2005 Euroleague Final Four

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.

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

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