ULEB Cup 2004/05

ULEB Cup 2004/05
Duration		November 9, 2004 - April 19, 2005
Order of execution		3rd season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		42
Play-offs
master		Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
Runner-up		Macedonicos
Finals - MVP		Robertas Javtokas (Lietuvos)
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The 2004/05 season was the third  season of the ULEB Cup hosted by the ULEB , which is now known as the EuroCup.

Lietuvos rytas Vilnius from Lithuania won the title .

mode

42 teams from 20 nations took part. The season began on November 9, 2004 and ended with the final on April 19, 2005. The 42 teams were divided into 7 groups of six teams each. A double round was played everyone against everyone. The two best in each group and the two best third placed reached the round of 16. The winners in this, as well as in the quarter-finals and in the semi-finals were determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game.

Participants in the main round

country	number	Teams
Germany	4th	ALBA Berlin	RheinEnergie Cologne	GHP Bamberg	Telekom Baskets Bonn
France	4th	Le Mans Sarthe Basket	BCM Gravelines	Cholet Basket	Élan Chalon
Greece	4th	PAOK Thessaloniki	GS Marousi	Macedonicos	Aris Thessaloniki
Serbia and Montenegro	4th	Hemofarm Vršac	KK Red Star Belgrade	FMP Železnik Belgrade	KK Budućnost
Belgium	3	Spirou BC Charleroi	Telindus Ostend	Liège Basket
Italy	3	Vertical vision Cantù	Pompea Napoli	Casti Group Varese
Portugal	3	Benfica Lisbon	Queluz Sintra PM	AD Ovarense
Spain	3	DKV Joventut	Pamesa Valencia	CB Gran Canaria
Netherlands	2	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	MPC Capitals Groningen
Turkey	2	Turk Telecom	Darüşşafaka SK
Bulgaria	1	Lukoil academy
Israel	1	Hapoel Jerusalem
Croatia	1	KK Zadar
Latvia	1	BK Ventspils
Austria	1	Kapfenberg Bulls
Lithuania	1	Lietuvos rytas
Poland	1	Śląsk Wrocław
Russia	1	MBK Dynamo Moscow
Slovenia	1	KK Pivovarna Laško
Hungary	1	Debreceni Vadkakasok

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. PAOK Thessaloniki	10	8th	2	866	778
2. Spirou Charleroi	10	7th	3	790	734
3. BCM Gravelines	10	5	5	846	846
4th ALBA Berlin	10	4th	6th	839	851
5. KK Budućnost	10	4th	6th	801	860
6. Debreceni Vadkakasok	10	2	8th	778	851

	Saloniki	Charleroi	Gravelines	Berlin	Podgorica	Debrecen
PAOK	*	80 : 73	104 : 82	88: 94	92 : 75	95 : 76
Spirou BC	74: 81	*	96 : 79	94 : 89	63 : 56	95 : 72
Gravelines	70: 83	68: 72	*	103 : 98	108 : 75	85 : 77
ALBA	61: 68	57: 64	94 : 92	*	86 : 70	83: 92
Budućnost	104 : 98	82 : 68	81: 89	95 : 85	*	91 : 89
Vadkakasok	69: 77	70: 91	66: 70	85: 92	82 : 72	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK Ventspils	10	9	1	929	750
2. Hemofarm Vrsac	10	6th	4th	895	806
3. RheinEnergie Cologne	10	6th	4th	834	792
4. Le Mans Sarthe	10	6th	4th	775	745
5th BC Liège	10	2	8th	776	877
6. Eiffel Towers	10	1	9	662	901

	Ventspils	Vršac	Cologne	Le Mans	Liege	Nijmegen
BK Ventspils	*	94 : 83	89 : 75	90 : 74	116 : 78	103 : 61
KK Hemofarm	97: 102	*	93 : 83	83 : 79	99 : 74	98 : 71
RheinEnergie	81: 87	85 : 84	*	72 : 64	94 : 84	99 : 73
Le Mans	82 : 58	81 : 79	79 : 78	*	87 : 81	83 : 64
Liège Basket	69: 95	74: 87	71: 72	73: 80	*	87 : 73
EiffelTowers	50: 95	63: 92	68: 93	67 : 66	72: 85	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1st GS Marousi	10	7th	3	792	738
2. CB Gran Canaria	10	6th	4th	762	724
3. Cholet Basket	10	6th	4th	740	724
4. KK Zadar	10	5	5	783	730
5. MPC Capitals	10	3	7th	714	793
6. Telindus Ostend	10	3	7th	768	850

	Marousi	CB Gran	Cholet	Zadar	Groningen	Ostend
GS Marousi	*	80 : 79	93 : 60	78 : 72	85 : 51	76: 81
Gran Canaria	78 : 72	*	69 : 68	82 : 64	80 : 63	83 : 73
Cholet Basket	67: 72	66 : 64	*	83 : 79	79 : 67	86 : 66
KK Zadar	94 : 71	89 : 71	76 : 70	*	74 : 51	81 : 64
MPC Capitals	74: 82	69: 79	72: 74	73 : 71	*	97 : 85
Telindus	82: 83	80 : 77	66: 87	87 : 83	84: 97	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dynamo Moscow	10	7th	3	852	773
2. Lukoil academy	10	7th	3	853	837
3. Aris Thessaloniki	10	6th	4th	740	724
4. FMP Belgrade	10	5	5	789	776
5. Vertical Vision Cantu	10	5	5	816	820
6. Türk Telecom	10	0	10	754	917

