The VTB United League 2009–10 was the first complete season of the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

, which is Eastern Europe's (and the Baltic region's) top-tier level competition for men's professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

clubs.

Teams of the 2009–10 season

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Final four

The Final Four took place between January 21 and 22, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania at

Kaunas Sports Hall Kaunas Sports Hall ( lt, Kauno sporto halė), also known as the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Hall is the second largest arena of Kaunas, Lithuania. It is the first arena built in the residential Žaliakalnis neighbourhood of Kaunas specially for ...

, the home court of Žalgiris Kaunas. The following teams qualified: *

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

* Khimki Moscow Region *

UNICS Kazan BC UNICS (russian: БК УНИКС) is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia, that plays in the VTB United League, and formerly played in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 202 ...

* Žalgiris Kaunas

Semifinals

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Third-place playoff

Final

Individual awards

All-Round 1 Team

Andrey Vorontsevich Andrey Konstantinovich Vorontsevich (russian: Андрей Константинович Воронцевич, born July 17, 1987) is a Russian professional basketball player for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. He plays at th ...

– MVP (CSKA) *

Timofey Mozgov Timofey Pavlovich Mozgov ( rus, Тимофей Павлович Мозгов, p=tʲɪmɐˈfʲej mɐˈzɡof, born July 16, 1986) is a Russian former professional basketball player. Mozgov won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 20 ...

(Khimki) * Chris Owens (Donetsk) *

Martynas Mažeika Martynas Mažeika (born 29 January 1985) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) tall. He can play point guard or shooting guard, preferring the ...

(VEF) * Marko Popović (UNICS)

All-Round 2 Team

* Marko Popović – MVP (UNICS) *

Krešimir Lončar Krešimir Lončar (born February 12, 1983) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, currently working as manager of sport & scouting for s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at , he played both the power forward an ...

(UNICS) *

Victor Khryapa Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...

(CSKA) *

Robertas Javtokas Robertas Javtokas (born March 20, 1980) is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player. He most recently served as sports director of Žalgiris Kaunas. Standing at , he played the center position. He has been a member of the ...

(Khimki) * Zygimantas Janavicius (Zalgiris)

All-Round 3 Team

Marcus Brown Marcus James Brown (born April 3, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'3" (1.91 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard. A three time All-EuroLeague selection, Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. play ...

– MVP (Zalgiris) *

Artur Drozdov Artur is a cognate (etymology), cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Ancient Rome, Roman surname Artoria gens, Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more prob ...

(Donetsk) *

Saulius Štombergas Saulius Štombergas (born December 14, 1973) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, basketball coach and businessman. Štombergas is one of the greatest Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and he was also considered to be ...

(UNICS) *

(CSKA) * Alex Renfroe (VEF)

All-Round 4 Team

– MVP (Zalgiris) *

Zoran Planinić Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Early years Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk fr ...

(CSKA) * Marko Popović (UNICS) *

Paulius Jankūnas Paulius Jankūnas (born 29 April 1984) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player who mainly played for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He was also a member of the senior Lithuanian n ...

(Khimki) * Hasan Rizvić (Azovmash)

All-Round 5 Team

– MVP (CSKA) * Kelly McCarty (Khimki) *

Travis Watson Travis Watson (born March 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m tall power forward, he led the 2007–08 EuroLeague in rebounds with 9.7 per game while playing for Olimpia Milano. College career Watson played college ...

(Zalgiris) * Igor Zamanskiy (UNICS) * Alex Renfroe (VEF)

All-Tournament Team

Martynas Pocius Martynas Pocius (born 28 April 1986) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. Early life and high school Martynas Pocius was born in Vilnius to Gintaras, a basketba ...

(Zalgiris) *

Maciej Lampe Maciej Bolesław Lampe (born February 5, 1985) is a Polish professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional career Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Swede ...

(UNICS) *

Sasha Kaun Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe * Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...

(CSKA) * Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki) * Marko Popović (UNICS)

MVPs

External links

Official Website

Official Website
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