2009–10 Slovenian Basketball League

1. A SKL
Season	2009–10
Duration	3 October 2009 – 9 June 2010
Number of teams	12 + 1
TV partner(s)	RTV Slovenija
Regular season
Top seed	Union Olimpija
Season MVP	Shawn King
Finals
Champions	Krka Novo Mesto 3rd title
Runners-up	Union Olimpija
Semifinalists	Helios Domžale Šentjur
Finals MVP	Smiljan Pavič
Statistical leaders
Points Sandi Čebular 20.7 Rebounds Shawn King 11.3 Assists Tadej Koštomaj 5.4
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The 2009–10 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2009–10 Telemach League) was the 19th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Krka Novo Mesto won its 3rd national championship.

Teams for the 2009–10 season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Head coach
Elektra	Šoštanj	Šoštanj Sport Hall	600	Borut Cerar
Geoplin Slovan	Ljubljana	Kodeljevo Sports Hall	1,540	Miro Alilović
Helios*	Domžale	Komunalni center Hall	2,500	Rado Trifunović
Hopsi Polzela	Polzela	Polzela Sport Hall	1,800	Boštjan Kuhar
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,800	Aleksandar Džikić
Luka Koper	Koper	Arena Bonifika	4,000	Aleksander Sekulić
LTHcast Mercator	Škofja Loka	Poden Hall	500	Dalibor Damjanović
Union Olimpija*	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	4,050	Jure Zdovc
Parklji	Ljubljana	ŠRC Ježica	300	Đorđe Đokić
PRO-TEK Zasavje	Trbovlje	Polaj Sports Hall	1.500	Igor Pučko
Šenčur CP Kranj	Šenčur	Šenčur Sports Hall	800	Martin Gorenec
Šentjur	Šentjur	Hruševec Sports Hall	800	Damjan Novaković
Zlatorog Laško	Laško	Tri Lilije Hall	2,500	Aleš Pipan

Teams from the Adriatic League

Regular season

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Krka	22	16	8	1748	1547	38
2	Helios Domžale	22	16	8	1684	1540	38
3	PRO-TEK Zasavje	22	15	7	1784	1695	37
4	Parklji Ljubljana	22	13	9	1695	1628	35
5	Geoplin Slovan	22	13	9	1720	1662	35
6	Zlatorog Laško	22	13	9	1761	1741	35
7	Šentjur	22	12	10	1711	1750	34
8	Hopsi Polzela	22	12	10	1708	1656	34
9	LTHcast Mercator	22	10	12	1542	1549	32
10	Elektra Šoštanj	22	8	14	1658	1719	30
11	Luka Koper	22	4	18	1660	1804	26
12	Šenčur CP Kranj	22	0	22	1459	1839	22

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Champions stage

Champions standings

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Union Olimpija	14	12	2	1164	982	26
2	Krka	14	11	3	1169	959	25
3	Helios Domžale	14	11	3	1059	930	24
4	Šentjur	14	7	7	1076	1098	21
5	Parklji Ljubljana	14	5	9	1009	1167	19
6	PRO-TEK Zasavje	14	4	10	996	1114	18
7	Zlatorog Laško	14	3	11	1013	1099	17
8	Geoplin Slovan	14	3	11	1038	1122	17

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

	Qualified for the Playoff stage
	Withdrew from competition

Relegation league

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hopsi Polzela	8	7	1	691	576	15
2	Elektra Šoštanj	8	7	1	634	555	15
3	Luka Koper	8	4	4	626	597	12
4	LTHcast Mercator	8	2	6	526	637	10
5	Šenčur CP Kranj	8	0	8	608	720	8

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

	Qualified for Relegation Playoffs
	Relegated to Second Division

Playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Union Olimpija	2
	4	Šentjur	0
						1	Union Olimpija	2
						2	Krka	3
	2	Krka	2
	3	Helios Domžale	1

Telemach League 2009–10 Champions
Krka 3rd title

Relegation Playoffs

	Finals
	3	Luka Koper	2
	2 (2.SKL)	Rogaška	0

Awards

Regular Season MVP

• Shawn King (Hopsi Polzela)

Season MVP

• Shawn King (Hopsi Polzela)

Finals MVP

• Smiljan Pavič (Krka)

Statistics leaders

Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Shawn King Hopsi Polzela 27.61 2 Gregg Thondique Hopsi Polzela 17.76 3 Sandi Čebular Šentjur 17.25

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Sandi Čebular Šentjur 20.69 2 Shawn King Hopsi Polzela 20.61 3 Marcus Crenshaw Šentjur 16.28

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Shawn King Hopsi Polzela 11.30 2 Gregg Thondique Hopsi Polzela 8.14 3 Dušan Virijević Šenčur CP Kranj 6.93

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Tadej Koštomaj Elektra Šoštanj 5.44 2 Marcus Crenshaw Šentjur 5.06 3 Vladimir Anzulović PRO-TEK Zasavje 4.06

External links

• Official Basketball Federation of Slovenia website (in Slovene)