2004–05 FIBA Europe League

The 2004–05 FIBA Europe League was the second season of the third tier in European basketball. A total of 32 teams participated in the regular season. BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg won its first FIBA Europe League title.[1]

FIBA Europe League
Season2004–05
Number of teams32
Finals
ChampionsRussia Dynamo Saint Petersburg
1st title
  Runners-upUkraine Kyiv
Third placeRussia Khimki
Fourth placeTurkey Fenerbahçe
Final Four MVPUnited States Kelly McCarty
Statistical leaders
Points United States Alvin Young 22.6
Rebounds United States Art Long 11.9
Assists United States Khalid El-Amin 7.2

Team allocation edit

The number of the teams was increased from 30 to 32 compared to the first season, but this time only 3 were domestic champions while 4 were the runners-up (including Israel). The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC : Wild card
  • TH: Title holder
Regular season
  Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)   Strasbourg (7th)   Fenerbahçe (8th)   EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
  Ironi Nahariya (3rd)   Dijon (8th)   Azovmash (1st)   BS Energy Braunschweig (11th)
  Bnei Hasharon (4th)   Paris Racing (13th)   Kyiv (2nd)   Feršped Rabotnički (1st)
  Hapoel Galil Elyon (7th)   Iraklis (3rd)   Khimik (4th)   Demon Astronauts (3rd)
  UNICS (2nd)TH   Ionikos N.F. (12th)   Verviers-Pepinster (2nd)   Anwil Wloclawek (3rd)
  Ural Great (4th)   Olimpia Larissa (WC)   Dexia Mons Hainaut (5th)   Lavovi 063 (7th)
  Khimki (5th)   Beşiktaş (3rd)   CSKA Sofia (2nd)
  Dynamo Saint Petersburg (WC)   Tuborg Pilsener (5th)   ČEZ Nymburk (1st)

Qualifying round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Fenerbahçe 12 10 2 999 845 +154 Advance to play-offs
2   Kyiv 12 8 4 1102 1023 +79
3   UNICS 12 7 5 1046 963 +83
4   ČEZ Nymburk 12 7 5 1063 1051 +12
5   Hapoel Galil Elyon 12 6 6 1046 1101 −55
6   CSKA Sofia 12 2 10 978 1060 −82
7   Fersped Rabotnički 12 2 10 922 1113 −191
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Ironi Nahariya 14 11 3 1220 1106 +114 Advance to play-offs
2   Beşiktaş 14 9 5 1178 1113 +65
3   Azovmash Mariupol 14 9 5 1267 1161 +106
4   JDA Dijon 14 7 7 1149 1129 +20
5   Ural Great Perm 14 7 7 1136 1152 −16
6   BS Energy Braunschweig 14 6 8 1035 1140 −105
7   Ionikos N.F. 14 4 10 1138 1212 −74
8   Verviers-Pepinster 14 3 11 1071 1181 −110
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Khimki 12 9 3 1032 946 +86 Advance to play-offs
2   Tuborg Pilsener 12 9 3 984 909 +75
3   SIG Strasbourg 12 7 5 937 925 +12
4   Demon Astronauts 12 5 7 848 911 −63
5   Anwil Włocławek 12 5 7 851 885 −34
6   Dexia Mons-Hainaut 12 4 8 918 957 −39
7   Bnei Hasharon 12 4 8 895 932 −37
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Dynamo Saint Petersburg 14 14 0 1200 981 +219 Advance to play-offs
2   Khimik 14 9 5 1038 984 +54
3   Paris Racing 14 9 5 951 859 +92
4   Hapoel Tel Aviv 14 8 6 1068 1036 +32
5   EKA AEL Limassol 14 8 6 993 998 −5
6   Iraklis 14 3 11 957 1031 −74
7   Olympia Larissa 14 3 11 958 1072 −114
8   Lavovi 063 14 2 12 556 770 −214
Source: FIBA Europe

Play-offs edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Tuborg Pilsener 1
 
 
 
  Azovmash Mariupol 2
 
  Azovmash Mariupol 0
 
 
 
  Dynamo St. Petersburg 2
 
  ČEZ Nymburk 0
 
 
 
  Dynamo St. Petersburg 2
 
  Dynamo St. Petersburg92
 
 
 
  Khimki81
 
  JDA Dijon 0
 
 
 
  Khimki 2
 
  Khimki 2
 
 
 
  UNICS 1
 
  UNICS 2
 
 
 
  Khimik 0
 
  Dynamo St. Petersburg85
 
 
 
  Kyiv74
 
  Demon Astronauts 0
 
 
 
  Ironi Nahariya 2
 
  Ironi Nahariya 1
 
 
 
  Kyiv 2
 
  Paris Racing 0
 
 
 
  Kyiv 2
 
  Kyiv 88
 
 
 
  Fenerbahçe72 Third place
 
  Hapoel Tel Aviv 0
 
  
 
  Fenerbahçe 2
 
  Fenerbahçe 2  Fenerbahçe79
 
 
 
  Beşiktaş 1   Khimki86
 
  Beşiktaş 2
 
 
  SIG Strasbourg 1
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2004–05". FIBA Europe. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

External links edit