The 2009–10 Euroleague was the 10th season of the Euroleague, a 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.
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,Euroleague.net 2010 Final Four host is Paris! 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.Euroleague.net Euroleague restructuring outlined in the 2009–12 strategic plan.Euroleague.net 2009–12 New Competition System Podcast.
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
A - licensed clubs: teams with 3-year licence Associated clubs: teams with B and C temporary licenses 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC: Champion of the 2008–09 Eurocup Basketball WC: Wild card
Regular seasonA-license Regal FC Barcelona (1st) PanathinaikosTH Asseco Prokom Gdynia (1st) Caja Laboral (2nd) Olympiacos CSKA Moscow (1st) Real Madrid (3rd) Montepaschi Siena Union Olimpija (1st) Unicaja (4th) Lottomatica Roma Anadolu Efes Maccabi Electra (1st) Fenerbahçe Ülker Žalgiris (2nd)Associated clubs Cibona Armani Jeans Milano Khimki ASVEL Lietuvos rytas EC EWE Oldenburg Partizan Qualifying rounds Entente Orléanaise Maroussi Spirou Charleroi Le Mans Aris Ventspils Alba Berlin WC Benetton Treviso
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.
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.
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: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Regular Season. Points scored during the regular season. 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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.
+ Key to colors Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals
Group E
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary. Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg4th leg5th legRegal 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
2009–10 Euroleague Champions Regal FC Barcelona2nd title
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Aleks Marić Partizan1838021.112. Linas Kleiza Olympiacos2239317.863. Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow2135616.95
Points RankNameTeamGamesRatingPPG1. Linas Kleiza Olympiacos2034517.252. Qyntel Woods Asseco Prokom Gdynia2033716.853. Marko Tomas Cibona1626316.44
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRatingRPG1. Aleks Marić Partizan161378.562. Lawrence Roberts Partizan191407.373. Linas Kleiza Olympiacos201286.40
Assists RankNameTeamGamesRatingAPG1. Omar Cook Unicaja16955.942. Miloš Teodosić Olympiacos201045.203. Theodoros Papaloukas Olympiacos17885.18
Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Bo McCalebb Partizan231.95 Viktor Khryapa CSKA MoscowBlocks per game D'or Fischer Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv201.80Turnovers per game Qyntel Woods Asseco Prokom203.45Fouls drawn per game Aleks Marić Partizan187.00Minutes per game David Logan Asseco Prokom2036:212FG% Terence Morris Regal FC Barcelona210.8253FG% Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow210.550FT% Henry Domercant Montepaschi Siena160.937
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatRating Aleks Marić Partizan49 Darjuš Lavrinovič Real MadridPoints Aleks Marić Partizan39Rebounds Travis Watson Žalgiris17Assists Theodoros Papaloukas Olympiacos14Steals Terrell McIntyre Montepaschi Siena7Blocks 3 occasions 5Turnovers 8 occasions 7Fouls Drawn Marko Tomas Cibona12
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 http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/paris-2010/main-page/i/71489/4218/ All-Euroleague team 2009-10
Position All-Euroleague First Team Club team All-Euroleague Second Team Club team Miloš Teodosić Olympiacos Bo McCalebb Partizan Juan Carlos Navarro Regal FC Barcelona Josh Childress Olympiacos Linas Kleiza Olympiacos Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow Erazem Lorbek Regal FC Barcelona 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
Regular season GamePlayerTeamRating1 Darjuš Lavrinovič Real Madrid492 Tiago Splitter Caja Laboral36 Matt Walsh Union Olimpija363 Romain Sato Montepaschi Siena374 Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos325 Keith Langford Khimki38 Aleks Marić Partizan386 Dainius Šalenga Žalgiris287 Aleks Marić (2) Partizan498 Aleks Marić (3) Partizan299 Miloš Teodosić Olympiacos34 Chuck Eidson Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv3410 Ricky Rubio Regal FC Barcelona33 Ramūnas Šiškauskas CSKA Moscow33
Top 16 GamePlayerTeam1 Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2) CSKA Moscow29 Robertas Javtokas Khimki29 Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral292 Alan Anderson Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv403 Terrell McIntyre Montepaschi Siena434 Jamont Gordon Cibona405 Bojan Bogdanović Cibona286 Romain Sato (2) Montepaschi Siena27
Quarter-finals GamePlayerTeam1 Dušan Kecman Partizan302 Linas Kleiza Olympiacos353 Juan Carlos Navarro Regal FC Barcelona294 Fernando San Emeterio (2) Caja Laboral30
MVP of Month
MonthPlayerTeamOctober 2009 Bojan Popović Lietuvos rytasNovember 2009 Pete Mickeal Regal FC BarcelonaDecember 2009 Aleks Marić PartizanJanuary 2010 Miloš Teodosić OlympiacosFebruary 2010 Alan Anderson Maccabi Electra Tel AvivMarch 2010 Victor Khryapa CSKA MoscowApril 2010 Juan Carlos Navarro Regal FC Barcelona
Attendance figures Rank Club# Of Home GamesTotal AttendanceArena Capacity Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Panathinaikos Caja Laboral Unicaja Real Madrid Olympiacos Efes Pilsen Partizan Lietuvos rytas Žalgiris Regal FC Barcelona ASVEL Cibona Entente Orleanaise* Montepaschi Siena Prokom Gdynia Maroussi* CSKA Moscow Khimki Union Olimpija Alba Berlin* Lottomatica Roma EWE Baskets Oldenburg Armani Jeans Milano Fenerbahçe Ülker Spirou Charleroi* Aris* Benetton Treviso* Le Mans Sarthe* Ventspils* TOTALS*
References and notes
External links
Euroleague.net Official Site Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page ULEB.net Official Site