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
Season2004–05
Regular season
Relegated
Finals
ChampionsEfes Pilsen (12th title)
  Runners-upBeşiktaş
SemifinalistsFenerbahçe, Ülker
Statistical leaders
Points Harun Erdenay 21.4
Rebounds David Lee Dixon 10.9
Assists Mark Dickel 8.7

Regular season

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League table

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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[a] 26 16 10
7 Türk Telekom[b] 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

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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

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Quarterfinals

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(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

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(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

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

Efes Pilsen wins the series 4:1.

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