The 2009 Euroleague American Tour and NBA Europe Live are set to begin pittingNBA teams and Euroleague clubs in preseason competition.

Two Euroleague teams, Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece and Partizan Belgrade of Serbia, will go against four NBA opponents: the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns, the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers from October 03-12, 2009.

Two NBA teams — the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz – will travel to Europe to participate in NBA Europe Live presented by EA Sports.

• Oct 03, 2009: Partizan Belgrade vs. Denver Nuggets (Denver)
• Oct 06, 2009: Partizan Belgrade vs. Phoenix Suns (Phoenix)
• Oct 06, 2009: Utah Jazz vs. Chicago Bulls (London)
• Oct 08, 2009: Utah Jazz vs. Real Madrid (Madrid)
• Oct 09, 2009: Olympiacos Piraeus vs. San Antonio Spurs (San Antonio)
• Oct 12, 2009: Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Cleveland Cavs (Cleveland)
• Oct 18, 2009: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. New York Knicks (New York)
• Oct 20, 2009: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Los Angeles Clippers (Los Angeles)

Discuss the action in our Euroleague American Tour 2009 Thread. For more information about the games, go to NBA.com’s announcement.