# 2009–10 VTB United League

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 |
| Russia (Superleague A) | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Russia (Superleague A) | 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

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 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

* 14 October 2009 18:00
* Report
| VEF Rīga | 72–76 | UNICS Kazan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 13–20, 18–15, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Bankevics 16 Rebs: Labuckas 8 Asts: Labuckas 4 | | Pts: Popović, Veremeenko 14 Rebs: Lončar 8 Asts: Samoylenko 3 |
* 15 October 2009 19:00
* Report
| Donetsk | 70–69 | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–25, 10–18, 19–7 |||
| Pts: Perry 15 Rebs: Owens 10 Asts: Perry, Aleksić, Šundov 2 | | Pts: Mozgov 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 8 Asts: López 4 |

#### Game 2

* 30 October 2009
* Report
| Donetsk | 78–98 | UNICS Kazan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–34, 22–24, 16–20, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Perry 14 Rebs: Tucker 6 Asts: Perry 3 | | Pts: Popović 30 Rebs: Zamanski 7 Asts: Popović 6 |
* 1 November 2009 18:00
* Report
| Khimki Moscow Region | 103–66 | VEF Rīga |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–8, 24–17, 35–18, 22–23 |||
| Pts: Javtokas 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 8 Asts: Fridzon 9 | | Pts: Bankevics 16 Rebs: Nelyubov 9 Asts: Renfroe 4 |

#### Game 3

* 18 November 2009 17:00
* Report
| VEF Rīga | 76–86 | Donetsk |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 15–22, 13–15, 25–27 |||
| Pts: Renfroe 28 Rebs: Nelyubov 9 Asts: Renfroe 9 | | Pts: Marsh 23 Rebs: Tucker 8 Asts: Perry 4 |
* 18 November 2009 19:00
* Report
| UNICS Kazan | 82–69 | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–29, 16–15, 23–8, 15–17 |||
| Pts: Štombergas 17 Rebs: Zamanski 9 Asts: Popović 3 | | Pts: McCarty 19 Rebs: McCarty 11 Asts: Javtokas 3 |

#### Game 4

* 5 December 2009 18:00
* Report
| Khimki Moscow Region | 78–68 | Donetsk |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 24–15, 23–16, 14–21 |||
| Pts: Jankūnas 16 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Fridzon 4 | | Pts: Tucker 19 Rebs: Owens, Tucker 8 Asts: Perry 5 |
* 5 December 2009 18:00
* Report
| UNICS Kazan | 85–61 | VEF Rīga |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 23–14, 22–12, 25–20 |||
| Pts: Popović 18 Rebs: Zamanski, Štombergas 5 Asts: Samoylenko 5 | | Pts: Labuckas 12 Rebs: Aleksejevs 6 Asts: Bankevics, Renfroe 3 |

#### Game 5

* 19 December 2009 19:00
* Report
| UNICS Kazan | 85–77 | Donetsk |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 17–25, 21–9, 23–23 |||
| Pts: Kuzyakin 21 Rebs: Zamanski 14 Asts: Samoylenko 6 | | Pts: Drozdov 22 Rebs: Aleksić 8 Asts: Mažutis 4 |
* 19 December 2009 17:00
* Report
| VEF Rīga | 83–90 | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 14–27, 24–24, 22–17 |||
| Pts: Renfroe 30 Rebs: Nelyubov 6 Asts: Renfroe 9 | | Pts: McCarty 19 Rebs: McCarty 9 Asts: Langford 5 |

#### Game 6

* 22 December 2009 19:00
* Report
| Khimki Moscow Region | 86–74 | UNICS Kazan |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–12, 22–19, 23–24 |||
| Pts: Langford 37 Rebs: Langford 8 Asts: Langford, Jankūnas, Javtokas 3 | | Pts: Lončar 19 Rebs: Lončar 7 Asts: four players with 2 |
* 9 January 2010 15:00
* Report
| Donetsk | 96–80 | VEF Rīga |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 21–13, 29–20, 19–35 |||
| Pts: Owens 23 Rebs: Owens 9 Asts: Perry, Aleksić, Tsintsadze 3 | | Pts: Labuckas 21 Rebs: Labuckas 10 Asts: four players with 2 |

### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 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

* 15 October 2009 18:45
* Report
| Kalev Tallinn | 61–100 | Azovmash Mariupol |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–21, 17–24, 19–33, 21–22 |||
| Pts: Keerles 23 Rebs: Dorbek 6 Asts: Sokk 4 | | Pts: Serapinas 21 Rebs: Daniels 8 Asts: Skutelnik 4 |
* 15 October 2009 20:00
* Report
| CSKA Moscow | 90–74 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 24–18, 24–21, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Vorontsevich 16 Rebs: Vorontsevich 6 Asts: Langdon 5 | | Pts: Kalnietis, Šalenga 18 Rebs: Watson 14 Asts: Brown 5 |

