2004–05 Turkish Basketball League

The 2004-05 Turkish Basketball League is the 39^th edition of the top-flight professional basketball league in Turkey.

Regular season standings

as of May 30, 2005

(*) 1 point has been deleted because of the incidents happened by the Efes Pilsen Game.
(**) 1 point has been deleted because of the incidents happened by the Erdemirspor Game.

• Turkish Basketball Federation has decided to increase the number of the teams in the Turkish Basketball First League to 16 for the next season. As a result of these there were no relegation for the 2004-2005 season.
  Mersin BŞB. and Beykozspor have won promotion from the second league and will play the 2006-2007 season in the Turkish Basketball First League.

Beko Basketball League 2004/2005 Play-offs

as of June 30, 2005

The 2005 Beko Basketball League Play-offs is the final phase of the 2004-2005 regular season.

Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season matchups starts with a 1-0 lead to the series.

Final series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Beko Basketball League.

2004/2005 Play-off seedings, results, and schedules

Quarter finals

(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (8) Tekelspor (10-16) (Series starts 1-0)

• Game 1 8 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 78, Tekelspor: 61 (2-0)
• Game 2 10 May 2005, Istanbul: Tekelspor: 72, Efes Pilsen: 99 (0-3)

Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:0

(2) Ülkerspor (21-5) vs. (7) Türk Telekom (13-13) (Series starts 1-0)

• Game 1 9 May 2005, Istanbul: Ülkerspor: 105, Türk Telekom: 93 (2-0)
• Game 2 11 May 2005, Ankara: Türk Telekom: 85, Ülkerspor: 93 (0-3)

Ülkerspor wins the series 3:0

(3) Beşiktaş (17-9) vs. (6) Tuborg Pilsener (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)

• Game 1 9 May 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 97, Tuborg Pilsener: 77 (1-0)
• Game 2 11 May 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 91, Tuborg Pilsener: 85 (2-0)
• Game 3 13 May 2005, Izmir: Tuborg Pilsener: 78, Beşiktaş: 85 (0-3)

Beşiktaş wins the series 3:0

(4) Fenerbahçe (16-10) vs. (5) Pınar Karşıyaka (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)

• Game 1 8 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 85, Pınar Karşıayaka: 59 (1-0)
• Game 2 10 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 77, Pınar Karşıayaka: 67 (2-0)
• Game 3 12 May 2005, Izmir: Pınar Karşıayaka: 71, Fenerbahçe: 86 (0-3)

Fenerbahçe wins the series 3:0

Semifinals

(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (4) Fenerbahçe (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)

• Game 1 18 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 88, Fenerbahçe: 84 (1-0)
• Game 2 21 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 87, Fenerbahçe: 78 (2-0)
• Game 3 23 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 82, Efes Pilsen: 80 (1-2)
• Game 4 26 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 63, Efes Pilsen: 70 (1-3)

Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:1

(2) Ülkerspor (21-5) vs. (3) Beşiktaş (17-9) (Series starts 0-1)

• Game 1 19 May 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 74, Ülkerspor: 73 (2-0)
• Game 2 22 May 2005, Istanbul: Ülkerspor: 96, Beşiktaş: 92 (1-2)
• Game 3 24 May 2005, Istanbul: Ülkerspor: 77, Beşiktaş: 83 (1-3)

Beşiktaş wins the series 3:1

League Finals

(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (8) Beşiktaş (17-9) (Series starts 1-0)

• Game 1 30 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 73, Beşiktaş: 68 (2-0)
• Game 2 2 June 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 78, Efes Pilsen: 73 (1-2)
• Game 3 5 June 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 78, Efes Pilsen: 93 (1-3)
• Game 4 7 June 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 78, Beşiktaş: 68 (4-1)

Efes Pilsen wins the series 4:1.

Stat leaders

Results

Rounds

• WEEK 1

Büyük Kolej 75 - 71 Galatasaray, Darüşşafaka 54 - 67 Tuborg Pilsener, Pınar Karşıyaka 75 - 87 Beşiktaş , Tekelspor 70 - 84 Efes Pilsen , Erdemirspor 67 - 72 Fenerbahçe , Ülkerspor 80 - 67 Türk Telekom , İTÜ 101 - 104 Banvitspor .

