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 different countries.

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

This season marked the first time in the modern era 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

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):

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. 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. 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 10100833625+208
2. Montepaschi Siena 1082830689+141
3. Žalgiris 1037673739−66
4. Cibona VIP 1037637742−105
5. ASVEL 1037680749−69
6. Fenerbahçe Ülker 1037690799−109

Group B

Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Olympiacos 1082884787+97
2. Unicaja 1073784775+9
3. Partizan 1055745757−12
4. Efes Pilsen 1046808793+15
5. Lietuvos rytas 1046741784−43
6. Entente Orléanaise 1028722788−66

Group C

Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 1082730700+30
2. Caja Laboral 1073779735+46
3. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 1064794737+57
4. Maroussi 1046744764−20
5. Lottomatica Roma 1046713737−24
6. Union Olimpija 1019677764−87

Group D

Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Real Madrid 1082811690+121
2. Panathinaikos 1082792697+95
3. Khimki 1064740733+7
4. Asseco Prokom 1046747810−63
5. Armani Jeans Milano 1037724741−17
6. Oldenburg 1019657800−143

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 651465396+69
2. Partizan 633389422−33
3. Panathinaikos 624439442−3
4. Maroussi 624419452−33

Group F

Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group F
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 642444423+21
2. Real Madrid 633447444+3
3. Montepaschi Siena 633481497−16
4. Efes Pilsen 624437445−8

Group G

Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group G
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 651494448+46
2. Asseco Prokom 633471455+16
3. Unicaja 624450452−2
4. Žalgiris 624454514−60

Group H

Main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group H
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Olympiacos 651536504+32
2. Caja Laboral 633515521−6
3. Khimki 633476487−11
4. Cibona VIP 615486501−15

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 Madrid68–6163–7084–7384–78
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 1–3 Partizan77–8598–7873–8167–76
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Caja Laboral86–6383–6353–6674–70
Olympiacos 3–1 Asseco Prokom Gdynia83–7990–7378–8186–70

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
 
 
 Olympiacos83
 
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 Partizan1838021.11
2. Linas Kleiza Olympiacos2239317.86
3. Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow2135616.95

Points
Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1. Linas Kleiza Olympiacos2034517.25
2. Qyntel Woods Asseco Prokom Gdynia2033716.85
3. Marko Tomas Cibona1626316.44

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1. Aleks Marić Partizan161378.56
2. Lawrence Roberts Partizan191407.37
3. Linas Kleiza Olympiacos201286.40

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1. Omar Cook Unicaja16955.94
2. Miloš Teodosić Olympiacos201045.20
3. Theodoros Papaloukas Olympiacos17885.18

Other Stats
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Bo McCalebb Partizan231.95
Viktor Khryapa CSKA Moscow
Blocks per game D'or Fischer Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv201.80
Turnovers per game Qyntel Woods Asseco Prokom203.45
Fouls drawn per game Aleks Marić Partizan187.00
Minutes per game David Logan Asseco Prokom2036:21
2FG% Terence Morris Regal FC Barcelona210.825
3FG% Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow210.550
FT% Henry Domercant Montepaschi Siena160.937

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Aleks Marić Partizan49
Darjuš Lavrinovič Real Madrid
Points Aleks Marić Partizan39
Rebounds Travis Watson Žalgiris17
Assists Theodoros Papaloukas Olympiacos14
Steals Terrell McIntyre Montepaschi Siena7
Blocks3 occasions5
Turnovers8 occasions7
Fouls Drawn Marko Tomas Cibona12

Awards

Euroleague 2009–10 MVP

Euroleague 2009–10 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2009–10

[5]

PositionAll-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub 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

Best Defender

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

Club Executive of the Year
  • Przemyslaw Seczkowski ( Asseco Prokom Gdynia)

MVP Weekly

Regular season
Game Player Team Rating
1 Darjuš Lavrinovič Real Madrid49
2 Tiago Splitter Caja Laboral36
Matt Walsh Union Olimpija36
3 Romain Sato Montepaschi Siena37
4 Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos32
5 Keith Langford Khimki38
Aleks Marić Partizan38
6 Dainius Šalenga Žalgiris28
7 Aleks Marić (2) Partizan49
8 Aleks Marić (3) Partizan29
9 Miloš Teodosić Olympiacos34
Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv34
10 Ricky Rubio Regal FC Barcelona33
Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow33

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1 Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2) CSKA Moscow29
Robertas Javtokas Khimki29
Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral29
2 Alan Anderson Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv40
3 Terrell McIntyre Montepaschi Siena43
4 Jamont Gordon Cibona40
5 Bojan Bogdanović Cibona28
6 Romain Sato (2) Montepaschi Siena27

Quarter-finals
Game Player Team PIR
1 Dušan Kecman Partizan30
2 Linas Kleiza Olympiacos35
3 Juan Carlos Navarro Regal FC Barcelona29
4 Fernando San Emeterio (2) Caja Laboral30

MVP of Month
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
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