FIBA Europe League 2004/05

FIBA Europe League 2004/05
Duration		October 26, 2004 - April 28, 2005
Order of execution		2nd season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		30th
Final Four
venue		Istanbul
master		Dynamo St. Petersburg
Runner-up		BK Kiev
Finals - MVP		/ Kelly McCarty (St. Petersburg)
← FIBA Europe League 2003/04 FIBA EuroCup 2005/06 →
↑ ULEB Cup 2004/05

The season 2004/05 was the second season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge and the last under the name of Europe League.

Dynamo St. Petersburg from Russia won the title for the first time .

mode

The tournament started with a group stage consisting of two groups of eight teams and two groups of seven teams each. The top four in each group made it to the round of 16, followed by the quarter-finals. Both rounds were played in a best of three series. The two semi-finals, the game for third place, and the final took place as part of a Final Four tournament.

Attendees

30 teams took part in the FIBA ​​Europe League 2004/05.

Attendees
Country / League	number	Teams
Israel ( Ligat ha'Al )	4th	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Ironi Nahariya	Hapoel Galil Elyon	Bnei Hasharon
Russia ( Super League )	4th	Dynamo St. Petersburg	BK Khimki	UNICS Kazan	Urals Great Perm
France ( LNB )	3	Joan of Arc Dijon Bourgogne	Paris Basket Racing	Strasbourg IG
Greece ( A1 )	3	Ionikos Neas Filadelfeias BC	Iraklis Thessaloniki BC	GS Olympia Larisa
Turkey ( TBL )	3	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Beşiktaş Istanbul	Tuborg Pilsener Spor Kulübü
Ukraine ( Super League )	3	Azovmash Mariupol	BC Kiev	Chimik Yuschne
Belgium ( ELB )	2	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	RBC Verviers-Pepinster
Bulgaria ( NBL )	1	CSKA Sofia
Germany ( BBL )	1	BS Energy Braunschweig
North Macedonia ( MPL )	1	KK Rabotnički Skopje
Netherlands ( FEB )	1	Demon astronauts
Poland ( PLK )	1	Anwil Włocławek
Serbia and Montenegro ( KLS )	1	KK Lavovi 063
Czech Republic ( NBL )	1	ČEZ Nymburk
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	1	EKA AEL Limassol

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Fenerbahçe Ülker	12	10	2	999	845
2. BK Kiev	12	8th	4th	1102	1023
3. UNICS Kazan	12	7th	5	1046	963
4. ČEZ Nymburk	12	7th	5	1063	1051
5. Hapoel Galil Elyon	12	6th	6th	1046	1101
6. CSKA Sofia	12	2	10	978	1060
7. KK Rabotnički	12	2	10	922	1113

	Ulker	Kiev	Kazan	Nymburk	Elyon	Sofia	Skopje
Fenerbahçe	*	76 : 74	75 : 60	92 : 88	73 : 68	90 : 61	109 : 60
BK Kiev	65: 96	*	91 : 89 a.d.	86: 87	101 : 87	94 : 71	102 : 73
UNICS Kazan	78 : 75 a.d.	66: 88	*	82: 84	109 : 59	98 : 67	87 : 53
ČEZ Nymburk	71 : 63	122: 125 a.d.	89: 99	*	108 : 95	84 : 81	84 : 60
Hapoel Galil	72: 85	102 : 92	99 : 86	90 : 80	*	90: 103	92 : 87
CSKA Sofia	81: 86	92: 96 a.d.	88: 93	76: 80	80: 83	*	97 : 84
KK Rabotnički	67: 79	62: 88	95: 99 a.d.	102 : 86	97: 109	82 : 81	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Ironi Nahariya	14th	11	3	1220	1106
2. Beşiktaş Istanbul	14th	9	5	1178	1113
3. Azovmash Mariupol	14th	9	5	1267	1161
4. JDA Dijon	14th	7th	7th	1149	1129
5. Urals Great Perm	14th	7th	7th	1136	1152
6. BS / Energy B'schweig	14th	6th	8th	1035	1140
7. Ionikos N. Filadelfeias	14th	4th	10	1138	1212
8. RBC Verv.-Pepinster	14th	3	11	1071	1181

	Nahariya	Beşiktaş	Mariupol	Dijon	Perm	Be silent	Ionikos	Pepinster
Ironi Nahariya	*	83 : 61	87 : 82	88 : 77	107 : 89	91 : 67	104 : 69	83 : 75
Beşiktaş	82 : 72	*	105 : 83	86 : 76	82 : 75	103 : 87	83 : 63	93 : 74
BK Azovmash	105 : 77	104 : 96 a.d.	*	90 : 66	84: 86	90 : 66	95 : 88	86 : 57
JDA Dijon	86 : 82	88 : 76	95 : 78	*	99 : 68	59: 71	93 : 82	82 : 72
Urals Great Perm	76: 86	80 : 74	95 : 93 a.d.	87 : 74	*	75: 77	82 : 77	103 : 79
BS / Energy	70: 83	81 : 78	89: 97	63: 80	57 : 55	*	74 : 65	85 : 78
Ionikos	83: 90	73: 83	84: 98	94 : 84	87: 102	99 : 71	*	82 : 77
RBC Pepinster	84: 87	74: 76	70: 82	92 : 90	76 : 63	87 : 77	76: 92	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK Khimki	12	9	3	1032	946
2. Tuborg Pilsener Spor	12	9	3	984	909
3. Strasbourg IG	12	7th	5	937	925
4. Demon Astronauts	12	5	7th	848	911
5. Anwil Włocławek	12	4th	8th	851	885
6. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	12	4th	8th	918	957
7. Bnei Hasharon	12	4th	8th	895	932