	Moscow	Sofia	Saloniki	Belgrade	Cantù	Ankara
MBK dynamo	*	86: 87	84 : 77	83 : 79	69 : 53	106 : 69
Lukoil academy	77: 88	*	75: 91	79 : 67	78 : 75	97 : 78
Aris	80: 95	91 : 75	*	76 : 73	99 : 77	97 : 58
FMP Železnik	89 : 81	70: 72	88 : 77	*	66: 73	74 : 68
Vertical vision	86 : 80	108: 111	86 : 73	77: 90	*	99 : 80
Turk Telecom	76: 80	83: 102	78: 87	90: 93	74: 82	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pamesa Valencia	10	8th	2	780	676
2. Casti Group Varese	10	7th	3	757	750
3. Hapoel Jerusalem	10	6th	4th	786	745
4. Élan Chalon	10	5	5	717	719
5. Queluz Sintra PM	10	4th	6th	754	808
6. Ovarense	10	0	10	657	753

	Valencia	Varese	Jerusalem	Chalon	Queluz	Ovarense
Pamesa	*	84 : 59	74 : 60	66 : 60	93 : 64	88 : 58
Casti Group	69: 83	*	95 : 74	71 : 65	91 : 83	73 : 67
Hapoel	82: 83	90 : 61	*	83 : 82	78 : 51	90 : 67
Élan Chalon	84 : 68	61: 77	63: 67	*	82 : 78	83 : 79
CA Sintra PM	81 : 80	91: 98	100 : 81	68: 76	*	81 : 78
AD Ovarense	59: 61	60: 70	69: 81	58: 61	62: 65	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Macedonicos	10	7th	3	790	716
2. DKV Joventut	10	6th	4th	812	741
3. Pivovarna Laško	10	6th	4th	793	722
4. Darusşafaka	10	6th	4th	748	772
5. GHP Bamberg	10	5	5	763	705
6. Kapfenberg Bulls	10	0	10	561	811

	Kozani	Badalona	Laško	Istanbul	Bamberg	K'berg
Macedonicos	*	93 : 89	86 : 77	75 : 61	83: 87	76 : 48
Joventut	77: 84	*	70 : 61	93 : 78	69: 81	100 : 56
KK Pivovarna	84 : 80	79: 88	*	88 : 68	73 : 68	83 : 57
Darusşafaka	80 : 75	75 : 65	78 : 77	*	85 : 82	94 : 83
GHP Bamberg	65: 70	76: 77	72: 78	84 : 64	*	72 : 54
Kapfenberg Bulls	48: 68	58: 84	55: 93	50: 65	52: 76	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lietuvos rytas	10	9	1	828	667
2. Śląsk Wrocław	10	6th	4th	744	797
3. Red Star Belgrade	10	5	5	821	770
4. Pompea Napoli	10	5	5	843	828
5. Telecom Baskets	10	5	5	749	773
6. Benfica Lisbon	10	0	10	672	822

	Vilnius	Wroclaw	Belgrade	Naples	Bonn	Lisbon
Lietuvos rytas	*	72 : 68	77 : 60	95 : 86	88 : 60	74 : 49
Śląsk	67: 95	*	74 : 73	90 : 87	59 : 57	85 : 83
Red Star	89 : 85	81: 88	*	75 : 69	84 : 67	83 : 69
Pompea Napoli	73: 96	92 : 78	83 : 81	*	86 : 84	87 : 82
Telecom Baskets	58: 87	97 : 65	92 : 89	80 : 76	*	80 : 68
Benfica	57: 59	60: 70	66: 10 6	67: 10 4	71: 74	*

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
DKV Joventut	155: 161	Pamesa Valencia	70: 76	85:85
Lukoil academy	145: 152	Spirou BC Charleroi	73: 85	72 : 67
Cholet Basket	146: 152	PAOK Thessaloniki	75: 78	71: 74
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	156 : 154	Aris Thessaloniki	75: 77	81 : 77
Śląsk Wrocław	133: 180	GS Marousi	61: 71	72: 109
Casti Group Varese	132: 167	Macedonicos	65: 77	57: 90
Hemofarm Vršac	180 : 166	MBK Dynamo Moscow	84 : 81	96 : 85
RheinEnergie Cologne	151: 167	BK Ventspils	93 : 77	58: 90

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pamesa Valencia	179 : 160	Spirou Charleroi	86 : 78	93 : 82
PAOK Thessaloniki	139: 147	Lietuvos rytas	74 : 71	65: 76
GS Marousi	165: 167	Macedonicos	89: 92	76 : 75
KK Hemofarm Vršac	176 : 175	BK Ventspils	99 : 93	77 : 82

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pamesa Valencia	140: 152	Lietuvos rytas	75: 77	65: 75
Macedonicos	180 : 172	KK Hemofarm Vršac	84: 107	96 : 65

final

venue	date	winner	opponent	Result
Charleroi	04/10/2005	Lietuvos rytas	Macedonicos	78 : 74

Finals (MVP)

See also : Most Valuable Player

• Robertas Javtokas (Lietuvos)

Web links

• ULEB Cup 2004/05 - Season overview (English)
• Eurocup 2004-2005 - Men Basketball - overview at eurobasket.com (English)