2009–10 VTB United League explained

Prevseason:	2008–09
Nextseason:	2010–11
Season:	2009–10
VTB United League
T Bg:	15317E; border:#FFA500 2px solid;
T Color:	white
Champions:	CSKA Moscow (2nd title)
Runners Up:	UNICS Kazan
Teams:	8
Duration:	14 October 2009 – 22 January 2010
Mvp:	Victor Khryapa
Mvp Link:	VTB United League MVP
Final Four Mvp:	J.R. Holden
Final Four Mvp Link:	VTB United League Playoffs MVP
Top Scorer:	Hasan Rizvić
Top Scorer Link:	List of VTB United League season scoring leaders
Ppg:	20.0

The VTB United League 2009–10 was the first complete season of the VTB United League, which is Eastern Europe's (and the Baltic region's) top-tier level competition for men's professional basketball clubs.

Teams of the 2009–10 season

Country (League)	Teams
Estonia (KML)	Kalev Tallinn
Latvia (LBL)	VEF Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Žalgiris Kaunas
Russia (Superleague A)	CSKA Moscow
	Khimki Moscow Region
	UNICS Kazan
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Azovmash Mariupol
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Donetsk

Group stage

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to Final Four
	Eliminated

Group A

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1.	UNICS Kazan	6	5	1	500	443	+57
2.	Khimki Moscow Region	6	4	2	495	443	+52
3.	Donetsk	6	3	3	475	486	−11
4.	VEF Rīga	6	0	6	438	536	−98

Game 1----

Group B

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1.	CSKA Moscow	6	5	1	507	392	+115
2.	Žalgiris Kaunas	6	5	1	477	411	+66
3.	Azovmash Mariupol	6	2	4	469	487	−18
4.	Kalev Tallinn	6	0	6	370	533	−163

Game 1----

Final four

The Final Four took place between January 21 and 22, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania at Kaunas Sports Hall, the home court of Žalgiris Kaunas. The following teams qualified:

Semifinals

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Final

Individual awards

All-Round 1 Team

Andrey Vorontsevich – MVP (CSKA)
Timofey Mozgov (Khimki)
Chris Owens (Donetsk)
Martynas Mažeika (VEF)
Marko Popović (UNICS)

All-Round 2 Team

Marko Popović – MVP (UNICS)
Krešimir Lončar (UNICS)
Victor Khryapa (CSKA)
Robertas Javtokas (Khimki)
Zygimantas Janavicius (Zalgiris)

All-Round 3 Team

Marcus Brown – MVP (Zalgiris)
Artur Drozdov (Donetsk)
Saulius Štombergas (UNICS)
Victor Khryapa (CSKA)
Alex Renfroe (VEF)

All-Round 4 Team

Marcus Brown – MVP (Zalgiris)
Zoran Planinić (CSKA)
Marko Popović (UNICS)
Paulius Jankūnas (Khimki)
Hasan Rizvić (Azovmash)

All-Round 5 Team

Victor Khryapa – MVP (CSKA)
Kelly McCarty (Khimki)
Travis Watson (Zalgiris)
Igor Zamanskiy (UNICS)
Alex Renfroe (VEF)

All-Tournament Team

Martynas Pocius (Zalgiris)
Maciej Lampe (UNICS)
Sasha Kaun (CSKA)
Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki)
Marko Popović (UNICS)

MVPs

MVP	Team	Team
Regular Season MVP	Final Four MVP
		CSKA Moscow