2009â€“10 Euroleague

The 2009/10 season was the 10th season of the ULEB Euro League. Qualifying began on 29 September 2009, and ended on 9 October, the season even started on 21 October 2009 and ended with the final on May 9, 2010 at the Palais Omnisports.

5.1 Group E
5.2 Group F
5.3 Group G
5.4 Group H

6.1 final

7.1 MVP of the Euro League season
7.2 Final Four MVP
7.3 All Euro League First Team
7.4 All Euro League Second Team
7.5 Best Defender
7.6 Rising Star Trophy
7.7 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Mode

At the Euro League 24 teams participate. Of these 22 teams were qualified directly for the group stage. One of them is the winner of the Euro Cup the previous season 2008/ 09, the Lithuanian team BC Lietuvos Rytas. The remaining 21 places will be determined by so-called A and B licenses. A license is assigned to eight vergebenene certain clubs over several years and permissions for the Europa League, which apply to the 2011/2012 season. In addition, 14 B licenses are issued, which are valid for the current season. The remaining two places will be a qualification among eight teams. Deciding which teams get a B license and which must in the qualification will be taken by the ULEB considering the placement and strength of the domestic leagues and leagues of audience popularity, the teams. In addition, three wildcards were awarded also under these criteria.

The 24 teams are divided into four groups of six teams, each team one home and away game contests against any other team. The first four teams in each group go into the second group stage with four groups of four teams, which also each team will play a home and away game against every other team. The second group phase was drawn on January 18, 2010 in Barcelona. The best two teams in the second group stage qualify for the knock-out system, which will be played in best- of-five - mode. The asserts itself teams will qualify for the Final Four tournament at the Palais Omnisports de Paris -Bercy in Paris, where the semi-final and final matches and the match is played for the third place. These games are simple K.O games.

Participating teams ( group stage )

1: Last year's ranking in the National Leagues 2: Qualified as a winner of the Euro Cup of the season 2008/ 09 3: These teams have also participated in the Baltic Basketball League 4: These teams have also participated in the Adriatic Basketball Association 5: These teams have also participated in the VTB United League

Qualification

Group stage

The group stage and the qualification matches were drawn on July 8, 2009 in Barcelona, where the participants of the Final Four pre-season tournament were set as group headers.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group stage - Top 16

In the second phase of the Euro League, the remaining 16 teams in four groups (E to H ) were divided into four teams. Here, the truncation of the regular season in the seedings for the draw reflects. Also in this phase come the teams of each group, in home and away matches against each other. The top two teams from each group will qualify it for the next round.

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final round

The quarter-finals will be played in best- of-five - mode from March 23 to April 7, the Final Four from 7th to 9th of May in Paris. There is no draw necessary as the placement in the group stage in the second group stage decides on the heading.

Final

The ULEB Euro League Final took place on 9 May 2010 at the Palais Omnisports in Paris.

Awards

MVP of the Euro League season

Serbia Miloš Teodosić ( Olympiakos Piraeus)

Final Four MVP

Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona)

All Euro League First Team

Serbia Miloš Teodosić ( Olympiakos Piraeus)
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona)
Linas Kleiza of Lithuania ( Olympiakos Piraeus)
Russia Viktor Chrjapa ( CSKA Moscow )
Australia Aleks Maric (Partizan Belgrade )

All Euro League Second Team

United States Lester McCalebb (Partizan Belgrade )
United States Josh Childress ( Olympiacos Piraeus )
Lithuania Ramūnas Siskauskas ( CSKA Moscow )
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek (FC Barcelona)
Brazil Tiago Splitter ( TAU Ceramica )

Best defender

Russia Viktor Chrjapa ( CSKA Moscow )

Rising Star Trophy

Spain Ricky Rubio (FC Barcelona)

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Linas Kleiza of Lithuania ( Olympiakos Piraeus)

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