*	1	5,000	5,500
28.	Benetton Treviso*	2	4,867	5,134
29.	Le Mans Sarthe*	1	4,600	6,003
30.	Ventspils*	1	3,500	12,500
TOTALS*			TOTAL LEAGUE ATTENDANCE 990,599	AVERAGE ARENA CAPACITY 9,552

References and notes

1. Euroleague.net 2010 Final Four host is Paris!
2. Euroleague.net Euroleague restructuring outlined in the 2009–12 strategic plan.
3. Euroleague.net 2009–12 New Competition System Podcast.
4. "Top 16 Draw". Euroleague. 2010-01-11. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
5. http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/paris-2010/main-page/i/71489/4218/ All-Euroleague team 2009-10

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Site
• Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page
• ULEB.net Official Site Archived 2008-05-10 at the Wayback Machine