• WEEK 2

Türk Telekom 0 - 20 Erdemirspor , Tuborg Pilsener 80 - 73 Tekelspor, Beşiktaş 97 - 74 İTÜ , Banvitspor 66 - 60 Büyük Kolej, Galatasaray 66 - 99 Ülkerspor , Fenerbahçe 92 - 84 UZ Darüşşafaka, Efes Pilsen 80 - 53 Pınar Karşıyaka.

• WEEK 3

İTÜ 85 - 75 Galatasaray, Darüşşafaka 64 - 82 Efes Pilsen, Pınar Karşıyaka 76 - 66 Banvitspor, Tekelspor 80 - 85 Beşiktaş , Büyük Kolej 47 - 89 Ülkerspor, Erdemirspor 86 - 74 Tuborg Pilsener, Fenerbahçe 87 - 82 Türk Telekom .

• WEEK 4

Beşiktaş 77 - 73 Büyük Kolej, Türk Telekom 84 - 89 Galatasaray, Efes Pilsen 87 - 64 İTÜ , Darüşşafaka 61 - 65 Erdemirspor, Tuborg Pilsener 66 - 71 Pınar Karşıyaka , Banvitspor 88 - 97 Ülkerspor , Tekelspor 71 - 80 Fenerbahçe.

• WEEK 5

İTÜ 88 - 84 Türk Telekom , Fenerbahçe 83 - 79 Beşiktaş , Tuborg Pilsener 70 - 86 Efes Pilsen, Galatasaray 73 - 70 Darüşşafaka , Erdemirspor 69 - 83 Banvitspor , Büyük Kolej 69 - 78 Pınar Karşıyaka, Tekelspor 76 - 80 Ülkerspor .

• WEEK 6

Türk Telekom 80 - 71 Büyük Kolej , Ülkerspor 95 - 54 İTÜ , Beşiktaş 78 - 75 Darüşşafaka , Efes Pilsen 107 - 68 Erdemirspor, Pınar Karşıyaka 95 - 77 Galatasaray, Banvitspor 75 - 76 Tekelspor , Fenerbahçe 73 - 82 Tuborg Pilsener.

• WEEK 7

Büyük Kolej 64 - 75 İTÜ , Fenerbahçe 72 - 65 Efes Pilsen, Galatasaray 69 - 60 Tekelspor , Tuborg Pilsener 84 - 91 Türk Telekom, Erdemirspor 88 - 93 Beşiktaş , Ülkerspor 68 - 61 Pınar Karşıyaka, Darüşşafaka 98 - 88 Banvitspor .

• WEEK 8

Tekelspor 86 - 72 Büyük Kolej , Ülkerspor 73 - 62 Darüşşafaka , Galatasaray 90 - 95 UZ Erdemirspor, Türk Telekom 78 - 95 Efes Pilsen , Banvitspor 74 - 80 Fenerbahçe , Beşiktaş 89 - 81 Tuborg Pilsener, Pınar Karşıyaka 110 - 85 İTÜ .

• WEEK 9

Türk Telekom 67 - 59 Banvitspor , Ülkerspor 60 - 68 Efes Pilsen , Darüşşafaka 78 - 68 Tekelspor , Tuborg Pilsener 83 - 77 Büyük Kolej, Galatasaray 71 - 83 Beşiktaş , İTÜ 102 - 99 Fenerbahçe , Erdemirspor 83 - 78 Pınar Karşıyaka .

Arenas

Coaches

See also

Turkish Basketball League 2005-2006
Turkish Basketball League 2003-2004
All Seasons Turkish Basketball League#Turkish Basketball League Past Seasons

External links

• Turkish Basketball League Official Website
• Turkish Basketball Federation Official Website
• (English) tblstat.net
• (Turkish) Turk Telekom Fans' site