Eurocup 2009/10

ULEB Eurocup 2009/10
Duration		October 20, 2009 - April 18, 2010
Order of execution		8th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		32
Main rounds - MVP		Marko Banić (Bilbao)
Rising Star Trophy		Víctor Claver (Valencia)
Coach of the year		Iliad Zouros (Panellinios)
Final Four
venue		Vitoria-Gasteiz
master		Valencia Basket Club
Runner-up		ALBA Berlin
Finals - MVP		Matthew Nielsen (Valencia)
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The season 2009/10 was the eighth season of the ULEB discharged Euro Cup .

The Valencia Basket Club from Spain won the title for the second time .

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Qualification began on October 20, 2009 and ended on November 3, 2009. The regular season began on November 24, 2009 and ended on April 18, 2010 with the final of the Final Four tournament . 32 teams took part in the first group stage. In addition to the 24 directly qualified teams, there were eight teams from the second qualifying round. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The two best in each group advanced to the second group stage. The round of 16 was played for the first time in the history of the Eurocup. As in the first group stage, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The two best in each group made it to the quarter-finals. The winner of the tournament was determined in a Final 4 tournament.

Qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
My Guide Amsterdam	112: 141	MBK Dynamo Moscow	64 : 63	48: 78
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	139: 142	Valencia Basket Club	78 : 63	61: 79
WBC Raiffeisen Wels	155: 169	Beşiktaş Istanbul	74 : 69	81: 100
VEF Rīga	158: 168	Panellinios Athens	79: 94	79 : 74
Brose Baskets Bamberg	129 : 128	KK Budućnost Podgorica	64 : 61	65: 67
BK Donetsk	150: 153	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	71 : 63	79: 90
APOEL Nicosia	139: 140	Bancatercas Teramo	77 : 63	62: 77
Chorale Roanne Basket	162: 169	Hapoel Jerusalem	83 : 81	79: 88

Participating teams (group stage)

Country / League	team	Hall	capacity	VJP 1	Country / League	team	Hall	capacity	VJP 1
Basketball League Belgium	Spirou Basket ( Charleroi )	RTL Spiroudome	7560	M.	Dominet Basket League	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	Tipsport Arena	7500	2
Basketball Bundesliga	Brose Baskets ( Bamberg )	Jako Arena	6800	HF	Superleague Russia	UNICS Kazan	Basket Hall Arena	7500	HF
	ALBA Berlin	O 2 World	14,800	HF		Triumph Lyubertsy	Sports Palace Triumph	3500	VF
	Telekom Baskets Bonn	Telekom Dome	6000	FI		MBK Dynamo Moscow	Krylatskom Sports Palace	5000	VF
Ligue Nationale de Basket	Cholet Basket	Salle de la Meilleraie	5100	9		Spartak St. Petersburg	Jubileiny Sports Complex	7700	HF
	Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Antares	6003	HF	Naša Liga 2	KK Crvena Zvezda	Hala Pionir	8150	FI
	SLUC Nancy Basket	Palais des sports Jean Weille	6027	HF		KK Hemofarm ( Vršac )	Millennium Center	4058	4th
A1 Ethniki	Panellinios Athens	Hellinikon Olympic Arena	15000	VF	League ACB	Joventut de Badalona	Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona	12500	VF
	Aris Saloniki	Alexandreio Melathron	5500	HF		Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	Bizkaia Arena	10400	VF
Ligat ha'Al	Hapoel Jerusalem	Malha arena	3000	HF		CB Gran Canaria	Centro Insular	5000	VF
Lega Basket Serie A	Lauretana Biella	BiellaForum	5707	HF		Valencia Basket Club	Pabellón Fuente de San Luis	9000	VF
	BancaTercas Teramo	PalaScapriano	3500	VF	Národní Basketbalová League	ČEZ Nymburk	ČEZ Aréna Pardubice	10300	M.
	Benetton Treviso	Palaverde	5134	HF	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Türk Telekom Ankara	Ataturk Sport Hall	4500	HF
A1 league 2	KK Zadar	Dvorana Krešimira Ćosića	10,000	F.		Beşiktaş Cola Turka ( Istanbul )	BJK Akatlar Arena	4500	VF
Latvijas Basketbola Līga 3	BK Ventspils	Arena Riga	12500	M.		Galatasaray Café Crown (Istanbul)	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12500	HF
Lithuanian Basketball League 3	KK Šiauliai	Šiaulių arena	5500	HF	Basketball super league	BK Azovmasch Mariupol 4	Sports complex Illichivets	12000	M.

