2004–05 ABA Goodyear League season
LeagueABA Goodyear League
SportBasketball
Duration6 October 2004 — 9 April 2005 (regular season)
28 April — 1 May 2005 (Final 8)
Number of teams Croatia (5 teams)
 Serbia and Montenegro (5 teams)
 Slovenia (4 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
Regular season
Season championsSerbia and Montenegro Hemofarm
Season MVPSerbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Partizan)
Top scorerSerbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Partizan) (21.77 ppg)
Final 8
ChampionsSerbia 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 received much attention in the media.[1]

Regular season

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.Serbia Dejan MilojevićPartizan5662621,77
2.Croatia Marko TomasZagreb5883019,60
3.Croatia Roko UkićSplit4812618,50
4.Croatia Damir MiljkovićZagreb5062917,45
5.Croatia Marko BanićZadar5353117,26

Rebounds

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

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Croatia Roko UkićSplit113264,35
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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