2009–10 A-1 League

2009–10 A-1 League
League	A-1 League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 17, 2009 – March 14, 2010 (regular season)
Regular Season
Season champions	Zabok
Season MVP	Toni Bizaca (Trogir)
Top scorer	Toni Bizaca (Trogir) (24.89 ppg)
Champions Round
Season champions	Cibona
Playoff stage
Finals
Champions	Cibona
Runners-up	Zadar

The 2009–10 A-1 League (Croatian: A-1 liga 2009./10.) was the 19th season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and 90-game regular season (9 games for each of the 10 teams) began on Saturday, October 17, 2009 and ended on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The second half of the season consists of 4 teams from ABA League and the best 4 teams from first half of the season.

Team information

Venues and locations

	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Regular season teams	10
		Borik Puntamika	Zadar	Jazine Basketball Hall (3,000)
		Dubrava	Zagreb	Športska dvorana Dubrava (1,800)
		Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Športska dvorana Gospino polje (2,500)
		Kaštel Galerija	Kaštel Stari
		Split	Split	Arena Gripe (6,000)
		Svjetlost Brod	Slavonski Brod	Sportska dvorana Vijuš (2,200)
		Šibenik	Šibenik	Sportska dvorana Baldekin (900)
		Trogir	Trogir	Sportska dvorana Vinko Kandija (1,000)
		Vrijednosnice OS Darda	Darda	Sportska dvorana Darda (600)
		Zabok	Zabok	Športska dvorana Bedekovčina (2,500)
Teams already qualified for Champions League	4
		Cedevita	Zagreb	Sportska dvorana Sutinska vrela (2,000)
		Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
		Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (8,500)
		Zagreb	Zagreb	Športska dvorana Trnsko (2,500)

Regular season

Clinched Champions round berth

#	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1	Zabok	30	18	12	6	1489	1392
2	Svjetlost Brod	30	18	12	6	1515	1460
3	Trogir	30	18	12	6	1524	1484
4	Vrijednosnice OS Darda	29	18	11	7	1444	1446
5	Borik Puntamika	28	18	10	8	1347	1301
6	Split	27	18	9	9	1420	1335
7	Dubrava	26	18	8	10	1389	1433
8	Dubrovnik	25	18	7	11	1466	1518
9	Šibenik	23	18	5	13	1443	1578
10	Kaštel Galerija	22	18	4	14	1318	1408

Champions Round

Clinched Playoffs berth

#	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Cibona	26	14	12	2	1276	1012	+264
2	Zadar	26	14	12	2	1259	1067	+192
3	Cedevita	25	14	11	3	1279	1074	+205
4	Zagreb CO	23	14	9	5	1207	1132	+75
5	Zabok	19	14	5	9	1124	1236	-112
6	Svjetlost Brod	18	14	4	10	1170	1369	-199
7	Trogir	16	14	2	12	1104	1302	-198
8	Vrijednosnice OS Darda	15	14	1	13	984	1211	-227

Relegation and Promotion Rounds

Relegation round

	Promotion Round
	Relegated

#	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Borik Puntamika	35	10	7	3	1547	1408	+139
2	Split CO	32	10	6	4	1582	1465	+117
3	Dubrava	31	10	6	4	1612	1603	+9
4	Dubrovnik	30	10	5	5	1657	1703	-46
5	Šibenik	27	10	3	7	1621	1736	-115
6	Kaštel Galerija	26	10	3	7	1498	1602	-104

Promotion Round

Promotion League comprises five regional second division winners.

Promoted

#	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Kvarner 2010	19	10	9	1	887	708	+179
2	Alkar	18	10	8	2	790	694	+96
3	Šibenik	16	10	6	4	779	769	+10
4	Mladost	14	10	4	6	733	794	-61
5	Međimurje	12	10	2	8	763	824	-61
5	Belišće	11	10	1	9	695	858	-163

Playoffs

Teams in italics had home advantage. Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

	Semifinals									Finals
	1	Cibona	93	78	–
	4	Zagreb CO	75	65	–
										1	Cibona	76	72	87	78	95
										2	Zadar	80	77	81	71	73
	2	Zadar	83	76	81
	3	Cedevita	63	83	79

External links

• Official Site
• Eurobasket.com League Page