2004–05 Euroleague

The 2004–05 Euroleague was the fifth season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 48th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The 200405 season featured 24 competing teams, from 13 different countries. The final of the competition was held in Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia, with the defending champions, Maccabi Elite, defeating Tau Cerámica by a score of 90-78.

Euroleague
The Olimpiisky Arena in Moscow hosted the Final Four
Season2004–05
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv (5th title)
Runners-up Tau Cerámica
Third place Panathinaikos
Fourth place CSKA Moscow
Awards
MVP Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Final Four MVP Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Anthony Parker 24.9
Points Charles Smith 20.7
Rebounds Tanoka Beard 10.6
Assists Mire Chatman 6.2

Regular season

The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
  2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
  3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
  4. Points scored in all group matches
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match
Key to colors
     Top five places in each group, plus highest-ranked sixth-place team, advanced to Top 16

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Climamio Bologna 1412211991103+96
2. Efes Pilsen 141221080934+146
3. Cibona VIP 148611721037+47
4. Real Madrid 147710561020+36
5. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14779811028-47
6. Adecco Estudiantes 1441010741109-35
7. Olympiacos 1441010171144-127
8. Partizan Pivara MB 1421210301146-116

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Elite 1410413241189+135
2. Winterthur FC Barcelona 149510711045+26
3. Žalgiris 148611851180+5
4. AEK 147711021106-4
5. Montepaschi Siena 14771105104956
6. Scavolini Pesaro 147711161168-52
7. Union Olimpija 146810401058-18
8. Adecco ASVEL 142129731121-148

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 1414011911074+117
2. Panathinaikos 148611261061+65
3. Benetton Treviso 14861039986+53
4. Ülker 14771030987+43
5. Tau Cerámica 146811491146+3
6. Unicaja Málaga 146810301024+6
7. Opel Skyliners 144109961137-141
8. Pau-Orthez 1431110701216-146

Top 16

The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.

The draw was held in accordance with Euroleague rules.

The teams were placed into four pools, as follows:

Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:

  1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
  3. If there was a conflict between these two restrictions, (1) would receive priority.
Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Maccabi Elite 660513427+86
2. Ülker 633434469-35
3. Montepaschi Siena 624470462+8
4. Cibona VIP 615430489−59

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. CSKA Moscow 651515450+65
2. Scavolini Pesaro 633467492-25
3. Winterthur FC Barcelona 624463478−15
4. Real Madrid 624477502−25

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Panathinaikos 642480450+30
2. Tau Cerámica 642526483+43
3 Climamio Bologna 642471479−8
4. Žalgiris 606457522−65

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Benetton Treviso 642447385+62
2. Efes Pilsen 642424377+47
3. AEK 642436427+9
4. Prokom Trefl Sopot 606387505−118

Quarterfinals

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Maccabi Elite 2–0 Scavolini Pesaro 88–60 103–100 0
CSKA Moscow 2–0 Ülker 88–74 82–64 0
Panathinaikos 2–1 Efes Pilsen 102–96 63–75 84–76
Benetton Treviso 0–2 Tau Cerámica 59–98 64–66 0

Final four

 
Semifinals
6 May
Final
8 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
Maccabi Elite 91
 
 
 
Panathinaikos 82
 
Maccabi Elite 90
 
 
 
Tau Cerámica 78
 
CSKA Moscow78
 
 
Tau Cerámica85
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
CSKA Moscow 91
 
 
Panathinaikos 94

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite2459724.88
2. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2043921.95
3. Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners1430121.50

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1. Charles Smith Scavolini Pesaro2041320.65
2. Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners1426518.93
3. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2036018.00

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2021210.60
2. Rubén Garcés Adecco Estudiantes141218.64
3. Hüseyin Beşok ASVEL141128.00

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1. Mire Chatman Pau-Orthez14876.21
2. Šarūnas Jasikevičius Maccabi Elite241285.33
3. Nikos Zisis AEK20884.40

Other Stats

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners142.79
Blocks per game Eurelijus Žukauskas Ülker221.82
Turnovers per game Mire Chatman Pau-Orthez143.64
Fouls drawn per game Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga136.54
Minutes per game Pascal Roller Frankfurt Skyliners1436:38
2FG% Fran Vázquez Unicaja Málaga140.701
3FG% Antonio Granger CSKA Moscow230.483
FT% Uroš Tripković Partizan140.968

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague First Team 2004-05

All-Euroleague Second Team 200405

Rising Star

Best Defender

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Club Executive of the Year

References and notes

    Euroleague Competition Format

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