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 2004–05 season featured 24 competing teams, from 13 countries. The final of the competition was held in Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia, with the defending champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv, defeating Tau Cerámica by a score of 90–78.
Team allocation
Distribution The table below shows the default access list.
Teams entering in this roundRegular season(24 teams) 15 teams with 3-year licences 2 best-placed teams from: Spain The champion teams from: Germany Greece Israel Italy Poland Yugoslavia 1 Wild cardTop 16(16 teams)3 group winners from the regular season 3 group runners-up from the regular season 3 group third-placed teams from the regular season 3 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season 3 group fifth-placed teams from the regular season 1 group sixth placed team from the regular seasonQuarterfinals(8 teams) 4 group winners from the top 16 4 group runners-up from the top 16
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders)
Licensed clubs: 3-year licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card
Regular seasonLicensed clubs Montepaschi Siena (1st) Olympiacos Žalgiris Climamio Bologna (2nd) Winterthur Barcelona CSKA Moscow (1st) Benetton Treviso (3rd) Tau Cerámica (4th) Union Olimpija Pau-Orthez (1st) Efes Pilsen Adecco ASVEL (11th) Ülker AEK Cibona VIP Associated clubs Scavolini Pesaro (4th) Adecco Estudiantes (2nd) Maccabi Elite TH Panathinaikos Unicaja Málaga (3rd) Prokom Trefl Sopot Opel Skyliners Real Madrid (5th)WC Partizan Pivara MB
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: Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group) Points scored in all group matches 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Climamio Bologna 14 12 2 1199 1103 +96 2. Efes Pilsen 14 12 2 1080 934 +146 3. Cibona VIP 14 8 6 1172 1037 +47 4. Real Madrid 14 7 7 1056 1020 +36 5. Prokom Trefl Sopot 14 7 7 981 1028 -47 6. Adecco Estudiantes 14 4 10 1074 1109 -35 7. Olympiacos 14 4 10 1017 1144 -127 8. Partizan Pivara MB 14 2 12 1030 1146 -116Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 10 4 1324 1189 +135 2. Winterthur FC Barcelona 14 9 5 1071 1045 +26 3. Žalgiris 14 8 6 1185 1180 +5 4. AEK 14 7 7 1102 1106 -4 5. Montepaschi Siena 14 7 7 1105 1049 56 6. Scavolini Pesaro 14 7 7 1116 1168 -52 7. Union Olimpija 14 6 8 1040 1058 -18 8. Adecco ASVEL 14 2 12 973 1121 -148
Group C TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. CSKA Moscow 14 14 0 1191 1074 +117 2. Panathinaikos 14 8 6 1126 1061 +65 3. Benetton Treviso 14 8 6 1039 986 +53 4. Ülker 14 7 7 1030 987 +43 5. Tau Cerámica 14 6 8 1149 1146 +3 6. Unicaja Málaga 14 6 8 1030 1024 +6 7. Opel Skyliners 14 4 10 996 1137 -141 8. Pau-Orthez 14 3 11 1070 1216 -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 CSKA Moscow, Climamio Bologna, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, Efes Pilsen Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams FC Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Benetton Treviso, Cibona Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams Žalgiris, Ülker, Real Madrid, AEK Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team Tau Cerámica, Montepaschi Siena, Prokom Trefl Sopot, Scavolini Pesaro
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions: No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group. 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 TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 6 6 0 513 427 +86 2. Ülker 6 3 3 434 469 -35 3. Montepaschi Siena 6 2 4 470 462 +8 4. Cibona VIP 6 1 5 430 489 −59Group E TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. CSKA Moscow 6 5 1 515 450 +65 2. Scavolini Pesaro 6 3 3 467 492 -25 3. Winterthur FC Barcelona 6 2 4 463 478 −15 4. Real Madrid 6 2 4 477 502 −25
Group F TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Panathinaikos 6 4 2 480 450 +30 2. Tau Cerámica 6 4 2 526 483 +43 3 Climamio Bologna 6 4 2 471 479 −8 4. Žalgiris 6 0 6 457 522 −65Group G TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Benetton Treviso 6 4 2 447 385 +62 2. Efes Pilsen 6 4 2 424 377 +47 3. AEK 6 4 2 436 427 +9 4. Prokom Trefl Sopot 6 0 6 387 505 −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.
Final four
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv2459724.882. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2043921.953. Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners1430121.50
Points RankNameTeamGamesRatingPPG1. Charles Smith Scavolini Pesaro2041320.652. Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners1426518.933. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2036018.00
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRatingRPG1. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2021210.602. Rubén Garcés Adecco Estudiantes141218.643. Hüseyin Beşok ASVEL141128.00
Assists RankNameTeamGamesRatingAPG1. Mire Chatman Pau-Orthez14876.212. Šarūnas Jasikevičius Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv241285.333. Nikos Zisis AEK20884.40
Other Stats CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners142.79Blocks per game Eurelijus Žukauskas Ülker221.82Turnovers per game Mire Chatman Pau-Orthez143.64Fouls drawn per game Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga136.54Minutes per game Pascal Roller Frankfurt Skyliners1436:382FG% Fran Vázquez Unicaja Málaga140.7013FG% Antonio Granger CSKA Moscow230.483FT% Uroš Tripković Partizan140.968
Awards Euroleague MVP Anthony Parker ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)
Final Four MVP Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)
Finals Top Scorer Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)
All-Euroleague First Team Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) Arvydas Macijauskas ( Tau Cerámica) Anthony Parker ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv) David Andersen ( CSKA Moscow) Nikola Vujčić ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)
All-Euroleague Second Team Jaka Lakovič ( Panathinaikos) Marcus Brown ( CSKA Moscow) Charles Smith ( Scavolini Pesaro) Luis Scola ( Tau Cerámica) Tanoka Beard ( Žalgiris)
Rising Star Erazem Lorbek ( Climamio Bologna)
Best Defender Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Charles Smith ( Scavolini Pesaro)
Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year Pini Gershon ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)
Club Executive of the Year Jose Antonio Querejeta ( Tau Cerámica)
References and notes
Euroleague Competition Format
External links Euroleague.net - Official Euroleague homepage. Eurobasket.com - Popular basketball news site. TalkBasket.net - Basketball forum.