2004–05 FIBA Europe League

FIBA Europe League
Season	2004–05
Teams	32
Finals
Champions	Dynamo Saint Petersburg 1st title
Runners-up	Kyiv
Third place	Khimki
Fourth place	Fenerbahçe
Final Four MVP	Kelly McCarty
Statistical leaders
Points Alvin Young 22.6 Rebounds Art Long 11.9 Assists Khalid El-Amin 7.2
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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]

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
Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)	SIG Strasbourg (7th)	Fenerbahçe (8th)	EKA AEL Limassol (1st)
Strauss Iscar Nahariya (3rd)	JDA Dijon (8th)	Azovmash (1st)	BS Energy Braunschweig (11th)
Bnei Hasharon (4th)	Paris Racing Basket (13th)	Kyiv (2nd)	Feršped Rabotnički (1st)
Hapoel Galil Elyon (7th)	Iraklis (3rd)	Khimik (4th)	Demon Ricoh Astronauts (3rd)
UNICS (2nd)^TH	Ionikos N.F. Amaliada (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

Group A

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Strauss Iscar 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

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 Ricoh 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

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 Basket 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

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tuborg Pilsener	1
	Azovmash	2
					Azovmash	0
					Dynamo St. Petersburg	2
	ČEZ Nymburk	0
	Dynamo St. Petersburg	2
									Dynamo St. Petersburg	92
									Khimki	81
	JDA Dijon	0
	Khimki	2
					Khimki	2
					UNICS	1
	UNICS	2
	Khimik	0
													Dynamo St. Petersburg	85
													Kyiv	74
	Demon Ricoh Astronauts	0
	Strauss Iscar Nahariya	2
					Strauss Iscar Nahariya	1
					Kyiv	2
	Paris Basket Racing	0
	Kyiv	2
									Kyiv	88
									Fenerbahçe	72			Third place
	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0
	Fenerbahçe	2
					Fenerbahçe	2							Fenerbahçe	79
					Beşiktaş	1							Khimki	86
	Beşiktaş	2
	SIG Strasbourg	1

See also

• 2004-05 Euroleague
• 2004-05 ULEB Cup
• 2004–05 FIBA Europe Cup

References

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

External links

• Season review at the EuroChallenge site
• Linguasport