#### Game 2

* 31 October 2009 14:00
* Report
| Azovmash Mariupol | 65–84 | CSKA Moscow |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 19–20, 25–20, 5–23 |||
| Pts: Daniels 16 Rebs: Rizvić 7 Asts: Jarutis 7 | | Pts: Langdon 22 Rebs: Khryapa 11 Asts: Khryapa 5 |
* 1 November 2009 16:00
* Report
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 88–56 | Kalev Tallinn |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 23–12, 26–15, 29–16 |||
| Pts: Janavičius 14 Rebs: Janavičius 6 Asts: Pocius, Janavičius 5 | | Pts: Akognon, Veski 18 Rebs: Miller 8 Asts: Sokk 6 |

#### Game 3

* 18 November 2009 19:00
* Report
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 82–69 | Azovmash Mariupol |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–10, 24–22, 17–15 |||
| Pts: Brown 37 Rebs: Watson 17 Asts: Brown, Pocius 4 | | Pts: Rizvić 16 Rebs: Daniels, Ugboaja 6 Asts: Daniels 4 |
* 19 November 2009 18:45
* Report
| Kalev Tallinn | 63–85 | CSKA Moscow |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 18–24, 13–24, 14–16 |||
| Pts: Keerles 21 Rebs: Fisher 7 Asts: Johnson 3 | | Pts: Šiškauskas 17 Rebs: Khryapa 13 Asts: Khryapa 5 |

#### Game 4

* 5 December 2009 15:00
* Report
| Azovmash Mariupol | 91–78 | Kalev Tallinn |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 24–21, 22–16, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Rizvić 29 Rebs: Rizvić 13 Asts: Jarutis 5 | | Pts: Akognon 19 Rebs: Fisher 7 Asts: Sokk, Akognon 5 |
* 6 December 2009 16:00
* Report
| Žalgiris Kaunas | 67–63 | CSKA Moscow |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–13, 11–14, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Brown 26 Rebs: Brown, Watson 7 Asts: Janavičius, Kalnietis 3 | | Pts: Planinić 26 Rebs: Khryapa, Planinić 6 Asts: Khryapa, Planinić 4 |

#### Game 5

* 19 December 2009 18:00
* Report
| CSKA Moscow | 98–69 | Azovmash Mariupol |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 25–18, 27–16, 23–18 |||
| Pts: Kurbanov 13 Rebs: Vorontsevich, Khryapa 8 Asts: Khryapa 7 | | Pts: Rizvić 20 Rebs: Rizvić 9 Asts: House 3 |
* 20 December 2009 16:00
* Report
| Kalev Tallinn | 58–82 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 14–21, 13–23, 16–14 |||
| Pts: Akognon 17 Rebs: Keerles 6 Asts: Sokk, Keerles 2 | | Pts: Watson 24 Rebs: Watson 6 Asts: Brown 4 |

#### Game 6

* 9 January 2010 14:00
* Report
| Azovmash Mariupol | 75–84 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 20–18, 20–27, 12–22 |||
| Pts: Rizvić 20 Rebs: Daniels 8 Asts: Jarutis 5 | | Pts: Pocius 28 Rebs: Vene 7 Asts: Kalnietis, Klimavičius 4 |
* 10 January 2010 18:00
* Report
| CSKA Moscow | 87–54 | Kalev Tallinn |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 17–23, 26–8, 26–15 |||
| Pts: Kaun 21 Rebs: Kaun, Planinić 10 Asts: Khryapa 8 | | Pts: Akognon 10 Rebs: Keerles 11 Asts: Sokk 4 |

## 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:
* CSKA Moscow
* Khimki Moscow Region
* UNICS Kazan
* Žalgiris Kaunas

### Semifinals

* 21 January 2010 18:00
* Report
| CSKA Moscow | 71–66 | Khimki Moscow Region |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 15–21, 24–20, 18–13 |||
| Pts: Planinić 16 Rebs: Šiškauskas 7 Asts: Planinić 5 | | Pts: Fridzon 16 Rebs: Mozgov 11 Asts: Cabezas 4 |
* Kaunas Sports Hall
* 21 January 2010 21:00
* Report
| UNICS Kazan | 75–65 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–18, 19–9, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Lončar 20 Rebs: Lončar 7 Asts: Popović 7 | | Pts: Klimavičius 17 Rebs: Klimavičius, Begić 7 Asts: Ćapin 4 |
* Kaunas Sports Hall

### Third-place playoff

* 22 January 2010 18:30
* Report
| Khimki Moscow Region | 72–78 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–14, 18–16, 19–24 |||
| Pts: Langford 20 Rebs: McCarty, Mozgov 7 Asts: McCarty 3 | | Pts: Pocius 26 Rebs: Delaš 5 Asts: Ćapin 4 |
* Kaunas Sports Hall

### Final

* 22 January 2010 21:00
* Report
| UNICS Kazan | 55–66 | CSKA Moscow |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 11–22, 19–18, 11–9 |||
| Pts: Lampe 21 Rebs: Lampe 6 Asts: Popović, Samoylenko 3 | | Pts: Holden, Kaun 16 Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 6 Asts: Šiškauskas, Vorontsevich 3 |
* Kaunas Sports Hall
* VTB United League 2009–10
* CSKA Moscow 2nd Title
* Final Four MVP
* J.R. Holden

## 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

| Regular Season MVP | Regular Season MVP | Final Four MVP | Final Four MVP |
| MVP | Team | MVP | Team |
| Victor Khryapa | CSKA Moscow | J.R. Holden | CSKA Moscow |