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.

2009–10 A-1 League
LeagueA-1 League
SportBasketball
DurationOctober 17, 2009 – March 14, 2010 (regular season)
Regular Season
Season championsZabok
Season MVPCroatia Toni Bizaca (Trogir)
Top scorerCroatia Toni Bizaca (Trogir) (24.89 ppg)
Champions Round
Season championsCibona
Playoff stage
Finals
ChampionsCibona
  Runners-upZadar
A-1 League seasons
← 2008–09

Team information

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Venues and locations

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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

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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

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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

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Relegation round

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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

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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

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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
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