2009–10 Eurocup Basketball

Eurocup 2009–10
League	Eurocup
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 20, 2009 – April 18, 2010
Season MVP	Marko Banić (Bilbao Basket)
Top scorer	Darius Washington (Galatasaray)
Finals
Champions	Valencia
Runners-up	Alba Berlin
Finals MVP	Matt Nielsen (Valencia)

2009-10 Eurocup Basketball was the eighth edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the Eurocup. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Euroleague level. It began with qualifying round matches on October 20, 2009, and ended with the Eurocup Finals on April 17 and 18, 2010, at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. The competition was won by Spanish club Power Electronics Valencia, who won their second Eurocup title, and also secured a place in the 2010–11 edition of the Eurocup's parent competition, the Euroleague.

For the first time, the Eurocup conducted a four-team final round, as in the Euroleague. To accommodate this change, a quarterfinal round was introduced. As in the Euroleague, where the top two teams from each of the four groups in its Top 16 phase advanced to the quarterfinals, the top two teams from each group in the analogous Last 16 phase advanced to the quarterfinals. However, the structure of the Eurocup quarterfinals was very different from that of the Euroleague—instead of a best-of-5 series, as in the Euroleague, each Eurocup quarterfinal was a two-legged tie, with the winner determined on aggregate score. Unlike virtually all other basketball competitions, the quarterfinals did not use overtime, unless necessary to break an aggregate tie.^[1]

Teams of the 2009-2010 Eurocup

Group stage
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2008-09 national championships)
Russia (Superleague A)	3	UNICS Kazan (3)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (4)	Triumph Lyubertsy (6)
Spain (Liga ACB)	2	DKV Joventut (5)	Gran Canaria 2014 (6)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Türk Telekom Ankara (3)	Galatasaray CC İstanbul (4)
Serbia (KLS)	2	Red Star (2)	Hemofarm (3)
France (LNB PRO A)	2	SLUC Nancy (4)	Cholet Basket (9)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Lauretana Biella (4)
Germany (BBL)	1	Telekom Baskets Bonn (2)
Poland (PLK)	1	Turów Zgorzelec (2)
Croatia (A1 League)	1	Zadar (2)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	BC Šiauliai (3)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	BC Azovmash Mariupol (1)
Czech Republic (NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1)
Losers of Euroleague 2009–10 qualifying rounds
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2008-09 national championships)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	1	Aris Thessaloniki (4)
France (LNB PRO A)	1	Le Mans (3)
Belgium (Ligue Ethias)	1	Spirou Charleroi (1)
Latvia (LBL)	1	BK Ventspils (1)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Benetton Treviso (3)
Germany (BBL)	1	ALBA Berlin (3)
Qualifying round
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2008-09 national championships)
Spain (Liga ACB)	2	Valencia Basket (7)	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket (8)
Russia (Superleague A)	1	Dynamo Moscow (6)
Turkey (TBL)	1	Beşiktaş CT İstanbul (5)
France (LNB PRO A)	1	Chorale Roanne (5)
Italy (Serie A)	1	BancaTercas Teramo (6)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	1	Panellinios (5)
Israel (BSL)	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (4)
Germany (BBL)	1	Brose Baskets Bamberg (4)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	BC Donetsk (2)
Belgium (Ligue Ethias)	1	Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2)
Latvia (LBL)	1	BK VEF Rīga (3)
Montenegro (Opportunity Liga)	1	KK Budućnost (1)
Cyprus (Division A)	1	APOEL Nicosia (1)
Netherlands (FEB)	1	MyGuide Amsterdam (1)
Austria (Admiral League)	1	WBC Kraftwerk Wels (1)

Qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
MyGuide Amsterdam	112 – 141	Dynamo Moscow	64 – 63	48 – 78
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	139 - 142	Valencia Basket	78 – 63	61 – 79
WBC Kraftwerk Wels	155 – 169	Beşiktaş CT İstanbul	74 – 69	81 – 100
BK VEF Rīga	158 – 168	Panellinios	79 – 94	79 – 74
Brose Baskets Bamberg	129 - 128	KK Budućnost	64 – 61	65 – 67
BC Donetsk	150- 153	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	71 – 63	79 - 90
APOEL Nicosia	139 - 140	Bancatercas Teramo	77 – 63	62 – 77
Chorale Roanne	162 - 169	Hapoel Jerusalem	83 – 81	79 – 88

Regular season

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	ALBA Berlin	6	5	1	463	459	+4
2.	Galatasaray Café Crown	6	3	3	515	519	+6
3.	BancaTercas Teramo	6	2	4	480	482	−2
4.	BC Azovmash Mariupol	6	2	4	496	504	−8

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Power Elec Valencia	6	5	1	420	411	+9
2.	Le Mans	6	3	3	482	445	+37	1–1, +12
3.	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	6	3	3	430	473	−43	1–1, –12
4.	Hemofarm	6	1	5	477	480	−3

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Aris BSA 2003	6	5	1	492	450	+42
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	3	3	503	487	+16	1–1, +2
3.	KK Zadar	6	3	3	500	486	+14	1–1, –2
4.	BC Šiauliai	6	1	5	494	566	−72

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	UNICS Kazan	6	5	1	498	421	+77
2.	DKV Joventut	6	5	1	485	457	+28
3.	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	6	1	5	499	578	−79
4.	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	1	5	446	472	−26

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	6	6	0	510	432	+78
2.	Türk Telekom	6	3	3	479	452	+27	1–1, +11
3.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	6	3	3	456	462	−6	1–1, –11
4.	Spirou Basket	6	0	6	384	483	−99

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Red Star	6	5	1	498	452	+46
2.	Benetton Basket	6	4	2	494	475	+19
3.	Cholet Basket	6	3	3	442	438	+4
4.	Dynamo Moscow	6	0	6	430	499	−69

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Panellinios BC	6	4	2	457	415	+42
2.	Gran Canaria 2014	6	4	2	425	416	+9
3.	SLUC Nancy	6	3	3	445	444	+1
4.	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	6	1	5	444	496	−52

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	ČEZ Nymburk	6	4	2	469	405	+64	2–2, +16
2.	Brose Baskets	6	4	2	495	422	+73	2–2, +1
3.	Lauretana Biella	6	4	2	460	437	+23	2–2, –17
4.	BK Ventspils	6	0	6	346	506	−160

Last 16

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	ALBA Berlin	6	4	2	419	409	+10
2.	Aris BSA 2003	6	3	3	447	407	+40	1–1 +28
3.	DKV Joventut	6	3	3	408	431	–23	1–1 –28
4.	Le Mans	6	2	4	420	447	–27

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Power Elec Valencia	6	5	1	487	465	+22
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	4	2	507	480	+27
3.	UNICS Kazan	6	3	3	477	484	–7
4.	Galatasaray Café Crown	6	0	6	526	568	–42

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	6	4	2	447	400	+47	1–1 +13
2.	Panellinios BC	6	4	2	462	457	+5	1–1 –13
3.	Benetton Basket	6	2	4	450	460	–10	1–1 +6
4.	Brose Baskets	6	2	4	410	452	–42	1–1 –6

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Gran Canaria 2014	6	4	2	440	431	+9
2.	ČEZ Nymburk	6	3	3	447	446	+1	1–1 +13
3.	Red Star	6	3	3	440	426	+14	1–1 –13
4.	Türk Telekom	6	2	4	474	498	–24

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first leg of the Bilbao–Nymburk tie was played on March 23, with all other first legs played on March 24. All return legs were played on March 31. The group winner in each tie, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
ALBA Berlin	133 – 126	Hapoel Jerusalem	61 – 67	72 – 59
Power Elec Valencia	156 – 131	Aris BSA 2003	71 – 64	85 - 67
Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	105 – 99	ČEZ Nymburk	59 – 47	46 – 52
Gran Canaria 2014	145 – 149	Panellinios BC	70 – 81	75 – 68

Eurocup Finals

The first-ever "final four" in the history of the competition, officially called the Eurocup Finals, was held at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Euroleague Basketball Company was initially noncommital on whether it would schedule a third-place game, but ultimately decided to do so.

