EuroLeague 2004/05

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EuroLeague 2004/05
Euroleague logo
Duration November 4, 2004 - May 8, 2005
Order of execution 5th season
organizer ULEB
Number of teams 24
Main round
Main rounds - MVP United StatesUnited States Anthony Parker (Maccabi)
Alphonso Ford Trophy United StatesUnited States Charles Smith (Scavolini)
Best defender GreeceGreece Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Rising Star Trophy SloveniaSlovenia Erazem Lorbek (Climamio Bologna)
Alexander Gomelski Trophy IsraelIsrael Pini Gershon (Maccabi)
Final Four
venue RussiaRussia Moscow
master IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
   Runner-up      SpainSpain TAU Vitoria
Finals - MVP LithuaniaLithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Maccabi)

← EuroLeague 2003/04

The season 2004/05 was the 5 . Season of the EuroLeague , the most important competition in European club basketball.

As in the previous year, Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title .

Main round

Preliminary round

In this first phase the 24 teams, divided into three groups (A to C), competed against each other in home and away games until each team had played 14 games. The five best from each group as well as the best group sixth qualified for the next round.

Group A

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Climamio BolognaItalyItaly 14th 12 2 1199 1103
2. Efes Pilsen IstanbulTurkeyTurkey 14th 12 2 1080 934
3. Cibona ZagrebCroatiaCroatia 14th 8th 6th 1119 1072
4. Real MadridSpainSpain 14th 7th 7th 1056 1020
5. Prokom Trefl SopotPolandPoland 14th 7th 7th 981 1028
6. Estudiantes MadridSpainSpain 14th 4th 10 1074 1109
7. Olympiacos PiraeusGreeceGreece 14th 4th 10 1017 1144
8. Partizan BelgradeSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro 14th 2 12 1030 1146
Bologna Efes Zagreb Madrid Prokom Estudiantes Piraeus Belgrade
Climamio * 92 : 71 99 : 88 77 : 70 71 : 63 84 : 78 94 : 77 103 : 91
Efes Pilsen 79 : 73 * 72 : 70 74 : 70 78 : 65 81 : 72 80 : 54 78 : 63
Cibona Zagreb 89: 96 a.d. 82 : 72 * 73 : 58 88 : 57 85 : 78 60: 64 85 : 76
real Madrid 79: 81 57: 72 69: 70 * 76 : 66 91 : 66 76 : 62 82 : 66
Prokom Trefl 78 : 68 67: 73 83 : 78 a.d. 61: 69 * 78 : 74 77 : 71 76 : 68
Estudiantes 84: 97 61: 66 81: 87 90 : 84 75 : 67 * 87 : 57 71 : 59
Olympiacos 71: 76 59: 110 89 : 83 a.d. 75: 83 75: 77 90 : 80 * 100 : 74
Partizan 85: 88 49: 74 78: 81 87: 92 a.d. 64: 66 83 : 77 87 : 73 *

Group B

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Maccabi Tel AvivIsraelIsrael 14th 10 4th 1324 1189
2. FC Winterthur BarcelonaSpainSpain 14th 9 5 1071 1045
3. Žalgiris KaunasLithuaniaLithuania 14th 7th 7th 1185 1180
4th AEK AthensGreeceGreece 14th 7th 7th 1102 1106
5. Montepaschi SienaItalyItaly 14th 7th 7th 1105 1049
6. Scavolini PesaroItalyItaly 14th 7th 7th 1116 1168
7. Olimpija LjubljanaSloveniaSlovenia 14th 6th 8th 1040 1058
8. Asvel VilleurbanneFranceFrance 14th 2 12 973 1121
Tel Aviv Barcelona Zalgiris AEK Siena Pesaro Ljubljana Villeurbanne
Maccabi * 84 : 59 102: 104 93 : 92 93 : 88 123 : 73 95 : 82 89 : 69
Winterthur FC 81 : 79 * 98: 102 69 : 57 58: 70 77 : 70 79 : 69 73 : 59
Zalgiris Kaunas 75: 102 80: 81 * 81 : 71 90 : 81 91 : 87 a.d. 78: 83 86 : 72
AEK Athens 110: 113 91 : 79 76: 86 * 75 : 71 78 : 72 76 : 75 89 : 63
Montepaschi 86: 90 88 : 85 70: 74 a.d. 77 : 58 * 93 : 70 74 : 70 86 : 70
Scavolini Pesaro 97 : 95 62: 80 86 : 82 88: 90 83 : 69 * 77 : 68 95 : 86
Olimpija 93 : 81 69: 83 86 : 73 70 : 66 79 : 74 63: 74 * 79 : 67
Asvel 80: 85 65: 69 85 : 83 69: 73 54: 78 73: 82 a.d. 61 : 54 *

