2004–05 Euroleague Explained

Nextseason:	2005–06
Euroleague
Pixels:	300
Season:	2004–05
Champions:	Maccabi Tel Aviv (5th title)
Runners Up:	Tau Cerámica
Third Place:	Panathinaikos
Fourth Place:	CSKA Moscow
Teams:	24
Mvp:	Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Mvp Link:	EuroLeague MVP
Mvp N:	USA
Final Four Mvp:	Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Final Four Mvp Link:	EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Final Four Mvp N:	LTU
Pir:	24.9
Pir N:	USA
Ppg:	20.7
Ppg N:	USA
Rpg:	10.6
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	6.2
Apg N:	USA

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 round
Regular season (24 teams)	5 best-placed teams from: Spain 4 best-placed teams from: Italy 2 best-placed teams from: Turkey The champion teams from: Croatia France Germany Greece Israel Lithuania Poland Russia Slovenia Yugoslavia 3 Wild Cards
Top 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 season
Quarterfinals (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)

• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

Regular season
width=210		width=210	Climamio Bologna (2nd)	width=210	Pau-Orthez (1st)	width=210	Maccabi Elite ^TH
width=210	Adecco Estudiantes (2nd)	width=210	Benetton Treviso (3rd)	width=210	Adecco ASVEL (11th)^WC	width=210
width=210	Unicaja Málaga (3rd)	width=210	Scavolini Pesaro (4th)	width=210		width=210
width=210	Tau Cerámica (4th)	width=210		width=210		width=210	CSKA Moscow (1st)
Real Madrid (5th)	AEK ^WC
Montepaschi Siena (1st)	Olympiacos ^WC

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:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 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 -116

Group B width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 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

width=15		width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff
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:

1. No more than two teams from the same Regular Season group could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
2. No more than two teams from the same country could be placed in the same Top 16 group.
3. 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 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 −59

Group E width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 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 width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 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 −65

Group G width=15 width=220 Team width=20 Pld width=20 W width=20 L width=20 PF width=20 PA width=30 Diff 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.

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Final four

See main article: 2005 Euroleague Final Four.

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Anthony Parker	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	24	597	24.88
2.		Žalgiris	20	439	21.95
3.	Chris Williams	Frankfurt Skyliners	14	301	21.50

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PPG
1.	Charles Smith	Scavolini Pesaro	20	413	20.65
2.		Frankfurt Skyliners	14	265	18.93
3.	Tanoka Beard	Žalgiris	20	360	18.00

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	RPG
1.	Tanoka Beard	Žalgiris	20	212	10.60
2.		Adecco Estudiantes	14	121	8.64
3.		ASVEL	14	112	8.00

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	APG
1.	Mire Chatman	Pau-Orthez	14	87	6.21
2.		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	24	128	5.33
3.		AEK	20	88	4.40

Other Stats

width=100	Category	width=180	Name	width=180	Team	width=40	Games	width=40	Stat
Steals per game	Chris Williams	Frankfurt Skyliners	14	2.79
Blocks per game	Eurelijus Žukauskas	Ülker	22	1.82
Turnovers per game	Mire Chatman	Pau-Orthez	14	3.64
Fouls drawn per game	Jorge Garbajosa	Unicaja Málaga	13	6.54
Minutes per game	Pascal Roller	Frankfurt Skyliners	14	36:38
2FG%	Fran Vázquez	Unicaja Málaga	14	0.701
3FG%	Antonio Granger	CSKA Moscow	23	0.483
FT%	Uroš Tripković	Partizan	14	0.968

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 2004-05

• 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 2004 - 05

• 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.