VTB United League 2009/2010

VTB United League 2009/2010
VTB United League 2009/2010
General information
	October 14, 2009 - January 22, 2010
Number of participants	eight
Top places
Champion	CSKA (Moscow) (2nd title)
Second place	UNICS (Kazan)
Third place	Альalgiris
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Best players
Most valuable player	John Robert Holden

The 2009-2010 season is the first in VTB United League history. It was attended by 8 teams from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Estonia, divided into 2 subgroups. The winners of the subgroups played in the semi-finals with the teams that finished second in the groups. The final of four took place in Lithuanian Kaunas - at the альalgiris home arena, which together with three Russian clubs reached the final of four ^[1] .

Content

Members

Country (League)	Team
Estonia ( KML )	Kalev (Tallinn)
Latvia ( LBL )	WEF
Lithuania ( LBL )	Альalgiris
Russia ( Super League A )	CSKA (Moscow)
	Khimki (Moscow region)
	UNICS (Kazan)
Ukraine ( Super League )	Azovmash
Ukraine ( Super League )	Donetsk

Tournament

Group A

Team	AND	AT	P	Zm	Pm	Difference	ABOUT
UNICS (Kazan)	6	five	one	500	443	+57	eleven
Khimki	6	four	2	495	443	+52	ten
Donetsk	6	3	3	475	486	−27	9
WEF	6	0	6	438	536	−82	6

October 14, 2009	WEF	72:76	UNICS (Kazan)
	21:23, 13:20, 18:15, 20:18
	Bankevitz (16), Mazheika (15), Labuckas, Alekseev (both - at 12)	Glasses	Veremeenko, Popovich (both 14 each), Lonchar (12), Kuzyakin, Shtombergas (both 10 each)

October 15, 2009		Donetsk	70:69	Khimki	Donetsk
		23:19, 18:25, 10:18, 19: 7

October 30, 2009		Donetsk	78:98	UNICS (Kazan)	Donetsk Spectators: 2700 Judges: Mahmet Keseratar Dimitry Gologanov, Marek Tsmikevich
		22:34, 22:24, 16:20, 18:20

November 1, 2009		Khimki	103: 66	WEF	Spectators: 2000 Judges: Zoran Sutulovich, Elias Coromilas Boris Ryzhik
		22: 8, 24:17, 35:18, 22:23

November 18, 2009		UNICS (Kazan)	82:69	Khimki	Judges: Alexander Gorshkov, Igor Demenkov, Sergey Mikhailov
		28:29, 16:15, 23: 8, 15:17

November 18, 2009		WEF	76:86	Donetsk
		23:22, 15:22, 13:15, 25:27

December 5, 2009		UNICS (Kazan)	85:61	WEF	Spectators: 2300 Judges: Thomas Jasevicius, Fedor Dmitriev, Aare Haliko
		15:15, 23:14, 22:12, 25:20

December 5, 2009		Khimki	78:68	Donetsk	Spectators: 3000 Judges: Romauldas Brazauskas, Oleg Latyshev, Dimitry Gologanov
		17:16, 24:15, 23:16, 14:21

December 19, 2009		WEF	83:90	Khimki	Spectators: 1000 Judges: Vladimir Drabikovsky, Dariusz Lenczowski, Aare Haliko
		23:22, 14:27, 24:24, 22:17

December 19, 2009		UNICS (Kazan)	85:77	Donetsk	Spectators: 2500 Judges: Juris Kokainis, Arnis Ozols, Robert Lottermozer
		24:20, 17:25, 21: 9, 23:23

December 22, 2009		Khimki	86:74	UNICS (Kazan)	Spectators: 2500 Judges: Elias Coromilas Boris Ryzhik, Thomas Jasevicius
		23:19, 18:12, 22:19, 23:24

January 9, 2010		Donetsk	96:80	WEF	Donetsk
		27:12, 21:13, 29:20, 19:35

Group B

Team	AND	AT	P	Zm	Pm	Difference	ABOUT
CSKA (Moscow)	6	five	one	507	392	+115	eleven
Альalgiris	6	five	one	477	411	+57	eleven
Azovmash	6	2	four	469	487	−9	eight
Kalev (Tallinn)	6	0	6	370	533	−163	6

October 15, 2009		Kalev (Tallinn)	61: 100	Azovmash	Tallinn
		4:21, 17:24, 19:33, 21:22

