2004–05 ABA Goodyear League

2004–05 ABA Goodyear League season ABA Goodyear League Basketball 132px 6 October 2004 — 9 April 2005 (regular season)28 April — 1 May 2005 (Final 8) (5 teams) (5 teams) (4 teams) (2 teams) Regular season Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Partizan) Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Partizan) (21.77 ppg) Final 8 NLB League#Champions Serbia and Montenegro Hemofarm NLB League#Champions ABA Goodyear League 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League 2003–04 2005–06 ABA Goodyear League 2005–06 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 received much attention in the media.Titula Hemofarma u senci Gurovićeve tetovaže;Press, 17 July 2011 Regular season main WL QR p HEM Hemofarm PAR Partizan Pivara MB CRV Crvena zvezda UNI Union Olimpija REF Reflex CIB Cibona VIP ZAD Zadar BOS Bosna ASA BHT PIV Pivovarna Laško GEO Geoplin Slovan ŠDA Šibenka Dalmare ZAG Zagreb ŠHE Široki Hercegtisak BUD Budućnost SPL Split CO HEL Helios 22 8 2591 2426 20 10 2539 2386 20 10 2489 2260 20 10 2480 2348 20 10 2422 2302 19 11 2560 2334 19 11 2491 2320 18 12 2425 2395 16 14 2224 2108 15 15 2352 2356 11 19 2310 2516 11 19 2404 2547 9 21 2208 2459 9 21 2323 2540 6 24 2284 2476 5 25 2171 2500 #ddffdd Qualified for Final eight Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q #ffdddd Relegated R R R complete Stats Leaders Points RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG1.SRB Dejan MilojevićPartizan 5662621,772.CRO Marko TomasZagreb 5883019,603.CRO Roko UkićSplit4812618,504.CRO Damir MiljkovićZagreb 5062917,455.CRO Marko BanićZadar5353117,26 Rebounds RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG1.SRB Dejan MilojevićPartizan219268,422.CRO Frano ČolakŠibenka175257,003.MKD Todor GečevskiZadar198296,834.SRB Milenko TopićHemofarm196296,765.CRO Marko BanićZadar200316,45 Assists RankNameTeamAssistsGamesAPG1.CRO Roko UkićSplit 113264,352.USA Kyle HillZadar99253,963.PUR Andrés RodríguezOlimpija114303,804.SLO Marko AntonijevičLaško111303,705.CRO Marko PopovićZadar86253,44 Ranking MVP RankNameTeamEfficiencyGamesAverage1.SRB Dejan MilojevićPartizan7892630,352.CRO Marko TomasZagreb6343021,133.CRO Roko UkićSplit5162619,854.CRO Marko BanićZadar6073119,585.CRO Frano ČolakŠibenka4852519,40 Final eight Matches played at Pionir Hall, Belgrade QuarterfinalsApril 29. SemifinalsApril 30. FinalMay 1. 2em 15em 1 Hemofarm 84 8 Bosna ASA BHT 69 4 Union Olimpija 80 5 Reflex 91 2 Partizan Pivara MB 99 7 Zadar 72 3 Crvena zvezda 73 6 Cibona VIP 71 1 Hemofarm 88 5 Reflex 80 2 Partizan Pivara MB 87 3 Crvena zvezda 85 1 Hemofarm 89 2 Partizan Pivara MB 76 2004–05 ABA Godyear League Champions Hemofarm 1st References 2004–05 Category:2004–05 in European basketball leagues Category:2004–05 in Serbian basketball Category:2004–05 in Slovenian basketball Category:2004–05 in Croatian basketball Category:2004–05 in Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball