In 2005, the final four were held in Istanbul, where David Blatt’s Dynamo St. Petersburg, which went from under to over, beat Kyev by (85-74). Kelly McCarty was the MVP of the final tournament

Semi-finals
Kyev 88 – Fenerbahce 72
Dynamo St. Petersburg 92 – Khimki 81

Only in the first minutes the Kyev dominated, reaching the end of the first quarter with (18-25), but things changed radically for them when they received a partial of (23-8) to put eight down at halftime (41-33). From here on, Dynamo had no trouble mastering the situation.

McCarty (24 points) was the man of the match, well supported by Cota (14) and Askrabic (15), for Dynamo. In Kyev, Nicola, with 17, was the top scorer.

Dynamo St. Petersburg 85
*Cota – 15p, 8r, 6a
*Stefansson – 9p, 1r
*McCarty – 24p, 7r
*Veremeenko – 8p, 6r
*Askrabic – 14p, 11r
Ivanov – 2p, 1r
Shevel – 0p
Milisa – 13p, 2r

Kyev 74
*Norris – 12p, 6r
*Greer – 14p, 2r
*Chikalkin – 5p, 1a
*Nicola – 17p, 7r
*Giannoulis – 12p, 5r
Lonkar – 0p, 3r
Lebedev – 14p, 1r
Valeiko – 0p, 1r