2004–05 Turkish Basketball League

The 2004-05 Turkish Basketball League was the 39th season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. The season started on October 22, 2004. Efes Pilsen won their twelfth national championship this season.

Turkish Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2004-05
Final positions
Champions Efes Pilsen (12th title)
Runners-up Beşiktaş
Semifinalists Fenerbahçe, Ülker
Relegated -
Statistical leaders
Points Harun Erdenay
21.4
Rebounds David Lee Dixon
10.9
Assists Mark Dickel
8.7

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 Efes Pilsen 26 24 2 Qualification to quarterfinals
2 Ülker 26 21 5
3 Beşiktaş 26 17 9
4 Fenerbahçe 26 16 10
5 Pınar Karşıyaka 26 16 10
6 Tuborg Pilsener[lower-alpha 1] 26 16 10
7 Türk Telekom[lower-alpha 2] 26 13 13
8 Tekelspor 26 10 16
9 Erdemirspor 26 10 16
10 Darüşşafaka 26 9 17
11 Banvitspor 26 9 17
12 Aras İTÜ 26 8 18
13 Galatasaray 26 7 19
14 Büyük Kolej 26 6 20
Source: TBLStat.net
Notes:
  1. Tuborg Pilsener have been deducted 1 point because of the incidents happened by the Efes Pilsen Game.
  2. Türk Telekom have been deducted 1 point because of the incidents happened by the Erdemirspor Game.
  • Turkish Basketball Federation has decided to increase the number of the teams in the Turkish Basketball First League to 16 for the next season. As a result of these there were no relegation for the 2004-05 season.
    Mersin BŞB. and Beykozspor have won promotion from the second league and will play the 2006-07 season in the Turkish Basketball First League.

Turkish Basketball League 2004-05 Play-offs

Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season match-ups starts with a 1–0 lead to the series.

Final series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Turkish Basketball League.

2004-05 Play-off seedings, results, and schedules

Quarterfinals

(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (8) Tekelspor (10-16) (Series starts 1-0)

Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:0

(2) Ülkerspor (21-5) vs. (7) Türk Telekom (13-13) (Series starts 1-0)

Ülkerspor wins the series 3:0

(3) Beşiktaş (17-9) vs. (6) Tuborg Pilsener (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)

Beşiktaş wins the series 3:0

(4) Fenerbahçe (16-10) vs. (5) Pınar Karşıyaka (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)

Fenerbahçe wins the series 3:0

Semifinals

(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (4) Fenerbahçe (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)

Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:1

(2) Ülkerspor (21-5) vs. (3) Beşiktaş (17-9) (Series starts 0-1)

Beşiktaş wins the series 3:1

League Finals

(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (8) Beşiktaş (17-9) (Series starts 1-0)

Efes Pilsen wins the series 4:1.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.