¹ Last year's placement in the national leagues

²Teams of the leagues from Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia have also at the Association Adriatic Basketball participated

³Teams of the leagues from Latvia and Lithuania have also at the Baltic Basketball League participated

^4thAsowmasch Mariupol has also in the VTB United League participated

1st group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. ALBA Berlin	6th	5	1	463	459
2. Galatasaray Café Crown	6th	3	3	515	519
3. BancaTercas Teramo	6th	2	4th	480	482
4. BK Azovmasch Mariupol	6th	2	4th	496	502

	Berlin	Istanbul	Teramo	Mariupol
ALBA Berlin	*	87 : 77	75 : 73	82 : 78
Galatasaray Cafe Crown	93 : 79	*	87 : 80	96 : 82
BancaTercas Teramo	65: 66	95 : 87	*	85 : 77
BK Azovmash Mariupol	73: 74	96 : 85	90 : 82	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Valencia Basket Club	6th	5	1	420	411
2. Le Mans Sarthe Basket	6th	3	3	482	445
3. Lyubertsy's triumph	6th	3	3	430	473
4. KK Hemofarm	6th	1	5	477	480

	Valencia	Le Mans	Lyubertsy	Vršac
Valencia Basket Club	*	74 : 73	85 : 60	75 : 71
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	80 : 44	*	74: 77	92 : 90
Triumph Lyubertsy	59: 67	72: 87	*	83 : 82
KK Hemofarm	68: 75	88 : 76	78: 79	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Aris Saloniki	6th	5	1	492	450
2. Hapoel Jerusalem	6th	3	3	503	487
3. KK Zadar	6th	3	3	500	486
4. KK Šiauliai	6th	1	5	494	566

	Thessaloniki	Jerusalem	Zadar	Šiauliai
Aris Saloniki	*	81 : 77	73 : 67	85 : 67
Hapoel Jerusalem	79: 89	*	93 : 74	89 : 76
KK Zadar	68: 73	86 : 69	*	110 : 87
KK Šiauliai	92 : 91	81: 96	91: 95	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. UNICS Kazan	6th	5	1	498	421
2. Joventut de Badalona	6th	5	1	485	457
3. Beşiktaş Cola Turka	6th	1	5	499	578
4. Telekom Baskets Bonn	6th	1	5	446	472

	Kazan	Badalona	Istanbul	Bonn
UNICS Kazan	*	75: 78	101 : 76	76 : 64
Joventut de Badalona	71: 82	*	108 : 92	66 : 64
Beşiktaş Cola Turka	70: 98	73: 86	*	102 : 98
Telekom Baskets Bonn	62: 66	71: 76	87 : 86	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	6th	6th	0	510	432
2. Türk Telekom Ankara	6th	3	3	479	452
3. Spartak St. Petersburg	6th	3	3	456	462
4. Spirou Basket	6th	0	6th	384	483

	Bilbao	Ankara	St. P`burg	Charleroi
Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	*	81 : 75	85 : 62	90 : 70
Türk Telekom Ankara	70: 85	*	86 : 73	91 : 67
Spartak St. Petersburg	88: 89	85 : 83	*	80 : 69
Spirou Basket	67: 80	61: 74	50: 68	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Crvena Zvezda	6th	5	1	498	452
2. Benetton Treviso	6th	4th	2	494	475
3. Cholet Basket	6th	3	3	442	438
4. MBK Dynamo Moscow	6th	0	6th	430	499

	Belgrade	Treviso	Cholet	Moscow
KK Crvena Zvezda	*	104 : 83	82 : 66	76 : 67
Benetton Treviso	71: 78	*	81 : 80	102 : 69
Cholet Basket	79 : 70	70: 71	*	75 : 70
MBK Dynamo Moscow	86: 88	74: 86	64: 72	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Panellinios Athens	6th	4th	2	457	415
2. CB Gran Canaria	6th	4th	2	425	416
3. SLUC Nancy	6th	3	3	445	444
4. PGE Turów Zgorzelec	6th	1	5	444	496

	Athens	CB Gran	Nancy	Zgorzelec
Panellinios Athens	*	89 : 60	77 : 64	83 : 65
CB Gran Canaria	73 : 51	*	77 : 65	85 : 74
SLUC Nancy	72: 81	67 : 55	*	102 : 82
PGE Turów Zgorzelec	81 : 76	70: 75	72: 75	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	4th	2	469	405
2. Brose Baskets	6th	4th	2	495	422
3. Lauretana Biella	6th	4th	2	460	437
4. BK Ventspils	6th	0	6th	346	506

