2004–05 Chinese Basketball Association season
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The 2004–05 CBA season is the tenth CBA season.[1]
The season ran from November 14, 2004 to April 14, 2005. Beijing Olympians was disqualified for this season.
Promotion and relegation were both abolished since the end of the previous season. The Second Division was renamed
For this season, the league was divided into a North Division (北区) and a South Division (南区), and a new playoff system was also introduced. The regular season consisted of 266 matches, with each team playing 38 matches (four against each of six other teams within its division and two against each of seven teams in the other division).
The all-star game was played on March 6, 2005 in
Regular season standings
# | 2004–05 CBA season | |||||||||
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North Division | South Division | |||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | Liaoning Hunters |
29 | 9 | .763 | – | Jiangsu Dragons | 35 | 3 | .921 | – |
2 | Beijing Ducks | 22 | 16 | .579 | 7 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 30 | 8 | .789 | 5 |
3 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 20 | 18 | .526 | 9 | Bayi Rockets | 24 | 14 | .632 | 11 |
4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 19 | 19 | .500 | 10 | Yunnan Bulls |
22 | 16 | .579 | 13 |
5 | Shaanxi Kylins |
12 | 26 | .316 | 17 | Shanghai Sharks | 12 | 26 | .316 | 23 |
6 | Shandong Lions |
11 | 27 | .289 | 18 | Zhejiang Cyclones |
11 | 27 | .289 | 24 |
7 | Henan Dragons |
11 | 27 | .289 | 18 | Fujian Xunxing |
8 | 30 | .211 | 27 |
Top 4 teams of each division advance to the Playoffs
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Divisional Championships
In the Divisional Championships (分区冠军赛), top 4 teams played with others from the same division in a knock-out bracket.
Winners became the Divisional Champions. No teams were eliminated, the result of the Divisional Championships were used to re-seed teams in the Playoffs.[1][2]
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As it turned out, the only change of seeding was that Jiangsu and Guangdong switched places (S1 and S2).
Playoffs
In the Final series, Guangdong Southern Tigers defeated Jiangsu Dragons (3-2). Bayi failed to make the finals for the first time ever.[1][2]
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in Divisional Championships, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
Quarterfinals Best of 3 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 2 | ||||||||||||
N4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Bayi Rockets | 0 | ||||||||||||
N2 | Beijing Ducks | 1 | ||||||||||||
S3 | Bayi Rockets | 2 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Jiangsu Dragons | 2 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Liaoning Hunters
| 1 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Yunnan Bulls
| 2 | ||||||||||||
S4 | Yunnan Bulls
| 0 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Jiangsu Dragons | 3 | ||||||||||||
S2 | Jiangsu Dragons | 2 | ||||||||||||
N3 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 0 |