Group C

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA MoscowRussiaRussia 14th 14th 0 1191 1074
2. Panathinaikos AthensGreeceGreece 14th 8th 6th 1126 1061
3. Benetton TrevisoItalyItaly 14th 8th 6th 1039 986
4. Ülker IstanbulTurkeyTurkey 14th 7th 7th 1030 987
5. TAU VitoriaSpainSpain 14th 6th 8th 1149 1146
6. Unicaja MálagaSpainSpain 14th 6th 8th 1030 1024
7. Skyliners FrankfurtGermanyGermany 14th 4th 10 996 1137
8. EB Pau OrthezFranceFrance 14th 3 11 1070 1216
Moscow Athens Treviso Ulker DEW Unicaja Frankfurt Orthez
CSKA Moscow * 75 : 72 80 : 79 90 : 77 88 : 83 76 : 70 86 : 82 80 : 60
Panathinaikos 73: 85 * 80 : 71 79 : 72 99 : 95 a.d. 88 : 69 72 : 67 103 : 89
Benetton 72: 80 83 : 77 * 50: 65 75 : 63 72 : 62 93 : 60 91 : 73
Ülker Istanbul 82: 87 66 : 64 62: 69 * 86 : 73 66 : 62 79 : 60 70: 75
TAU Vitoria 81: 85 84 : 82 73: 76 71: 81 * 83 : 79 90 : 69 93 : 87
Unicaja Málaga 62: 73 75: 83 74 : 59 73 : 62 78 : 76 * 82 : 67 80 : 71
Skyliners 88: 103 68 : 66 58: 77 52: 82 80: 97 73 : 67 * 86 : 62
Pau Orthez 93: 103 62: 88 79 : 72 82 : 80 81: 87 75: 97 81: 86 *

Intermediate round (Top 16)

In the second phase of the Euroleague, the remaining 16 teams were divided into four groups (D to G) of four teams each. The performance from the regular season was reflected in the seeding list for the draw. In this phase, too, the teams in each group competed against each other in home and return matches. The two best teams in each group qualified for the next round.

Group D

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 6th 6th 0 513 427
2. Ulker Istanbul TurkeyTurkey 6th 3 3 434 469
3. Montepaschi Siena ItalyItaly 6th 2 4th 470 462
4. Cibona Zagreb CroatiaCroatia 6th 1 5 430 489
Tel Aviv Ulker Siena Zagreb
Maccabi * 90 : 59 85 : 84 83 : 75
Ulker Istanbul 67: 83 * 85 : 71 84 : 77
Montepaschi 68: 81 84 : 71 * 90 : 62
Cibona Zagreb 74: 91 64: 68 78 : 73 *

Group E

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia 6th 5 1 515 450
2. Scavolini Pesaro ItalyItaly 6th 3 3 467 492
3. FC Winterthur Barcelona SpainSpain 6th 2 4th 463 478
4. Real Madrid SpainSpain 6th 2 4th 477 502
Moscow Pesaro Barcelona Madrid
CSKA Moscow * 88 : 68 68: 79 89 : 73
Scavolini 66: 84 * 71 : 70 90 : 88 a.d.
FC Winterthur 70: 91 87: 101 * 84 : 71
real Madrid 94: 95 a.d. 75 : 71 76 : 73 *

Group F.