October 15, 2009	CSKA (Moscow)	90:74	Альalgiris	USK CSKA , Moscow Spectators: 3500 Judges: Ilia Beloshevich, Oleg Latyshev, Vladimir Drabikovsky
	20:20, 24:18, 24:21, 22:15
	Vorontsevich (16), Planinic (15), ишiškauskas (11)	Glasses	Kalnietis (18), Shalenga (18), Watson (14), Brown (5)
	Vorontsevich (6)	Rebounds	Watson (14)

October 31, 2009		Azovmash	65:84	CSKA (Moscow)	Azovmash Arena , Mariupol Spectators: 2000 Judges: Dimitry Gologanov, Mahmet Keserator, Marek Tsmikevich
		16:21, 19:20, 25:20, 5:23

November 1, 2009		Альalgiris	88:56	Kalev (Tallinn)
		10:13, 23:12, 26:15, 29:16

November 18, 2009		Альalgiris	82:69	Azovmash
		21:22, 20:10, 24:22, 17:15

November 19, 2009		Kalev (Tallinn)	63:85	CSKA (Moscow)	Spectators: 4000 Judges: Ivo Dolinek, Peter Sudek, Dariusz Lenczowski
		18:21, 18:24, 13:24, 14:16

December 5, 2009		Azovmash	91:78	Kalev (Tallinn)	Azovmash Arena , Mariupol
		25:20, 24:21, 22:16, 20:21

December 6, 2009		Альalgiris	67:63	CSKA (Moscow)	Spectators: 4015 Judges: Zoran Sutulovich, Elias Coromilas Boris Ryzhik
		17:21, 17:13, 11:14, 22:15

December 19, 2009		CSKA (Moscow)	98:69	Azovmash	USK CSKA , Moscow Spectators: 1000 Judges: Romualdas Brazauskas, Peter Sudek, Fedor Dmitriev
		23:17, 25:18, 27:16, 23:18

December 20, 2009		Kalev (Tallinn)	58:82	Альalgiris
		15:24, 14:21, 13:23, 16:14

January 9, 2010		Azovmash	75:84	Альalgiris	Azovmash Arena , Mariupol
		23:17, 20:18, 20:27, 12:22

January 10, 2010		CSKA (Moscow)	87:54	Kalev (Tallinn)	USK CSKA , Moscow Spectators: 2000 Judges: Vladimir Drabikovsky, Samuel Bahar Oleg Latyshev
		18: 8, 17:23, 26: 8, 26:15

Final Four

Semifinals			The final

January 21 ( Kaunas , Lithuania )
CSKA	71
Khimki	66

			January 22 ( Kaunas , Lithuania )
			CSKA	66
			UNICS (Kazan)	55


			Third place
January 21 ( Kaunas , Lithuania )		January 22 ( Kaunas , Lithuania )
UNICS (Kazan)	75	Khimki	72
Альalgiris	65		Альalgiris	78

January 21, 2010	Protocol	CSKA (Moscow)	71:66	Khimki	Kaunas Spectators: 5000 Judges: Samuel Bahar Elias Coromilas Sasha Pukl
		14:12, 15:21, 22:20, 20:13
		Planinic (16), ишiškauskas (13), Holden (11), Ponkrashov (10), Langdon (10)	Glasses	Fridzon (16), Langford (14), Brains (12)
		Ишiškauskas (7)	Rebounds	Brains (11)
		Planinic (5)	Gears	Cabezas (4)

January 21, 2010	Protocol	UNICS (Kazan)	75:65	Альalgiris	Kaunas Spectators: 5000 Judges: Fabio Faccini, Ilia Beloshevich, Oleg Latyshev
		20:17, 14:18, 21: 9, 20:21
		Lonchar (20), M.Popovich (12), Layday (11)	Glasses	T.Klimavichyus (17), Shalenga (15), M.Pocius (10) M. Begic (10)
		Loncar (7)	Rebounds	T. Klimavičius (7)
		M.Popovich (7)	Gears	Chapin (4)

January 22, 2010	Protocol	Альalgiris	78:72	Khimki	Kaunas Spectators: 5000 Judges: Boris Ryzhik, Elias Coromilas Sasha Pukl
		24:12, 14:23, 16:18, 24:19
		Pochus (26), Brown (15), Shalenga (12), Kalnietis (10)	Glasses	Langford (20), Fridzon (13), Brains (11), Lopez (10)
		Delash (5)	Rebounds	McCarthy (7)
		Chapin (4)	Gears	McCarthy (3)

