2009–10 Euroleague Explained

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Turkish Airlines Euroleague^1
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T Bg:	EF6D0D
T Color:	white
Season:	2009–10
Duration:	29 September 2009 – 9 May 2010
Champions:	Regal FC Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners Up:	Olympiacos
Third Place:	CSKA Moscow
Fourth Place:	Partizan
Mvp Link:	EuroLeague MVP
Final Four Mvp N:	ESP
Final Four Mvp Link:	EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Teams:	24 (regular season) 30 (total)
Pir:	21.1
Pir N:	AUS
Ppg:	17.1
Ppg N:	LTU
Rpg:	9.5
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	5.9
Apg N:	MNE

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.

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
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Qualifying rounds
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Qualifying rounds

See 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.

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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.

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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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group A. width=25 width=220 Team width=40 Pld width=40 W width=40 L width=40 PF width=40 PA width=40 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group B. width=25 width=220 Team width=40 Pld width=40 W width=40 L width=40 PF width=40 PA width=40 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group C. width=25 width=220 Team width=40 Pld width=40 W width=40 L width=40 PF width=40 PA width=40 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group D. width=25 width=220 Team width=40 Pld width=40 W width=40 L width=40 PF width=40 PA width=40 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group E. width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group F. width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group G. width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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 See main article: Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group H. width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 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

See 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.

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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

See main article: 2010 Euroleague Final Four.

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Aleks Marić	Partizan	18	380	21.11
2.		Olympiacos	22	393	17.86
3.	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow	21	356	16.95

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PPG
1.	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	20	345	17.25
2.		Asseco Prokom Gdynia	20	337	16.85
3.	Marko Tomas	Cibona	16	263	16.44

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	RPG
1.	Aleks Marić	Partizan	16	137	8.56
2.		Partizan	19	140	7.37
3.		Olympiacos	20	128	6.40

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	APG
1.	Omar Cook	Unicaja	16	95	5.94
2.		Olympiacos	20	104	5.20
3.		Olympiacos	17	88	5.18

Other Stats

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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

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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

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Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club team
		Olympiacos	Bo McCalebb	Partizan
		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		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

See 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		Khimki	38
	Aleks Marić	Partizan	38
6		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
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
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

See 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	width=220px	Club	width=110px	Of Home Games	width=110px	Total Attendance	width=110px	Arena Capacity
	Entente Orleanaise*
	Maroussi*
	Alba Berlin*
	Spirou Charleroi*
	Aris*
	Benetton Treviso*
	Le Mans Sarthe*
	Ventspils*
TOTALS*

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/55048/180/item Euroleague.net 2010 Final Four host is Paris!
2. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/50133/180/item Euroleague.net Euroleague restructuring outlined in the 2009–12 strategic plan.
3. http://www.euroleague.net/downloads/podcasts/english.html Euroleague.net 2009–12 New Competition System Podcast.
4. Web site: Top 16 Draw . Euroleague . 2010-01-11 . 2010-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116163845/http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/64862/180. 16 January 2010 . live.
5. http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/paris-2010/main-page/i/71489/4218/ All-Euroleague team 2009-10