Euroleague
The Olimpiisky Arena in Moscow hosted the Final Four
Season2004–05
Number of teams24
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv (5th title)
  Runners-upSpain Tau Cerámica
Third placeGreece Panathinaikos
Fourth placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Final Four MVPLithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Charles Smith 20.7
Rebounds United States Tanoka Beard 10.6
Assists United States Mire Chatman 6.2
Index Rating United States Anthony Parker 24.9

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 200405 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)

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Regular season
Spain Winterthur Barcelona (1st) Italy Climamio Bologna (2nd) France Pau-Orthez (1st) Israel Maccabi Elite (1st)TH
Spain Adecco Estudiantes (2nd) Italy Benetton Treviso (3rd) France Adecco ASVEL (11th)WC Lithuania Žalgiris (1st)
Spain Unicaja Málaga (3rd) Italy Scavolini Pesaro (4th) Turkey Efes Pilsen (1st) Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot (1st)
Spain Tau Cerámica (4th) Greece Panathinaikos (1st) Turkey Ülker (2nd) Russia CSKA Moscow (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (5th) Greece AEK (4th)WC Croatia Cibona VIP (1st) Slovenia Union Olimpija (1st)
Italy Montepaschi Siena (1st) Greece Olympiacos (8th)WC Germany Opel Skyliners (1st) Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Pivara MB (1st)

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

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Italy Climamio Bologna 1412211991103+96
2.Turkey Efes Pilsen 141221080934+146
3.Croatia Cibona VIP 148611721037+47
4.Spain Real Madrid 147710561020+36
5.Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 14779811028-47
6.Spain Adecco Estudiantes 1441010741109-35
7.Greece Olympiacos 1441010171144-127
8.Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Pivara MB 1421210301146-116

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 1410413241189+135
2.Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 149510711045+26
3.Lithuania Žalgiris 148611851180+5
4.Greece AEK 147711021106-4
5.Italy Montepaschi Siena 14771105104956
6.Italy Scavolini Pesaro 147711161168-52
7.Slovenia Union Olimpija 146810401058-18
8.France Adecco ASVEL 142129731121-148

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 1414011911074+117
2.Greece Panathinaikos 148611261061+65
3.Italy Benetton Treviso 14861039986+53
4.Turkey Ülker 14771030987+43
5.Spain Tau Cerámica 146811491146+3
6.Spain Unicaja Málaga 146810301024+6
7.Germany Opel Skyliners 144109961137-141
8.France Pau-Orthez 1431110701216-146


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

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 660513427+86
2.Turkey Ülker 633434469-35
3.Italy Montepaschi Siena 624470462+8
4.Croatia Cibona VIP 615430489−59

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 651515450+65
2.Italy Scavolini Pesaro 633467492-25
3.Spain Winterthur FC Barcelona 624463478−15
4.Spain Real Madrid 624477502−25

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Greece Panathinaikos 642480450+30
2.Spain Tau Cerámica 642526483+43
3Italy Climamio Bologna 642471479−8
4.Lithuania Žalgiris 606457522−65

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Italy Benetton Treviso 642447385+62
2.Turkey Efes Pilsen 642424377+47
3.Greece AEK 642436427+9
4.Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 606387505−118

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–0 Italy Scavolini Pesaro 88–60 103–100 0
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 Turkey Ülker 88–74 82–64 0
Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Turkey Efes Pilsen 102–96 63–75 84–76
Benetton Treviso Italy 0–2 Spain Tau Cerámica 59–98 64–66 0

Final four

 
Semifinals
6 May
Final
8 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
Israel Maccabi Elite 91
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos 82
 
Israel Maccabi Elite 90
 
 
 
Spain Tau Cerámica 78
 
Russia CSKA Moscow78
 
 
Spain Tau Cerámica85
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 91
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos 94

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.United States Anthony ParkerIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv2459724.88
2.United States Tanoka BeardLithuania Žalgiris2043921.95
3.United States Chris WilliamsGermany Frankfurt Skyliners1430121.50

Points

Rank Name Team Games Rating PPG
1.United States Charles SmithItaly Scavolini Pesaro2041320.65
2.United States Chris WilliamsGermany Frankfurt Skyliners1426518.93
3.United States Tanoka BeardLithuania Žalgiris2036018.00

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rating RPG
1.United States Tanoka BeardLithuania Žalgiris2021210.60
2.Panama Rubén GarcésSpain Adecco Estudiantes141218.64
3.Turkey Hüseyin BeşokFrance ASVEL141128.00

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Rating APG
1.United States Mire ChatmanFrance Pau-Orthez14876.21
2.Lithuania Šarūnas JasikevičiusIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv241285.33
3.Greece Nikos ZisisGreece AEK20884.40

Other Stats

Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameUnited States Chris WilliamsGermany Frankfurt Skyliners142.79
Blocks per gameLithuania Eurelijus ŽukauskasTurkey Ülker221.82
Turnovers per gameUnited States Mire ChatmanFrance Pau-Orthez143.64
Fouls drawn per gameSpain Jorge GarbajosaSpain Unicaja Málaga136.54
Minutes per gameGermany Pascal RollerGermany Frankfurt Skyliners1436:38
2FG%Spain Fran VázquezSpain Unicaja Málaga140.701
3FG%United States Antonio GrangerRussia CSKA Moscow230.483
FT%Serbia Uroš TripkovićSerbia Partizan140.968

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Final Four MVP

Finals Top Scorer

All-Euroleague First Team 2004-05

All-Euroleague Second Team 200405

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

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