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

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
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) France Strasbourg (7th) Turkey Fenerbahçe (8th) Cyprus EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
Israel Ironi Nahariya (3rd) France Dijon (8th) Ukraine Azovmash (1st) Germany BS Energy Braunschweig (11th)
Israel Bnei Hasharon (4th) France Paris Racing (13th) Ukraine Kyiv (2nd) North Macedonia Feršped Rabotnički (1st)
Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon (7th) Greece Iraklis (3rd) Ukraine Khimik (4th) Netherlands Demon Astronauts (3rd)
Russia UNICS (2nd)TH Greece Ionikos N.F. (12th) Belgium Verviers-Pepinster (2nd) Poland Anwil Wloclawek (3rd)
Russia Ural Great (4th) Greece Olimpia Larissa (WC) Belgium Dexia Mons Hainaut (5th) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lavovi 063 (7th)
Russia Khimki (5th) Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd)
Russia Dynamo Saint Petersburg (WC) Turkey Tuborg Pilsener (5th) Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk (1st)

Qualifying round

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Play-offs

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

See also

References

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