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.

Teams of the 2009–2010 Eurocup Group stageCountry (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2008–09 national championships) Russia (Superleague A) 3 UNICS (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 Café Crown (4) Serbia (KLS) 2 Crvena zvezda (2) Hemofarm (3) France (LNB PRO A) 2 Nancy (4) Cholet (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 Šiauliai (3) Ukraine (SuperLeague) 1Azovmash (1) Czech Republic (NBL) 1 ČEZ Nymburk (1)Losers of Euroleague 2009–10 qualifying roundsCountry (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2008–09 national championships) (ESAKE A1) 1 Aris (4) (LNB PRO A) 1 Le Mans (3) (Ligue Ethias) 1 Spirou (1) (LBL) 1 Ventspils (1) (Serie A) 1 Benetton Treviso (3) Germany (BBL) 1 Alba Berlin (3)Qualifying roundCountry (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2008–09 national championships) Spain (Liga ACB) 2 Power Electronics Valencia (7) Bizkaia Bilbao (8) Russia (Superleague A) 1 Dynamo Moscow (6) Turkey (TBL) 1 Beşiktaş Cola Turka (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 (4) Ukraine (SuperLeague) 1 Dontetsk (2) Belgium (Ligue Ethias) 1 Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2) Latvia (LBL) 1 VEF Rīga (3) Montenegro (Opportunity Liga) 1 Budućnost (1) Cyprus (Division A) 1 APOEL (1) Netherlands (FEB) 1 MyGuide Amsterdam (1) Austria (Admiral League) 1 Kraftwerk Wels (1)

Qualifying round

Regular season

+ Key to colors     Top two places in each group advance to Top 16

Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Alba Berlin 6 5 1 463 459 +4 2. Galatasaray Café Crown 6 3 3 525 519 +6 3. BancaTercas Teramo 6 2 4 480 482 −2 4. Azovmash 6 2 4 496 504 −8 Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-break 1. Power Electronics Valencia 6 5 1 420 411 +9 2. Le Mans 6 3 3 482 445 +37 1–1, +12 3. Triumph Lyubertsy 6 3 3 430 473 −43 1–1, –12 4. Hemofarm 6 1 5 477 480 −3

Group C TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-break 1. Aris 6 5 1 492 450 +42 2. Hapoel Jerusalem 6 3 3 503 487 +16 1–1, +2 3. Zadar 6 3 3 500 486 +14 1–1, –2 4. Šiauliai 6 1 5 494 566 −72 Group D TeamPldWLPFPADiff 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-break 1. Bizkaia Bilbao 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 6 0 6 384 483 −99 Group F TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Crvena zvezda 6 5 1 498 452 +46 2. Benetton Treviso 6 4 2 494 475 +19 3. Cholet 6 3 3 442 438 +4 4. Dynamo Moscow 6 0 6 430 499 −69

Group G TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Panellinios 6 4 2 457 415 +42 2. Gran Canaria 2014 6 4 2 425 416 +9 3. Nancy 6 3 3 445 444 +1 4. Turów Zgorzelec 6 1 5 444 496 −52 Group H TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-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. Ventspils 6 0 6 346 506 −160

Top 16

+ Key to colors     Top two places in each group advance to quarterfinals

Group I TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-break 1. Alba Berlin 6 4 2 419 409 +10 2. Aris 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Power Electronics Valencia 6 5 1 487 465 +22 2. Hapoel Jerusalem 6 4 2 507 480 +27 3. UNICS 6 3 3 477 484 –7 4. Galatasaray Café Crown 6 0 6 526 568 –42

Group K TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-break 1. Bizkaia Bilbao 6 4 2 447 400 +47 1–1 +13 2. Panellinios 6 4 2 462 457 +5 1–1 –13 3. Benetton Treviso 6 2 4 450 460 –10 1–1 +6 4. Brose Baskets 6 2 4 410 452 –42 1–1 –6 Group L TeamPldWLPFPADiffTie-break 1. Gran Canaria 2014 6 4 2 440 431 +9 2. ČEZ Nymburk 6 3 3 447 446 +1 1–1 +13 3. Crvena zvezda 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.

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

3rd place game April 18, Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz

Final April 19, Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz

2009–10 Eurocup Champions Power Electronics Valencia 2nd Title

Final standings Team Power Electronics Valencia Alba Berlin Bizkaia Bilbao Panellinios

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season WeekPlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating1. Radoslav Rančík Galatasaray Café Crown 412. Mire Chatman Beşiktaş Cola Turka 423. Mindaugas Kuzminskas Šiauliai 344. Darius Washington Galatasaray Café Crown 455. Brandon Hunter Hapoel Jerusalem 336. Mike Taylor Crvena zvezda 35

Top 16 WeekPlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating1. Marko Popović Julius Jenkins UNICS Kazan Alba Berlin 262. Philip Ricci ČEZ Nymburk 343. Matthew Nielsen Valencia 294. Víctor Claver Devin Smith Valencia Panellinios 265. Casey Jacobsen Brose Baskets 316. Marc Salyers Le Mans 33

Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating1. Brandon Hunter Hapoel Jerusalem 322. Matthew Nielsen Valencia 25

Eurocup MVP Marko Banić2009-10 Eurocup MVP: Marko Banic, Bizkaia Bilbao Basket (Bizkaia Bilbao Basket)

Eurocup Finals MVP Matthew NielsenMatt Nielsen, MVP (Power Electronics Valencia)

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

Coach of the Year Ilias Zouros2009-10 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Ilias Zouros, Panellinios BC (Panellinios BC)

Rising Star Víctor Claver2009-10 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy Victor Claver, Power Electronics Valencia (Power Electronics Valencia)

Individual statistics

Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Darius Washington Galatasaray Café Crown1123821.642. Gary Neal Benetton Basket1121219.273. Radoslav Rančík Galatasaray Café Crown1222618.834. Marko Popović UNICS Kazan1221918.255. Dewarick Spencer Le Mans1221117.58

Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. James Augustine Gran Canaria 2014141047.432. Radoslav Rančík Galatasaray Café Crown12836.923 Mike Wilkinson Galatasaray Café Crown12786.504. Simas Jasaitis Galatasaray Café Crown12766.335. Erwin Dudley Türk Telekom11696.27

Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Marko Popović UNICS Kazan12574.752. Kristaps Valters DKV Joventut12564.673. Darius Washington Galatasaray Café Crown11504.554. Tutku Açık Türk Telekom12534.425. Yuval Naimy Hapoel Jerusalem 14604.29

References

External links EuroCup Official Website European Basketball Website