Bracket

	Semifinals April 17				Final April 18
	ALBA Berlin	77
	Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	70
					ALBA Berlin	44
					Power Elec Valencia	67
					Third place
	Power Elec Valencia	92		Bizkaia Bilbao Basket	76
	Panellinios BC	80			Panellinios BC	67

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1.	Radoslav Rančík	Galatasaray Café Crown	41
2.	Mire Chatman	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	42
3.	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	Šiauliai	34
4.	Darius Washington	Galatasaray Café Crown	45
5.	Brandon Hunter	Hapoel Jerusalem	33
6.	Mike Taylor	Crvena zvezda	35

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1.	Marko Popović Julius Jenkins	UNICS Kazan Alba Berlin	26
2.	Philip Ricci	ČEZ Nymburk	34
3.	Matt Nielsen	Valencia	29
4.	Víctor Claver Devin Smith	Valencia Panellinios	26
5.	Casey Jacobsen	Brose Baskets	31
6.	Marc Salyers	Le Mans	33

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1.	Brandon Hunter	Hapoel Jerusalem	32
2.	Matt Nielsen	Valencia	25

Eurocup MVP

• Marko Banić^[2] (Bizkaia Bilbao Basket)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Matt Nielsen^[3] (Power Electronics Valencia)

All-Eurocup Team

^[4]

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club Team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club Team
G	Nando De Colo	Valencia	Arthur Lee	ČEZ Nymburk
G	Immanuel McElroy	ALBA Berlin	Kostas Charalampidis	Panellinios
F	Devin Smith	Panellinios	Dijon Thompson	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Marko Banić	Bilbao	James Augustine	Gran Canaria
C	Matt Nielsen	Valencia	Blagota Sekulić	ALBA Berlin

Coach of the Year

• Ilias Zouros^[5] (Panellinios BC)

Rising Star

• Víctor Claver^[6] (Power Electronics Valencia)

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Darius Washington	Galatasaray Café Crown	11	238	21.64
2.	Gary Neal	Benetton Basket	11	212	19.27
3.	Radoslav Rančík	Galatasaray Café Crown	12	226	18.83
4.	Marko Popović	UNICS Kazan	12	219	18.25
5.	Dewarick Spencer	Le Mans	12	211	17.58

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	James Augustine	Gran Canaria 2014	14	104	7.43
2.	Radoslav Rančík	Galatasaray Café Crown	12	83	6.92
3	Mike Wilkinson	Galatasaray Café Crown	12	78	6.50
4.	Simas Jasaitis	Galatasaray Café Crown	12	76	6.33
5.	Erwin Dudley	Türk Telekom	11	69	6.27

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Marko Popović	UNICS Kazan	12	57	4.75
2.	Kristaps Valters	DKV Joventut	12	56	4.67
3.	Darius Washington	Galatasaray Café Crown	11	50	4.55
4.	Tutku Açık	Türk Telekom	12	53	4.42
5.	Yuval Naimy	Hapoel Jerusalem	14	60	4.29

Notes and references

1. "Eurocup 2009–10 Competition System". ULEB. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
2. 2009-10 Eurocup MVP: Marko Banic, Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
3. Matt Nielsen, MVP
4. Eurocup Official Web
5. 2009-10 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Ilias Zouros, Panellinios BC
6. 2009-10 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy Victor Claver, Power Electronics Valencia

External links

• EuroCup Official Website
• European Basketball Website