2004–05 Euroleague Explained

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Euroleague
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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)
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)

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)WCwidth=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=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Climamio Bologna14 12 2 1199 1103 +96
2. Efes Pilsen14 1221080 934 +146
3. Cibona VIP14 8 6 1172 1037 +47
4. Real Madrid14 7 7 1056 1020 +36
5. Prokom Trefl Sopot14 7 7 981 1028 -47
6. Adecco Estudiantes14 4 10 1074 1109 -35
7. Olympiacos14 4 10 1017 1144 -127
8. Partizan Pivara MB14 2 12 1030 1146 -116

Group B

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv14 10 4 1324 1189 +135
2. Winterthur FC Barcelona14 9 5 1071 1045 +26
3. Žalgiris14 8 6 1185 1180 +5
4. AEK14 7 7 1102 1106 -4
5. Montepaschi Siena14 7 7 1105 1049 56
6. Scavolini Pesaro14 7 7 1116 1168 -52
7. Union Olimpija14 6 8 1040 1058 -18
8. Adecco ASVEL14 2 12 973 1121 -148

Group C

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. CSKA Moscow14 14 0 1191 1074 +117
2. Panathinaikos14 8 6 1126 1061 +65
3. Benetton Treviso14 8 6 1039 986 +53
4. Ülker14 7 7 1030 987 +43
5. Tau Cerámica14 6 8 11491146 +3
6. Unicaja Málaga14 6 8 1030 1024 +6
7. Opel Skyliners14 4 10 996 1137 -141
8. Pau-Orthez14 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

Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams

Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams

Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team

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=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv6 6 0 513 427 +86
2. Ülker6 3 3 434 469 -35
3. Montepaschi Siena6 2 4 470 462 +8
4. Cibona VIP6 1 5 430 489 −59

Group E

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. CSKA Moscow6 5 1 515 450 +65
2. Scavolini Pesaro6 3 3 467 492 -25
3. Winterthur FC Barcelona6 2 4 463 478 −15
4. Real Madrid6 2 4 477 502 −25

Group F

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Panathinaikos6 4 2 480 450 +30
2. Tau Cerámica6 4 2 526 483 +43
3 Climamio Bologna6 4 2 471479 −8
4. Žalgiris6 0 6 457 522 −65

Group G

width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diff
1. Benetton Treviso6 4 2 447 385 +62
2. Efes Pilsen6 4 2 424 377 +47
3. AEK6 4 2 436 427 +9
4. Prokom Trefl Sopot6 0 6 387505 −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

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Ratingwidth=40PIR
1. Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv2459724.88
2. Žalgiris2043921.95
3. Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners1430121.50

Points

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Ratingwidth=40PPG
1. Charles Smith Scavolini Pesaro2041320.65
2. Frankfurt Skyliners1426518.93
3. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2036018.00

Rebounds

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Ratingwidth=40RPG
1. Tanoka Beard Žalgiris2021210.60
2. Adecco Estudiantes141218.64
3. ASVEL141128.00

Assists

Rankwidth=200Namewidth=200TeamGameswidth=75Ratingwidth=40APG
1. Mire Chatman Pau-Orthez14876.21
2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv241285.33
3. AEK20884.40

Other Stats

width=100Categorywidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40Gameswidth=40Stat
Steals per game Chris Williams Frankfurt Skyliners142.79
Blocks per game Eurelijus Žukauskas Ülker221.82
Turnovers per game Mire Chatman Pau-Orthez143.64
Fouls drawn per game Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja Málaga136.54
Minutes per game Pascal Roller Frankfurt Skyliners1436:38
2FG% Fran Vázquez Unicaja Málaga140.701
3FG% Antonio Granger CSKA Moscow230.483
FT% Uroš Tripković Partizan140.968

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague First Team 2004-05

All-Euroleague Second Team 2004 - 05

Rising Star

Best Defender

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer

Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year

Club Executive of the Year

References and notes

Euroleague Competition Format

External links

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