The 2004–05 ULEB Cup was the third season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup, which is organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company. The season started on November 9, 2004, and officially ended on April 19, 2005. The second-tier level EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. Lietuvos rytas won the trophy, by defeating Makedonikos in the final, by a score of 78–74.
Teams
Country Teams Clubs France 4 Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Élan Chalon Cholet Germany 4 GHP Bamberg Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn RheinEnergie Köln Greece 4 Maroussi Honda Aris Egnatia Bank PAOK Makedonikos Serbia & Montenegro 4 Hemofarm Crvena zvezda Budućnost Reflex Belgium 3 Spirou Liège Telindus Oostende Italy 3 Pompea Napoli Vertical Vision Cantù Castigroup Varese Portugal 3 QueluzSintra PM Ovarense Aerosoles Benfica Spain 3 Pamesa Valencia Gran Canaria DKV Joventut Netherlands 2 MPC Capitals EiffelTowers Nijmegen Turkey 2 Darüşşafaka Türk Telekom Austria 1 Kapfenberg Bulls Bulgaria 1 Lukoil Academic Croatia 1 Zadar Hungary 1 Debreceni Vadkakasok Israel 1 Hapoel Jerusalem Latvia 1 Ventspils Lithuania 1 Lietuvos rytas Poland 1 Deichmann Śląsk Wrocław Russia 1 Dynamo Moscow Slovenia 1 Pivovarna Laško
Format Each group contained 6 teams. There were 7 groups. Each team would play amongst each group twice. Top 2 teams from groups A, C, E, F, and G qualify to eighthfinals. Top 3 teams from groups B and D also qualify to the eighthfinals.
In eighthfinals, each team plays against their selected team twice. The winner of the two games with a higher combined score qualifies to quarterfinals. This procedure repeats in quarterfinals and in semifinals.
Regular season + Key to colors Top two places in each group, plus highest-ranked third-place team, advance to Top 16
Group A TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. PAOK 10 8 2 866 778 88 2. Spirou Charleroi 10 7 3 790 734 56 3. Gravelines-Dunkerque 10 5 5 846 846 0 4. Alba Berlin 10 4 6 839 851 -12 5. Budućnost 10 4 6 801 860 -59 6. Debreceni Vadkakasok 10 2 8 778 851 -73Group B TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Ventspils 10 9 1 929 750 179 2. Hemofarm 10 6 4 895 806 89 3. RheinEnergie Köln 10 6 4 834 792 42 4. Le Mans 10 6 4 775 745 30 5. Liège 10 2 8 776 877 -101 6. EiffelTowers Nijmegen 10 1 9 662 901 -239
Group C TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Maroussi Honda 10 7 3 792 738 54 2. Cholet 10 6 4 740 724 16 3. Gran Canaria 10 6 4 762 724 38 4. Zadar 10 5 5 783 730 53 5. MPC Capitals 10 3 7 714 793 -79 6. Telindus Oostende 10 3 7 768 850 -82Group D TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Dynamo Moscow 10 7 3 852 773 79 2. Lukoil Academic 10 7 3 853 837 16 3. Aris Egnatia Bank 10 6 4 848 789 59 4. Reflex 10 5 5 789 776 13 5. Vertical Vision Cantù 10 5 5 816 820 -4 6. Türk Telekom 10 0 10 754 917 -163
Group E TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Pamesa Valencia 10 8 2 780 676 104 2. Castigroup Varese 10 7 3 764 758 6 3. Hapoel Jerusalem 10 6 4 786 745 41 4. Élan Chalon 10 5 5 717 715 2 5. QueluzSintra PM 10 4 6 762 819 -57 6. Ovarense Aerosoles 10 0 10 657 753 -96Group F TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Makedonikos 10 7 3 790 716 74 2. DKV Joventut 10 6 4 812 741 71 3. Darüşşafaka 10 6 4 748 772 -24 4. Pivovarna Laško 10 6 4 793 722 71 5. GHP Bamberg 10 5 5 763 705 58 6. Kapfenberg Bulls 10 0 10 561 811 -250
Group G TeamPldWLPFPADiff 1. Lietuvos rytas 10 9 1 828 667 161 2. Deichmann Śląsk Wrocław 10 6 4 744 797 -53 3. Crvena zvezda 10 5 5 821 770 51 4. Pompea Napoli 10 5 5 843 828 15 5. Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 5 5 749 773 -24 6. Benfica 10 0 10 672 822 -150
Top 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals April 19, Spiroudome, Charleroi
2004–05 ULEB Cup Champions Lietuvos rytas 1st title
Finals MVP Robertas Javtokas (Lietuvos rytas)
External links ULEB Cup 2004-05 on Eurocupbasketball.com