# 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.
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, 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.

## 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) | 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) |
| Panathinaikos (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) |
* ^ 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
### 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:
* 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 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.
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

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 |
| 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

| Semifinals May 7 | Semifinals May 7 | Final May 9 | Final May 9 |
| Regal FC Barcelona | 64 |
| CSKA Moscow | 54 | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 54 | Regal FC Barcelona | 86 |
| | | Olympiacos | 68 |
| Partizan | 80 | Olympiacos | 68 |
| Olympiacos | 83 | | |
| Olympiacos | 83 | Third place | 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 |
| Steals per game | Viktor Khryapa | CSKA Moscow | 23 | 1.95 |
| 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 |
| Rating | Darjuš Lavrinovič | Real Madrid | 49 |
| Points | Aleks Marić | Partizan | 39 |
| Rebounds | Travis Watson | Žalgiris | 17 |
| Assists | Theodoros Papaloukas | Olympiacos | 14 |
| Steals | Terrell McIntyre | Montepaschi Siena | 7 |
| Blocks | 3 occasions | 3 occasions | 5 |
| Turnovers | 8 occasions | 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

| 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
#### Regular season

| Game | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Darjuš Lavrinovič | Real Madrid | 49 |
| 2 | Tiago Splitter | Caja Laboral | 36 |
| 2 | Matt Walsh | Union Olimpija | 36 |
| 3 | Romain Sato | Montepaschi Siena | 37 |
| 4 | Ioannis Bourousis | Olympiacos | 32 |
| 5 | Keith Langford | Khimki | 38 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 9 | Chuck Eidson | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | 34 |
| 10 | Ricky Rubio | Regal FC Barcelona | 33 |
| 10 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | CSKA Moscow | 33 |

#### Top 16

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2) | CSKA Moscow | 29 |
| 1 | Robertas Javtokas | Khimki | 29 |
| 1 | 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

| 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

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