2004–05 ABA Goodyear League

2004–05 ABA Goodyear League season
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)
Regular season
Season champions	Hemofarm
Season MVP	Dejan Milojević (Partizan)
Top scorer	Dejan Milojević (Partizan) (21.77 ppg)
Final 8
Champions	Hemofarm
ABA Goodyear League seasons
	← 2003–04 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.^[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.	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	566	26	21,77
2.	Marko Tomas	Zagreb	588	30	19,60
3.	Roko Ukić	Split	481	26	18,50
4.		Zagreb	506	29	17,45
5.	Marko Banić	Zadar	535	31	17,26

Rebounds[]

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	219	26	8,42
2.		Šibenka	175	25	7,00
3.	Todor Gečevski	Zadar	198	29	6,83
4.	Milenko Topić	Hemofarm	196	29	6,76
5.	Marko Banić	Zadar	200	31	6,45

Assists[]

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Roko Ukić	Split	113	26	4,35
2.	Kyle Hill	Zadar	99	25	3,96
3.	Andrés Rodríguez	Olimpija	114	30	3,80
4.		Laško	111	30	3,70
5.	Marko Popović	Zadar	86	25	3,44

Ranking MVP[]

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	789	26	30,35
2.	Marko Tomas	Zagreb	634	30	21,13
3.	Roko Ukić	Split	516	26	19,85
4.	Marko Banić	Zadar	607	31	19,58
5.		Šibenka	485	25	19,40

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[]

^ Titula Hemofarma u senci Gurovićeve tetovaže;Press, 17 July 2011

[1] Titula Hemofarma u senci Gurovićeve tetovaže;Press, 17 July 2011

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