January 22, 2010	Protocol	CSKA (Moscow)	66:55	UNICS (Kazan)	Kaunas Spectators: 5000 Judges: Samuel Bahar Fabio Faccini, Ilia Beloshevich
		17:14, 22:11, 18:19, 9:11
		Holden, Kaun (16)	Glasses	Lampe (21), Lonchar (10), M.Popovich (10)
		Mensa-Bonsu (6)	Rebounds	Lampe (6)
		Vorontsevich, ишiškauskas (3)	Gears	M.Popovich, Samoilenko (3)

Individual rewards

Symbolic 1st Round Team

1st Round MVP ^[2] - Andrey Vorontsevich CSKA (Moscow)
Timofey Mozgov Khimki
Christopher Owens Donetsk
Martinas Mazheika WEF
Marko Popovich UNICS

Symbolic 2nd Round Team

2nd Round MVP ^[3] - Marko Popovic UNICS
Kreshimir Lonchar UNICS
Victor Khryapa CSKA
Robertas Javtokas Khimki
Zygimantas Janavicius Альalgiris

Symbolic 3rd Round Team

3rd Round MVP ^[4] - Marcus Brown Альalgiris
Arthur Drozdov Donetsk
Saulius Stombergas UNICS
Victor Khryapa CSKA
Alex Renfro WEF

Symbolic 4th Round Team

4th Round MVP ^[5] - Marcus Brown Альalgiris
Zoran Planinic CSKA
Marko Popovich UNICS
Paulus Yankunas Khimki
Hassan Rizwich Azovmash

Symbolic Team 5th Round

5th Round MVP ^[6] - Victor Khryapa CSKA
Kelly mccarthy Khimki
Travis watson Альalgiris
Igor Zamansky UNICS
Alex Renfro WEF

6th Symbolic Team

6th Round MVP ^[7] - Keith Langford Khimki
Martinas Pocius Альalgiris
Eric Daniels Azovmash
Christopher Owens Donetsk
Alexander Kaun ( CSKA )

Symbolic Tournament Team

light forward - Martinas Pocius ( Альalgiris )
heavy forward - Maciej Lampe ( UNICS )
center - Alexander Kaun ( CSKA )
attacking defender - Vitaliy Fridzon ( Khimki )
point guard - Marko Popovic ( UNICS )
MVP (Most Useful Player) of the Final Four ^[8] John Robert Holden ( CSKA )

Season Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Indicator
Points per game	Hassan Rizwich	Azovmash	20,0
Rebounds per game	Travis watson	Альalgiris	10,2
Assists per game	Alex Renfro	WEF	4.7

Top scores in one game

Category	Player	Team	Statistics
Glasses	Keith Langford	Khimki	37
Glasses	Marcus Brown	Альalgiris	37
Rebounds	Travis watson	Альalgiris	17
Gears	Vitaliy Fridzon	Khimki	9
Gears	Alex Renfro (2 times)	WEF	9

Links

VTB United League Official Website

Notes

↑ The “Final Four” of VTB United League will be held in Kaunas (Neopr.) . Archived on April 9, 2012.
↑ Vorontsevich is recognized as the MVP of the first round of VTB United League (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 20, 2009. Archived November 4, 2009.
↑ UNICS Defender Marko Popovic - MVP of the second round (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 3, 2009. Archived November 23, 2009.
↑ Zalgiris defender Marcus Brown - 3rd round MVP (unopened) (unavailable link) . Date of treatment November 22, 2009. Archived November 23, 2009.
↑ Zalgiris defender Marcus Brown - 4th round MVP (unopened) (unavailable link) . Archived December 14, 2009.
↑ CSKA Forward Victor Khryapa - MVP of the 5th round (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Archived December 25, 2009.
↑ Langford - MVP of the 6th round of VTB United League
↑ “Final Four”: CSKA is the champion! Archived January 27, 2010 on Wayback Machine

[1] The “Final Four” of VTB United League will be held in Kaunas (Neopr.) . Archived on April 9, 2012.

[first-2] Vorontsevich is recognized as the MVP of the first round of VTB United League (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 20, 2009. Archived November 4, 2009.

[second-3] UNICS Defender Marko Popovic - MVP of the second round (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 3, 2009. Archived November 23, 2009.

[third-4] Zalgiris defender Marcus Brown - 3rd round MVP (unopened) (unavailable link) . Date of treatment November 22, 2009. Archived November 23, 2009.

[fourth-5] Zalgiris defender Marcus Brown - 4th round MVP (unopened) (unavailable link) . Archived December 14, 2009.

[fifth-6] CSKA Forward Victor Khryapa - MVP of the 5th round (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Archived December 25, 2009.

[7] Langford - MVP of the 6th round of VTB United League

[8] “Final Four”: CSKA is the champion! Archived January 27, 2010 on Wayback Machine