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Panathinaikos Athens GreeceGreece 6th 4th 2 480 450
2. TAU Vitoria SpainSpain 6th 4th 2 526 483
3. Climamio Bologna ItalyItaly 6th 4th 2 471 479
4. Zalgiris Kaunas LithuaniaLithuania 6th 0 6th 457 522
Athens DEW Bologna Zalgiris
Panathinaikos * 93 : 81 78 : 55 83 : 78
TAU Vitoria 86 : 69 * 94 : 84 100 : 69
Climamio 77 : 73 86 : 79 * 87 : 74
Zalgiris Kaunas 73: 84 82: 86 81: 82 *

Group G

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. Benetton Treviso ItalyItaly 6th 4th 2 447 385
2. Efes Pilsen TurkeyTurkey 6th 4th 2 424 377
3. AEK Athens GreeceGreece 6th 4th 2 436 427
4. Prokom Trefl PolandPoland 6th 0 6th 387 505
Treviso Efes AEK Prokom
Benetton * 70 : 59 85 : 65 89 : 75
Efes Pilsen 52 : 43 * 69 : 62 86 : 62
AEK Athens 83 : 75 70 : 69 * 81 : 70
Prokom Trefl 51: 85 70: 89 59: 75 *

Quarter finals

In a "Best of Three" mode, the remaining eight teams competed against each other in four team encounters. The first in the group from the second phase enjoyed home rights in a possibly required third play-off game. The four teams that won these duels qualified for the Final 4 tournament. The quarter-finals took place between April 4 and 12/13. April 2005.

pairing 1st game 2nd game 3rd game
IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv - ItalyItaly Scavolini Pesaro 88 : 60 103 : 100 -
RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - TurkeyTurkey Ulker Istanbul 88 : 71 82 : 64 -
GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens - TurkeyTurkey Efes Pilsen 102 : 96 a.d. 63: 75 84 : 76
ItalyItaly Benetton Treviso - SpainSpain TAU Vitoria 59: 98 64: 66 -

Final Four tournament

In a tournament that took place within a weekend in the Olimpijski sports complex in Moscow , two teams competed against each other in semi-finals. The winners qualified for the final from which the winner of the EuroLeague emerged.

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 6th .

pairing Result
IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv - GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens 91 : 82
RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - SpainSpain TAU Vitoria 78: 85

3rd place match

The game took place on May 8th .

pairing Result
RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow - GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens 91: 94 a.d.

final

The EuroLeague final took place on May 8, 2005 .

pairing IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv - TAU Vitoria SpainSpain
Result 90  : 78
date May 8, 2005
Stadion Olimpijski Sports Complex , Moscow
spectator 13,607
referee LithuaniaLithuaniaRomuldas Brazauskas, Stefano Cazzaro, Carl Jungebrand ItalyItalyFinlandFinland
Maccabi Tel Aviv Anthony Parker 12, Maceo Baston 18, Šarūnas Jasikevičius 22, Nikola Vujčić 13, Tal Burstein 8, Derrick Sharp , Nestoras Kommatos 13, Yaniv Green , Yotam Halperin 2, Regev Fafan, Gur Shelef , Asaf Dotan 2
Trainer : Pini Gershon
TAU Vitoria Luis Scola 21, Pablo Prigioni , Travis Hansen 13, Arvydas Macijauskas 13, José Calderón 16, Sergi Vidal Plana 5, Robert Conley, Kornél Dávid 4, Tiago Splitter 6, Robert Gabini, Andrew Betts
Trainer : Velimir Perasović

Awards

MVP of the Euroleague season 2004–2005

Regular Season MVP: Anthony Parker

Final Four MVP

Top scorer: Charles Smith

All Euroleague First Team 2004-2005

All Euroleague Second Team 2004-2005

Best defender

Rising Star Trophy

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Trainer of the Year (Alexander Gomelski Trophy)

Club Executive of the Year

  • SpainSpain Jose Antonio Querejeta (TAU Ceramica)

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