2009–10 Eurocup Basketball
Eurocup 2009–10 | |
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League | Eurocup |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 20, 2009 – April 18, 2010 |
Season MVP | Croatia Marko Banić (Bizkaia Bilbao) |
Top scorer | North Macedonia Darius Washington (Galatasaray Café Crown) |
Finals | |
Champions | Spain Power Electronics Valencia |
Runners-up | Germany Alba Berlin |
Finals MVP | Australia Matt Nielsen (Power Electronics 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 European-wide league 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
Qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Amsterdam Netherlands | 112–141 | Russia Dynamo Moscow | 64–63 | 48–78 |
Dexia Mons-Hainaut Belgium | 139–142 | Spain Power Electronics Valencia | 78–63 | 61–79 |
Kraftwerk Wels Austria | 155–169 | Turkey Beşiktaş Cola Turka | 74–69 | 81–100 |
VEF Rīga Latvia | 158–168 | Greece Panellinios | 79–94 | 79–74 |
Brose Baskets Germany | 129–128 | Montenegro Budućnost | 64–61 | 65–67 |
Donetsk Ukraine | 150–153 | Spain Bizkaia Bilbao | 71–63 | 79–90 |
APOEL Cyprus | 139–140 | Italy Bancatercas Teramo | 77–63 | 62–77 |
Chorale Roanne France | 162–169 | Israel Hapoel Jerusalem | 83–81 | 79–88 |
Regular season
Top two places in each group advance to Top 16 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Top 16
Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals |
Group I
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Group J
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Group K
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Group L
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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 |
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Alba Berlin Germany | 133–126 | Israel Hapoel Jerusalem | 61–67 | 72–59 |
Power Electronics Valencia Spain | 156–131 | Greece Aris | 71–64 | 85–67 |
Bizkaia Bilbao Spain | 105–99 | Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk | 59–47 | 46–52 |
Gran Canaria 2014 Spain | 145–149 | Greece Panellinios | 70–81 | 75–68 |
Final four
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.
Semifinals
April 17, Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Alba Berlin Germany | 77–70 | Spain Bizkaia Bilbao |
Power Electronics Valencia Spain | 92–80 | Greece Panellinios |
3rd place game
April 18, Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bizkaia Bilbao Spain | 76–67 | Greece Panellinios |
Final
April 19, Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Alba Berlin Germany | 44–67 | Spain Power Electronics Valencia |
2009–10 Eurocup Champions |
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Spain Power Electronics Valencia 2nd Title |
Final standings
Team | |
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File:Coppacoppe.png | Spain Power Electronics Valencia |
File:Silver medal europe.svg | Germany Alba Berlin |
File:Bronze medal europe.svg | Spain Bizkaia Bilbao |
Greece Panellinios |
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Week | Player | Team | Performance Index Rating |
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1. | Slovakia Radoslav Rančík | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 41 |
2. | United States Mire Chatman | Turkey Beşiktaş Cola Turka | 42 |
3. | Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas | Lithuania Šiauliai | 34 |
4. | North Macedonia Darius Washington | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 45 |
5. | United States Brandon Hunter | Israel Hapoel Jerusalem | 33 |
6. | United States Mike Taylor | Serbia Crvena zvezda | 35 |
Top 16
Week | Player | Team | Performance Index Rating |
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1. | Croatia Marko Popović United States Julius Jenkins |
Russia UNICS Kazan Germany Alba Berlin |
26 |
2. | United States Philip Ricci | Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk | 34 |
3. | Australia Matt Nielsen | Spain Valencia | 29 |
4. | Spain Víctor Claver United States Devin Smith |
Spain Valencia Greece Panellinios |
26 |
5. | United States Casey Jacobsen | Germany Brose Baskets | 31 |
6. | United States Marc Salyers | France Le Mans | 33 |
Quarterfinals
Game | Player | Team | Performance Index Rating |
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1. | United States Brandon Hunter | Israel Hapoel Jerusalem | 32 |
2. | Australia Matt Nielsen | Spain Valencia | 25 |
Eurocup MVP
Eurocup Finals MVP
All-Eurocup Team
Position | All-Eurocup First Team | Club Team | All-Eurocup Second Team | Club Team |
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France Nando De Colo | Spain Valencia | United States Arthur Lee | Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk | |
United States Immanuel McElroy | Germany ALBA Berlin | Greece Kostas Charalampidis | Greece Panellinios | |
United States Devin Smith | Greece Panellinios | United States Dijon Thompson | Israel Hapoel Jerusalem | |
Croatia Marko Banić | Spain Bilbao | United States James Augustine | Spain Gran Canaria | |
Australia Matt Nielsen | Spain Valencia | Montenegro Blagota Sekulić | Germany ALBA Berlin |
Coach of the Year
Rising Star
Individual statistics
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1. | North Macedonia Darius Washington | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 11 | 238 | 21.64 |
2. | United States Gary Neal | Italy Benetton Basket | 11 | 212 | 19.27 |
3. | Slovakia Radoslav Rančík | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 12 | 226 | 18.83 |
4. | Croatia Marko Popović | Russia UNICS Kazan | 12 | 219 | 18.25 |
5. | United States Dewarick Spencer | France Le Mans | 12 | 211 | 17.58 |
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | United States James Augustine | Spain Gran Canaria 2014 | 14 | 104 | 7.43 |
2. | Slovakia Radoslav Rančík | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 12 | 83 | 6.92 |
3 | North Macedonia Mike Wilkinson | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 12 | 78 | 6.50 |
4. | Lithuania Simas Jasaitis | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 12 | 76 | 6.33 |
5. | Turkey Erwin Dudley | Turkey Türk Telekom | 11 | 69 | 6.27 |
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1. | Croatia Marko Popović | Russia UNICS Kazan | 12 | 57 | 4.75 |
2. | Latvia Kristaps Valters | Spain DKV Joventut | 12 | 56 | 4.67 |
3. | North Macedonia Darius Washington | Turkey Galatasaray Café Crown | 11 | 50 | 4.55 |
4. | Turkey Tutku Açık | Turkey Türk Telekom | 12 | 53 | 4.42 |
5. | Israel Yuval Naimy | Israel Hapoel Jerusalem | 14 | 60 | 4.29 |
Notes and references
- ↑ "Eurocup 2009–10 Competition System". ULEB. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ↑ 2009-10 Eurocup MVP: Marko Banic, Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
- ↑ Matt Nielsen, MVP
- ↑ Eurocup Official Web
- ↑ 2009-10 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Ilias Zouros, Panellinios BC
- ↑ 2009-10 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy Victor Claver, Power Electronics Valencia