2005 Euroleague Final Four

2005 Euroleague Final Four

Season	2004–05 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	Olimpiisky Moscow, Russia
Dates	May 6 – May 8, 2005
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (5th title)
Runners-up	TAU Cerámica
Third place	Panathinaikos
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Awards and statistics
MVP	Šarūnas Jasikevičius

The 2005 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2004–05 Euroleague season. The tournament was held on May 6 and on May 8, 2005. The event was held at Olimpiisky Arena in Moscow, Russia.

Bracket

	Semifinals 6 May				Final 8 May
	Maccabi Elite	91
	Panathinaikos	82
					Maccabi Elite	90
					Tau Cerámica	78
	CSKA Moscow	78
	Tau Cerámica	85
					Third place
					CSKA Moscow	91
					Panathinaikos	94

Semifinals

6 May 2005 19:10

Report

Maccabi Elite	91–82	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 24–23, 19–21, 23–20
Pts: Sharp 20 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Jasikevičius 8		Pts: Kutluay 17 Rebs: Batiste 6 Asts: Diamantidis 5

Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow Attendance: 13,607 Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Facchini (ITA), Arteaga (ESP)

6 May 2005 21:40

Report

CSKA Moscow	78–85	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 23–22, 19–13, 19–25
Pts: Holden 20 Rebs: Andersen 7 Asts: Brown 5		Pts: Macijauskas 23 Rebs: Dávid 12 Asts: Prigioni 5

Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow Attendance: 13,607 Referees: Tsanidis (GRE), Brazauskas (LTU), Ankarali (TUR)

Third place game

8 May 2005 15:10

Report

CSKA Moscow	91–94	Panathinaikos
Pts: Brown 21 Rebs: Andersen 15 Asts: Holden, Papaloukas 4		Pts: Batiste 28 Rebs: Batiste 10 Asts: Diamantidis, Lakovič 4

Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow Attendance: 13,607 Referees: Facchini (ITA), Sudek (SVK), Arteaga (ESP), Dagan (ISR)

Final

8 May 2005 18:40

Report

Maccabi Elite	90–78	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 24–24, 15–23, 25–16
Pts: Jasikevičius 22 Rebs: Baston 7 Asts: Vujčić 7		Pts: Scola 21 Rebs: Scola 9 Asts: Scola 4

Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow Attendance: 13,607 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Cazzaro (ITA), Jungebrand (FIN), Zych (POL)

Maccabi Elite

Tau Cerámica

Starters: P R A PG 13 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 22 6 5 SG 8 Anthony Parker 12 3 6 SF 10 Tal Burstein 8 2 2 PF 5 Maceo Baston 18 7 0 C 7 Nikola Vujčić 13 4 7 Reserves: P R A PG 4 Regev Fanan DNP PG 6 Derrick Sharp 0 0 0 PF 9 Gur Shelef 0 0 0 SF 11 Yotam Halperin 2 0 1 SG 14 Dotan Assaf 2 0 0 SF 20 Nestoras Kommatos 13 3 0 C 41 Yaniv Green 0 0 0 Head coach: Pini Gershon

2004–05 Euroleague Champions Maccabi Elite 5th Title

Starters: P R A PG 8 José Calderón 16 4 0 SG 7 Arvydas Macijauskas 13 2 1 SF 6 Travis Hansen 13 3 1 PF 4 Luis Scola 21 9 4 C 18 Kornél Dávid 4 2 0 Reserves: P R A PG 5 Pablo Prigioni 0 0 1 SF 9 Sergi Vidal 5 2 1 PF 13 Robert Conley DNP C 21 Tiago Splitter 6 4 0 SF 22 Roberto Gabini 0 0 0 C 51 Andy Betts 0 0 0 Head coach: Duško Ivanović

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

• Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

• Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

External links

• 2005 Final Four website