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 | ||||||||||
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← 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 | |||||||||||||