2009–10 VTB United League

VTB United League
Season2009–10
Duration14 October 2009 – 22 January 2010
Teams8
Regular season
Season MVPRussia Victor Khryapa
Finals
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (2nd title)
  Runners-upRussia UNICS Kazan
Final Four MVPRussia J.R. Holden
Statistical leaders
Points Slovenia Hasan Rizvić 20.0

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 Estonia (KML) Kalev Tallinn
Latvia Latvia (LBL) VEF Rīga
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) Žalgiris Kaunas
Russia Russia (Superleague A) CSKA Moscow
Khimki Moscow Region
UNICS Kazan
Ukraine Ukraine (SuperLeague) Azovmash Mariupol
Donetsk

Group stage

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to Final Four
     Eliminated

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Russia UNICS Kazan 6 5 1 500 443 +57
2. Russia Khimki Moscow Region 6 4 2 495 443 +52
3. Ukraine Donetsk 6 3 3 475 486 −11
4. Latvia VEF Rīga 6 0 6 438 536 −98
Game 1
14 October 2009
18:00
VEF Rīga Latvia 72–76 Russia UNICS Kazan
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 13–20, 18–15, 20–18
Pts: Bankevics 16
Rebs: Labuckas 8
Asts: Labuckas 4		 Pts: Popović, Veremeenko 14
Rebs: Lončar 8
Asts: Samoylenko 3
15 October 2009
19:00
Donetsk Ukraine 70–69 Russia Khimki Moscow Region
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–25, 10–18, 19–7
Pts: Perry 15
Rebs: Owens 10
Asts: Perry, Aleksić, Šundov 2		 Pts: Mozgov 17
Rebs: Jankūnas 8
Asts: López 4
Game 2
30 October 2009
Donetsk Ukraine 78–98 Russia UNICS Kazan
Scoring by quarter: 22–34, 22–24, 16–20, 18–20
Pts: Perry 14
Rebs: Tucker 6
Asts: Perry 3		 Pts: Popović 30
Rebs: Zamanski 7
Asts: Popović 6
1 November 2009
18:00
Khimki Moscow Region Russia 103–66 Latvia VEF Rīga
Scoring by quarter: 22–8, 24–17, 35–18, 22–23
Pts: Javtokas 17
Rebs: Jankūnas 8
Asts: Fridzon 9		 Pts: Bankevics 16
Rebs: Nelyubov 9
Asts: Renfroe 4
Game 3
18 November 2009
17:00
VEF Rīga Latvia 76–86 Ukraine Donetsk
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 15–22, 13–15, 25–27
Pts: Renfroe 28
Rebs: Nelyubov 9
Asts: Renfroe 9		 Pts: Marsh 23
Rebs: Tucker 8
Asts: Perry 4
18 November 2009
19:00
UNICS Kazan Russia 82–69 Russia Khimki Moscow Region
Scoring by quarter: 28–29, 16–15, 23–8, 15–17
Pts: Štombergas 17
Rebs: Zamanski 9
Asts: Popović 3		 Pts: McCarty 19
Rebs: McCarty 11
Asts: Javtokas 3
Game 4
5 December 2009
18:00
Khimki Moscow Region Russia 78–68 Ukraine Donetsk
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 24–15, 23–16, 14–21
Pts: Jankūnas 16
Rebs: Javtokas 9
Asts: Fridzon 4		 Pts: Tucker 19
Rebs: Owens, Tucker 8
Asts: Perry 5
5 December 2009
18:00
UNICS Kazan Russia 85–61 Latvia VEF Rīga
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 23–14, 22–12, 25–20
Pts: Popović 18
Rebs: Zamanski, Štombergas 5
Asts: Samoylenko 5		 Pts: Labuckas 12
Rebs: Aleksejevs 6
Asts: Bankevics, Renfroe 3
Game 5
19 December 2009
19:00
UNICS Kazan Russia 85–77 Ukraine Donetsk
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 17–25, 21–9, 23–23
Pts: Kuzyakin 21
Rebs: Zamanski 14
Asts: Samoylenko 6		 Pts: Drozdov 22
Rebs: Aleksić 8
Asts: Mažutis 4
19 December 2009
17:00
VEF Rīga Latvia 83–90 Russia Khimki Moscow Region
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 14–27, 24–24, 22–17
Pts: Renfroe 30
Rebs: Nelyubov 6
Asts: Renfroe 9		 Pts: McCarty 19
Rebs: McCarty 9
Asts: Langford 5
Game 6
22 December 2009
19:00
Khimki Moscow Region Russia 86–74 Russia UNICS Kazan
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–12, 22–19, 23–24
Pts: Langford 37
Rebs: Langford 8
Asts: Langford, Jankūnas, Javtokas 3		 Pts: Lončar 19
Rebs: Lončar 7
Asts: four players with 2
9 January 2010
15:00
Donetsk Ukraine 96–80 Latvia VEF Rīga
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 21–13, 29–20, 19–35
Pts: Owens 23
Rebs: Owens 9
Asts: Perry, Aleksić, Tsintsadze 3		 Pts: Labuckas 21
Rebs: Labuckas 10
Asts: four players with 2

