2009–10 Euroleague#MVP Weekly

For the first time in the modern Euroleague era, a preliminary stage was used to determine the last two teams in the regular season. 8 teams competed in qualification rounds, of which the 2 winners advanced to the regular season stage. Those teams joined 22 teams that had qualified directly to the regular season stage.[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/50133/180/item Euroleague.net Euroleague restructuring outlined in the 2009–12 strategic plan.][http://www.euroleague.net/downloads/podcasts/english.html Euroleague.net 2009–12 New Competition System Podcast.]

A maximum of three teams could qualify from any one country through their league position. However, 14 clubs held Euroleague Basketball A-linceces, which gave them automatic spots in the Euroleague Regular Season until 2011–12, regardless of their domestic league finish. These licenses were granted via a formula that considers each team's performance in its domestic league and the Euroleague, the television revenues Euroleague Basketball collects from its home country and the team's home attendance.

;A-licence holders

• Spain: Caja Laboral, Real Madrid, Regal FC Barcelona, Unicaja
• Italy: Montepaschi Siena, Lottomatica Roma
• Greece: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos
• Russia: CSKA Moscow
• Turkey: Efes Pilsen, Fenerbahçe Ülker
• Lithuania: Žalgiris
• Israel: Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
• France: ASVEL (qualifying round)

The rest of the field was filled with teams that qualified through their performance in their respective national leagues and wild card invitations.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

• A: Qualified through an A–licence
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• QR: Qualifying rounds
• WC: Wild card
• EC: Champion of the 2008–09 Eurocup Basketball

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{{Cnote2|Note EC|Eurocup (EC): Lietuvos Rytas was the ULEB Eurocup 2008–09 champion, which carried with it a one-year "C Licence" into the Euroleague Regular Season. However, the club also earned a one-season "B Licence" for the Euroleague by winning its domestic championship, and the league's ranking was sufficiently high to give Rytas direct entry into the Regular Season. As a result, the Eurocup champion's C Licence went to Khimki Moscow Region of the Russian Basketball Super League as the ULEB Eurocup 2008–09 finalist.}}

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{{main|2009–10 Euroleague Qualifying rounds}}

Games were played on September 29 and October 2. Winners advanced to the second preliminary round, while losers parachuted into the Eurocup.

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{{TwoLegResult|Spirou|BEL|111–134|Entente Orléanaise|FRA|55–53|56–81 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Ventspils|LAT|154–161|Benetton Treviso|ITA|78–73|76–88 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Le Mans|FRA|123–137|Alba Berlin|GER|61–60|62–77 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Aris|GRE|129–156|Maroussi|GRE|69–67|60–89 }}

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Game 1 of each match was played on October 6. Game 2 of the Benetton Treviso-Entente Orléanaise match was played on October 9, and Game 2 of Maroussi-Alba Berlin was played on October 11. The winners of each match advanced to the Regular Season, with the losers parachuting into the Eurocup.

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{{TwoLegResult|Benetton Treviso|ITA|155–162|Entente Orléanaise|FRA|73–82|82–80}}

{{TwoLegResult|Maroussi|GRE|149–145|Alba Berlin|GER|79–70|70–75}}

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The Regular Season began on October 15, 2009 and concluded on January 14, 2010.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:{{cite web|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/64862/180 |title=Top 16 Draw |publisher=Euroleague |date=2010-01-11 |access-date=2010-01-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100116163845/http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/64862/180| archive-date= 16 January 2010 | url-status= live}}

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group A}}

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group B}}

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group C}}

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Regular Season Group D}}

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The survivors from the Regular Season advanced to the Top 16, where they were drawn into four groups of four teams each, playing home-and-home from January 27 through March 11. The draw was held at Euroleague headquarters in Barcelona, starting at 13:00 CET on January 18, and was streamed live on the official Euroleague site.

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group E}}

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group F}}

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group G}}

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{{main|Euroleague 2009–10 Top 16 Group H}}

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{{main|2009–10 Euroleague Quarterfinals}}

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

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• {{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Miloš Teodosić ({{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos)

• {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos Navarro ({{flagicon|ESP}} Regal FC Barcelona)

http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/paris-2010/main-page/i/71489/4218/ All-Euroleague team 2009-10

• {{flagicon|ESP}} Ricky Rubio ({{flagicon|ESP}} Regal FC Barcelona)

• {{flagicon|RUS}} Victor Khryapa ({{flagicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow)

• {{flagicon|LTU}} Linas Kleiza ({{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos)

• {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavier Pascual ({{flagicon|ESP}} Regal FC Barcelona)

• {{flagicon|POL}} Przemyslaw Seczkowski ({{flagicon|POL}} Asseco Prokom Gdynia)

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• [http://www.euroleague.net Euroleague.net Official Site]
• [https://www.eurobasket.com/Euroleague/basketball.aspx Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page]
• [http://www.uleb.net/ ULEB.net Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510133412/http://www.uleb.net/htm/what1.htm |date=2008-05-10 }}

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