	Khimki	Izmir	Strasbourg	Amsterdam	Włocławek	Mons	haSharon
Khimki	*	84 : 73	86 : 66	70: 71	72 : 68	106 : 102	93 : 80
Tuborg	70 : 61	*	77 : 65	88 : 70	86 : 68	93 : 84	85 : 84
Strasbourg	88: 109	84: 85 a.d.	*	76 : 69	78 : 58	79 : 70	89 : 81
Astronauts	90: 97	66 : 63	69: 81	*	80 : 74	72: 78	61: 79
Włocławek	83: 86 a.d.	82: 97 a.d.	72 : 64	67 : 51	*	77 : 70	60: 62
Mons-Hainaut	77: 91	77 : 73	72: 83	71: 79	77 : 63	*	79 : 77
hascharon	78 : 77	84: 94 a.d.	77: 84	67: 70	62: 79	64 : 61	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dynamo St. Petersburg	14th	14th	0	1200	981
2. Chimik Yuschne	14th	9	5	1038	984
3. Paris Basket Racing	14th	9	5	951	859
4. Hapoel Tel Aviv	14th	8th	6th	1068	1036
5. EKA AEL Limassol	14th	8th	6th	993	988
6. Iraklis Thessaloniki	14th	3	11	957	1031
7th GS Olympia Larisa	14th	3	11	958	1072
8. KK Lavovi 063	14th	2	12	556	770

	P'burg	Yuschne	Paris	Tel Aviv	Limassol	Saloniki	Larisa	Lavovi
St. Petersburg	*	107 : 99 a.d.	69 : 65	98 : 54	82 : 73	87 : 75	111 : 84	20 : 0 *
Yuschne	63: 73	*	82 : 69	82 : 79	81 : 59	58 : 55	74 : 62	20 : 0 *
Paris	74: 80	72: 76	*	69 : 61	61 : 52	71 : 51	91 : 68	20 : 0 *
Tel Aviv	85: 96	75: 82	72: 76	*	79 : 74	88 : 73	97 : 77	109 : 79
Limassol	73: 92	83 : 64	64 : 58	75: 79	*	88 : 77	89 : 80	81 : 79
Thessaloniki	82: 100	73: 86	62: 63	77: 89	87: 89	*	73 : 65	89 : 79
Larisa	79: 83	82 : 77	55: 78	78: 81	69: 73	68 : 63	*	20 : 0 *
Lavovi	75: 102	95: 94	67: 84	0: 20 *	0: 20 *	0: 20 *	82 : 71	*

^* KK Lavovi withdrew from the competition after playing seven games.

Round of 16

The round of 16 was played in a best-of-three series.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	Fenerbahçe Ülker	2-0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	83 : 71	88 : 74
2	BK Kiev	2-0	Paris Basket Racing	88 : 84	72 : 71
3	UNICS Kazan	2-0	Chimik Yuschne	70 : 63	69 : 51
4th	Dynamo St. Petersburg	2-0	ČEZ Nymburk	101 : 93	90 : 86
5	Ironi Nahariya	2-0	Demon astronauts	76 : 65	93 : 87 a.d.
6th	Beşiktaş Istanbul	2: 1	Strasbourg IG	89 : 71	67: 83	89 : 75
7th	Tuborg Pilsener Spor Kulübü	1: 2	Azovmash Mariupol	90: 101	90 : 76	86: 95
8th	BK Khimki	2-0	Joan of Arc Dijon Bourgogne	87 : 78	102 : 79

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were also played in a best-of-three series.

Game#		total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	Fenerbahçe Ülker	2: 1	Beşiktaş Istanbul	70 : 67	64: 81	93 : 73
2	Ironi Nahariya	1: 2	BK Kiev	93 : 88	72: 83	83: 90
3	BK Khimki	2: 1	UNICS Kazan	95 : 85	75: 83	98 : 80
4th	BK Azovmash Mariupol	0: 2	Dynamo St. Petersburg	77: 88	72: 81

Final Four

Final Four MVP: Kelly McCarty

The Final Four took place from April 27 to 28, 2005 in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul.

	Semifinals					final
	April 27, 2005
	1	Dynamo St. Petersburg	92
	2	BK Khimki	81			April 28, 2005
						1	Dynamo St. Petersburg	85
	April 27, 2005					3	BK Kiev	74
	3	BK Kiev	88
	4th	Fenerbahçe Ülker	72
						3rd place match
						April 28, 2005
						2	BK Khimki	86
						4th	Fenerbahçe Ülker	79

Final Four MVP

• / Kelly McCarty (Dynamo St. Petersburg)

Web links

• FIBA Europe League Men 2005 - overview page of this competition on the FIBA Europe website ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jeff Taylor: Dynamo 85 vs. BC Kyiv 74th FIBA Europe , April 28, 2005, accessed April 8, 2013 (English, match report).