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 season featured 24 teams from 13 different countries. This season marked the first time in the modern era that a qualifying round was used to determine the last two teams for the regular season. The qualifying round started on September 29, 2009, with the opening game of the proper Euroleague played on October 15, 2010, with a match between Maccabi Electra and Union Olimpija. The season ended at the 2009–10 Euroleague Final Four, which was hosted at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France,[1] with the semifinals on May 7, and 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 Licenses", giving them automatic spots in the Euroleague Regular Season through 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. The clubs that held A Licenses were:
Teams
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Country (League) | Teams | Team (rankings in '08/'09 national leagues) | Arena (Capacity) |
Spain (Liga ACB) | 4 |
FC Barcelona (1) | Palau Blaugrana (8,250) |
Caja Laboral (2) | Fernando Buesa Arena (15,504) |
Unicaja Málaga (3) | Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena (13,000) |
Real Madrid (4)[a] | Palacio Vistalegre (15,000) |
Greece (ESAKE A1) | 3 |
Panathinaikos (1) | Olympic Indoor Hall (19,250) |
Olympiacos (2) | Peace and Friendship Stadium (14,905) |
Maroussi (3) [Q] | Olympic Indoor Hall (19,250) |
Italy (Lega A) | 3 |
Montepaschi Siena (1) | Palasport Mens Sana (7,025) |
Armani Jeans Milano (2) | Mediolanum Forum (13,000) |
Lottomatica Roma (5)[b] | PalaLottomatica (11,200) |
France (LNB Pro A) | 2 |
ASVEL (1) | L'Astroballe (5,800) |
Orléans (2)[Q] | Zénith d'Orléans (6,900) |
Russia (Superleague A) | 2 |
CSKA Moscow (1) | CSKA Universal Sports Hall (5,500) |
Khimki (2)[c] | Basketball Center of Moscow Region (6,000) |
Turkey (TBL) | 2 |
Efes Pilsen (1) | Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500) |
Fenerbahçe Ülker (2) | Abdi İpekçi Arena (12,500) |
Lithuania (LKL) | 2 |
Lietuvos Rytas (1)[c] | Siemens Arena (11,000) |
Žalgiris (2) | Kaunas Sports Hall (5,000) |
Germany (BBL) | 1 |
Oldenburg (1) | Weser-Ems-Halle (5,118) |
Serbia (KLS) | 1 |
Partizan (1) | Pionir Hall (8,150) |
Croatia (A1 Liga) | 1 |
Cibona (1) | Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400) |
Israel (BSL) | 1 |
Maccabi Electra (1) | Nokia Arena (11,700) |
Slovenia (SKL) | 1 |
Union Olimpija (1) | Dvorana Tivoli (6,000) |
Poland (PLK) | 1 |
Asseco Prokom (1) | Gdynia Sports Arena (5,000) |
- Q The team competed in the qualifying rounds
- a Liga ACB was entitled to three Euroleague places by the standard formula. However, because four ACB clubs held A Licences, the league had a minimum of four berths. (The top four places in the 2008–09 ACB season were all occupied by A Licence holders.)
- b Lega A was also entitled to three places by the standard formula. However, the 2008–09 season saw only one of the country's two A Licence holders finish in the top three, namely champions Montepaschi Siena. As a result, Lottomatica Roma earned an extra place for Lega A by virtue of its A Licence.
- c 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.
Second preliminary round
Game 1 of each match was played on October 6. Game 2 of the Benetton Treviso-Orléans 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:[4]
- 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.
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Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 |
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]
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Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals |
Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.
Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.
Semifinals
May 7, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
3rd place game
May 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Final
May 9, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Final standings
Final Four 2010 MVP
Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona)
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- Assistant coaches: Agustín Julbé
- Josep M. Berrocal
- Iñigo Zorzano
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Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other Stats
Game highs
Awards
Euroleague 2009–10 MVP
Euroleague 2009–10 Final Four MVP
All-Euroleague Team 2009–10
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Rising Star
Best Defender
Club Executive of the Year
MVP Weekly
Regular Season
Top 16
Quarter-finals
MVP of Month
Attendance figures
Rank |
Club |
# Of Home Games |
Total Attendance |
Arena Capacity |
1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 8 | 90,500 | 11,700 |
2. | Panathinaikos Athens | 7 | 67,722 | 19,250 |
3. | Caja Laboral Baskonia | 7 | 64,830 | 9,900 |
4. | Unicaja Málaga | 8 | 62,531 | 10,500 |
5. | Real Madrid | 7 | 60,100 | 15,000 |
6. | Olympiacos Piraeus | 8 | 55,129 | 14,905 |
7. | Efes Pilsen Istanbul | 8 | 55,013 | 12,500 |
8. | Partizan Belgrade | 8 | 54,893 | 8,150 |
9. | Lietuvos Rytas | 5 | 40,000 | 11,000 |
10. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 8 | 37,433 | 5,000 |
11. | FC Barcelona | 7 | 35,816 | 8,250 |
12. | ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne | 5 | 33,930 | 5,800 |
13. | Cibona Zagreb | 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 Moscow Region | 7 | 25,129 | 6,000 |
20. | Union Olimpija Ljubljana | 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. | Olimpia Milano | 5 | 12,940 | 12,000 |
25. | Fenerbahçe Ülker Istanbul | 5 | 7,200 | 12,500 |
26. | Spirou Charleroi* | 1 | 6,000 | 7,560 |
27. | Aris Thessaloniki* | 1 | 5,000 | 5,500 |
28. | Benetton Treviso* | 2 | 4,867 | 5,134 |
29. | Le Mans* | 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
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