	Nymburk	Bamberg	Biella	Ventspils
ČEZ Nymburk	*	71 : 66	84 : 60	79 : 57
Brose Baskets	85 : 73	*	87 : 85	100 : 51
Lauretana Biella	78 : 77	80 : 72	*	80 : 54
BK Ventspils	59: 85	62: 85	63: 77	*

2nd group stage

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. ALBA Berlin	6th	4th	2	419	409
2. Aris Saloniki	6th	3	3	447	407
3. Joventut de Badalona	6th	3	3	408	431
4. Le Mans Sarthe Basket	6th	2	4th	420	447

	Berlin	Thessaloniki	Badalona	Le Mans
ALBA Berlin	*	61: 65	72 : 68	83 : 71
Aris Sanoliki	80 : 67	*	84 : 54	71: 72
Joventut de Badalona	62: 68	74 : 72	*	80 : 73
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	63: 68	79 : 75	62: 70	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Valencia Basket Club	6th	5	1	487	465
2. Hapoel Jerusalem	6th	4th	2	507	480
3. UNICS Kazan	6th	3	3	477	484
4. Galatasaray Cafe Crown	6th	0	6th	526	568

	Valencia	Jerusalem	Kazan	Istanbul
Valencia Basket Club	*	75: 79	91 : 81	98 : 95
Hapoel Jerusalem	64: 69	*	82 : 73	100 : 87
UNICS Kazan	68: 72	78 : 71	*	92 : 89
Galatasaray Cafe Crown	78: 82	98: 111	79: 85	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	6th	4th	2	447	400
2. Panellinios Athens	6th	4th	2	462	457
3. Benetton Treviso	6th	2	4th	450	460
4. Brose Baskets	6th	2	4th	410	452

	Bilbao	Athens	Treviso	Bamberg
Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	*	81 : 61	68: 72	76 : 66
Panellinios Athens	77 : 70	*	88 : 79	70 : 62
Benetton Treviso	69: 76	81: 85	*	86 : 70
Brose Baskets	55: 76	84 : 81	73 : 63	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. CB Gran Canaria	6th	4th	2	440	431
2. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	3	3	447	446
3. KK Crvena Zvezda	6th	3	3	440	426
4. Türk Telekom Ankara	6th	2	4th	474	498

	CB Gran	Nymburk	Belgrade	Ankara
CB Gran Canaria	*	69 : 54	81 : 58	73 : 65
ČEZ Nymburk	79 : 71	*	60: 65	84: 94
KK Crvena Zvezda	97 : 67	55: 73	*	76: 78
Türk Telekom Ankara	78: 79	92: 97	67: 89	*

Final round

The quarter-finals took place on March 24th and 31st, 2010, the final four on April 17th and 18th in Vitoria .

ALBA Berlin	61	72
Hapoel Jerusalem	67	59
					ALBA Berlin	77
					Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	70
Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	59	46
ČEZ Nymburk	47	52
									ALBA Berlin	44
									Valencia Basket Club	67
Valencia Basket Club	71	85
Aris Saloniki	64	67							3rd place match:
					Valencia Basket Club	92			Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	76
					Panellinios Athens	80			Panellinios Athens	67
CB Gran Canaria	70	75
Panellinios Athens	81	68

Honors

Finals MVP: Matt Nielsen

At the Final Four weekend in Vitoria, the following players from the past season received special awards:

All-Eurocup First Team 2009/10

• Nando de Colo (Valencia BC)
• Immanuel McElroy (ALBA Berlin)
• Devin Smith (Panellinios)
• Marko Banić (Bilbao Basket) - Regular Season MVP
• Matt Nielsen (Valencia BC) - Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Second Team 2009/10

• Arthur Lee (ČEZ Nymburk)
• Kostas Charalampidis (Panellinios)
• Dijon Thompson (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• James Augustine (Gran Canaria)
• Blagota Sekulić (ALBA Berlin)

Coach of the Year

• Iliad Zouros (Panellinios)

Rising Star Trophy

• Víctor Claver (Valencia BC)

Web links

• Official website of the Euro Cup ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ mode. www.euroleague.net, accessed on March 20, 2010 (English). 
2. ↑ Vitoria, Spain to host Eurocup Finals! www.schoenen-dunk.net, February 2, 2010, accessed on March 20, 2010 (English).