2004–05 ABA Goodyear League

2004–05 ABA Goodyear League season
League ABA Goodyear League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams  Croatia (5 teams)
 Serbia and Montenegro (5 teams)
 Slovenia (4 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
Season champions Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm
Season MVP Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Partizan)
Top scorer Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Partizan) (21.77 ppg)
Final 8
Champions Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm

Adriatic League expanded from 14 to 16 teams before the 2004-05 season. It was the second time since the inaugural 2001-02 that the competition expanded its number of teams.

16 teams from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro participated in Goodyear League in its fourth season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, Šibenka Dalmare, Široki Hercegtisak, Bosna ASA BH TELECOM, Crvena zvezda, Partizan Pivara MB, Hemofarm, Reflex, Budućnost.

In this season the league also decided to change the play-off system. The Final Tournament was expanded and renamed into the Final Eight Tournament. There were 30 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best eight teams qualified for the Final Eight Tournament which was played in Belgrade from April 28 until May 1, 2005.

Hemofarm became the 2005 Goodyear League Champion.

Throughout the season, the issue of Partizan's forward Milan Gurović not being allowed to enter Croatia due to having a tattoo of Draža Mihailović on his left shoulder got a lot of play in the media.[1]

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Hemofarm 30 22 8 2591 2426 +165 52
2. Partizan Pivara MB 30 20 10 2539 2386 +153 50
3. Crvena zvezda 30 20 10 2489 2260 +229 50
4. Union Olimpija 30 20 10 2480 2348 +132 50
5. Reflex 30 20 10 2422 2302 +120 50
6. Cibona VIP 30 19 11 2560 2334 +226 49
7. Zadar 30 19 11 2491 2320 +171 49
8. Bosna ASA BHT 30 18 12 2425 2395 +30 48
9. Pivovarna Laško 30 16 14 2224 2108 +116 46
10. Geoplin Slovan 30 15 15 2352 2356 -4 45
11. Šibenka Dalmare 30 11 19 2310 2516 -206 41
12. Zagreb 30 11 19 2404 2547 -143 41
13. Široki Hercegtisak 30 9 21 2208 2459 -251 39
14. Budućnost 30 9 21 2323 2540 -217 39
15. Split CO 30 6 24 2284 2476 -192 36
16. Helios 30 5 25 2171 2500 -329 35

Qualified for Final eight
Relegated

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.Serbia Dejan MilojevićPartizan 5662621,77
2.Croatia Marko TomasZagreb 5883019,60
3.Croatia Roko UkićSplit4812618,50
4.Croatia Damir MiljkovićZagreb 5062917,45
5.Croatia Marko BanićZadar5353117,26

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.Serbia Dejan MilojevićPartizan219268,42
2.Croatia Frano ČolakŠibenka175257,00
3.Republic of Macedonia Todor GečevskiZadar198296,83
4.Serbia Milenko TopićHemofarm196296,76
5.Croatia Marko BanićZadar200316,45

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Croatia Roko UkićSplit 113264,35
2.United States Kyle HillZadar99253,96
3.Puerto Rico Andrés RodríguezOlimpija114303,80
4.Slovenia Marko AntonijevičLaško111303,70
5.Croatia Marko PopovićZadar86253,44

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.Serbia Dejan MilojevićPartizan7892630,35
2.Croatia Marko TomasZagreb6343021,13
3.Croatia Roko UkićSplit5162619,85
4.Croatia Marko BanićZadar6073119,58
5.Croatia Frano ČolakŠibenka4852519,40

Final eight

Matches played at Pionir Hall, Belgrade

Quarterfinals
April 29.
Semifinals
April 30.
Final
May 1.
         
1 Hemofarm 84
8 Bosna ASA BHT 69
1 Hemofarm 88
5 Reflex 80
4 Union Olimpija 80
5 Reflex 91
1 Hemofarm 89
2 Partizan Pivara MB 76
2 Partizan Pivara MB 99
7 Zadar 72
2 Partizan Pivara MB 87
3 Crvena zvezda 85
3 Crvena zvezda 73
6 Cibona VIP 71


2004–05 ABA Godyear League Champions



Hemofarm
1st Title


References

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