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Russia CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 507 392 +115
2. Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 6 5 1 477 411 +66
3. Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol 6 2 4 469 487 −18
4. Estonia Kalev Tallinn 6 0 6 370 533 −163
Game 1
15 October 2009
18:45
Kalev Tallinn Estonia 61–100 Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol
Scoring by quarter: 4–21, 17–24, 19–33, 21–22
Pts: Keerles 23
Rebs: Dorbek 6
Asts: Sokk 4		 Pts: Serapinas 21
Rebs: Daniels 8
Asts: Skutelnik 4
15 October 2009
20:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 90–74 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 24–18, 24–21, 22–15
Pts: Vorontsevich 16
Rebs: Vorontsevich 6
Asts: Langdon 5		 Pts: Kalnietis, Šalenga 18
Rebs: Watson 14
Asts: Brown 5
Game 2
31 October 2009
14:00
Azovmash Mariupol Ukraine 65–84 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 19–20, 25–20, 5–23
Pts: Daniels 16
Rebs: Rizvić 7
Asts: Jarutis 7		 Pts: Langdon 22
Rebs: Khryapa 11
Asts: Khryapa 5
1 November 2009
16:00
Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania 88–56 Estonia Kalev Tallinn
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 23–12, 26–15, 29–16
Pts: Janavičius 14
Rebs: Janavičius 6
Asts: Pocius, Janavičius 5		 Pts: Akognon, Veski 18
Rebs: Miller 8
Asts: Sokk 6
Game 3
18 November 2009
19:00
Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania 82–69 Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–10, 24–22, 17–15
Pts: Brown 37
Rebs: Watson 17
Asts: Brown, Pocius 4		 Pts: Rizvić 16
Rebs: Daniels, Ugboaja 6
Asts: Daniels 4
19 November 2009
18:45
Kalev Tallinn Estonia 63–85 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 18–24, 13–24, 14–16
Pts: Keerles 21
Rebs: Fisher 7
Asts: Johnson 3		 Pts: Šiškauskas 17
Rebs: Khryapa 13
Asts: Khryapa 5
Game 4
5 December 2009
15:00
Azovmash Mariupol Ukraine 91–78 Estonia Kalev Tallinn
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 24–21, 22–16, 20–21
Pts: Rizvić 29
Rebs: Rizvić 13
Asts: Jarutis 5		 Pts: Akognon 19
Rebs: Fisher 7
Asts: Sokk, Akognon 5
6 December 2009
16:00
Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania 67–63 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–13, 11–14, 22–15
Pts: Brown 26
Rebs: Brown, Watson 7
Asts: Janavičius, Kalnietis 3		 Pts: Planinić 26
Rebs: Khryapa, Planinić 6
Asts: Khryapa, Planinić 4
Game 5
19 December 2009
18:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 98–69 Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 25–18, 27–16, 23–18
Pts: Kurbanov 13
Rebs: Vorontsevich, Khryapa 8
Asts: Khryapa 7		 Pts: Rizvić 20
Rebs: Rizvić 9
Asts: House 3
20 December 2009
16:00
Kalev Tallinn Estonia 58–82 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 14–21, 13–23, 16–14
Pts: Akognon 17
Rebs: Keerles 6
Asts: Sokk, Keerles 2		 Pts: Watson 24
Rebs: Watson 6
Asts: Brown 4
Game 6
9 January 2010
14:00
Azovmash Mariupol Ukraine 75–84 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 20–18, 20–27, 12–22
Pts: Rizvić 20
Rebs: Daniels 8
Asts: Jarutis 5		 Pts: Pocius 28
Rebs: Vene 7
Asts: Kalnietis, Klimavičius 4
10 January 2010
18:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 87–54 Estonia Kalev Tallinn
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 17–23, 26–8, 26–15
Pts: Kaun 21
Rebs: Kaun, Planinić 10
Asts: Khryapa 8		 Pts: Akognon 10
Rebs: Keerles 11
Asts: Sokk 4

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:

Semifinals

21 January 2010
18:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 71–66 Russia Khimki Moscow Region
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 15–21, 24–20, 18–13
Pts: Planinić 16
Rebs: Šiškauskas 7
Asts: Planinić 5		 Pts: Fridzon 16
Rebs: Mozgov 11
Asts: Cabezas 4
21 January 2010
21:00
UNICS Kazan Russia 75–65 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–18, 19–9, 20–21
Pts: Lončar 20
Rebs: Lončar 7
Asts: Popović 7		 Pts: Klimavičius 17
Rebs: Klimavičius, Begić 7
Asts: Ćapin 4

Third-place playoff

22 January 2010
18:30
Khimki Moscow Region Russia 72–78 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–14, 18–16, 19–24
Pts: Langford 20
Rebs: McCarty, Mozgov 7
Asts: McCarty 3		 Pts: Pocius 26
Rebs: Delaš 5
Asts: Ćapin 4

Final

22 January 2010
21:00
UNICS Kazan Russia 55–66 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 11–22, 19–18, 11–9
Pts: Lampe 21
Rebs: Lampe 6
Asts: Popović, Samoylenko 3		 Pts: Holden, Kaun 16
Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 6
Asts: Šiškauskas, Vorontsevich 3


VTB United League 2009–10



CSKA Moscow
2nd Title


Final Four MVP
Russia J.R. Holden

Individual awards

All-Round 1 Team

All-Round 2 Team

All-Round 3 Team

All-Round 4 Team

All-Round 5 Team

All-Tournament Team

MVPs

Regular Season MVP Final Four MVP
MVP Team MVP Team
Russia Victor Khryapa Russia CSKA Moscow Russia J.R. Holden Russia CSKA Moscow