The 2004–05 Polish Basketball League was the 77th edition of the top basketball league of Poland and the second and final season branded as the Era Basket Liga under a sponsorship agreement with Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, operator of the Era mobile network. The regular season opened on 16 October 2004 with Prokom Trefl Sopot finishing first at 19–3 and going on to win the championship, defeating Anwil Włocławek 4–2 in a best-of-seven final that concluded on 1 June 2005.
Teams
The first 10 teams will play in Era Basket Liga in the next season: Idea Śląsk Wrocław Prokom Trefl Sopot Anwil Włocławek Polonia Warbud Warszawa Gipsar Stal Ostrów Wlkp. Unia Wisła Paged Tarnów Arcus Detal-Met Notec Inowrocław Czarni Słupsk Ostromecko Astoria Bydgoszcz AZS Gaz Ziemny Koszalin Last 2 teams are dropped from EBL Start Lublin Spojnia Stargard Szczeciński Teams promoted to EBL Turów Zgorzelec SKS Starogard Gdański
League table
Ineligible for playoffs
Playoffs QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS FINALProkom 3 94:83 88:71 97:77 Polpharma 0
Turów Zgorzelec 3 102:64 94:75 93:85 Astoria 0
Anwil Włocławek 3 76:74 86:84 72:90 101:84 Deichmann Śląsk 1
Polonia 3 92:83 77:62 96:88 Unia Tarnów 0Prokom 4 84:67 88:78 83:75 80:88 80:67 Turów Zgorzelec 1
Anwil Włocławek 4 90:75 85:83 73:96 79:73 74:68 Polonia 1 o mistrzostwo Prokom 4 75:72 75:85 74:41 57:77 77:63 72:67 Anwil Włocławek 2
o 3 miejsce Polonia 2 83:75 80:88 91:72 Turów Zgorzelec 1
Awards
Goran Jagodnik of Prokom Trefl Sopot was named Era Basket Liga Player of the Year, and Andrej Urlep of Anwil Włocławek was named Coach of the Year. The regular-season scoring leaders were Michael Ansley of Platinum Wisła Kraków at 23.1 points per game, Tarrence Hill of Polonia Warszawa at 20.9, and Jagodnik at 19.3.
All-Star Game
The Era Basket Liga All-Star Game was held on 29 January 2005 at Hala Znicz in Pruszków and broadcast live on TVP3. Goran Jagodnik received the highest number of fan votes (11,985), and Gintaras Kadziulis of Anwil Włocławek was named All-Star MVP.
References
External links Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site Polish League at Eurobasket.com Runda Zasadnicza - Sezon 2004/2005 at KeySportNews