The VTB United League 2009–10 was the first complete season of the VTB United League, which is Eastern Europe's (and the Baltic region's) top-tier level competition for men's professional basketball clubs.
Teams of the 2009–10 season Country (League)Teams Estonia (KML)Kalev Tallinn Latvia (LBL)VEF Rīga Lithuania (LKL)Žalgiris Kaunas Russia (Superleague A)CSKA MoscowKhimki Moscow RegionUNICS Kazan Ukraine (SuperLeague)Azovmash MariupolDonetsk
Group stage + Key to colors Top two places in each group advance to Final Four Eliminated
Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. UNICS Kazan 6 5 1 500 443 +57 2. Khimki Moscow Region 6 4 2 495 443 +52 3. Donetsk 6 3 3 475 486 −11 4. VEF Rīga 6 0 6 438 536 −98 Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 507 392 +115 2. Žalgiris Kaunas 6 5 1 477 411 +66 3. Azovmash Mariupol 6 2 4 469 487 −18 4. Kalev Tallinn 6 0 6 370 533 −163 Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Final four The Final Four took place between January 21 and 22, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania at Kaunas Sports Hall, the home court of Žalgiris Kaunas. The following teams qualified:
CSKA Moscow Khimki Moscow Region UNICS Kazan Žalgiris Kaunas
Semifinals
Third-place playoff
Final
VTB United League 2009–10CSKA Moscow2nd Title
Final Four MVP J.R. Holden
Individual awards All-Round 1 Team
Andrey Vorontsevich – MVP (CSKA) Timofey Mozgov (Khimki) Chris Owens (Donetsk) Martynas Mažeika (VEF) Marko Popović (UNICS)
All-Round 2 Team
Marko Popović – MVP (UNICS) Krešimir Lončar (UNICS) Victor Khryapa (CSKA) Robertas Javtokas (Khimki) Zygimantas Janavicius (Zalgiris)
All-Round 3 Team
Marcus Brown – MVP (Zalgiris) Artur Drozdov (Donetsk) Saulius Štombergas (UNICS) Victor Khryapa (CSKA) Alex Renfroe (VEF)
All-Round 4 Team
Marcus Brown – MVP (Zalgiris) Zoran Planinić (CSKA) Marko Popović (UNICS) Paulius Jankūnas (Khimki) Hasan Rizvić (Azovmash)
All-Round 5 Team
Victor Khryapa – MVP (CSKA) Kelly McCarty (Khimki) Travis Watson (Zalgiris) Igor Zamanskiy (UNICS) Alex Renfroe (VEF)
All-Tournament Team
Martynas Pocius (Zalgiris) Maciej Lampe (UNICS) Sasha Kaun (CSKA) Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki) Marko Popović (UNICS)
MVPs Regular Season MVPFinal Four MVPMVPTeamMVPTeam Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow J.R. Holden CSKA Moscow
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