# 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League

The 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League was the third season of the Liga ABA. The league expanded this season: 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia participated in Goodyear League in its third season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, Široki Hercegtisak, Banjalučka pivara, Crvena zvezda, Reflex, Budućnost, Lovćen CG komercijalna banka.
There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Zagreb from April 16 until April 18, 2004.
Reflex became the 2004 Goodyear League Champion.

## Regular season

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Cibona VIP | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2242 | 1984 | +258 | 46 |
| 2. | Reflex | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2187 | 1945 | +242 | 45 |
| 3. | Union Olimpija | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2173 | 2050 | +123 | 44 |
| 4. | Crvena zvezda | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2250 | 2168 | +82 | 44 |
| 5. | Budućnost | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2307 | 2235 | +72 | 42 |
| 6. | Pivovarna Laško | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2084 | 2010 | +74 | 41 |
| 7. | Krka | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2116 | 2091 | +25 | 40 |
| 8. | Zadar | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2277 | 2217 | +60 | 39 |
| 9. | Split CO | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2118 | 2226 | -108 | 36 |
| 10. | Geoplin Slovan | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1923 | 2083 | -160 | 35 |
| 11. | Zagreb | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2023 | 2134 | -111 | 35 |
| 12. | Široki Hercegtisak | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2004 | 2128 | -124 | 34 |
| 13. | Banjalučka pivara | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2065 | 2229 | -164 | 34 |
| 14. | Lovćen CG komercijalna banka | 26 | 5 | 21 | 2000 | 2269 | -269 | 31 |
* Qualified for Final four
* Relegated

## Final four

Matches played at Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb

### Incident

On Friday night, 16 April 2004 around 11pm following the semifinal games, an ethnically motivated incident occurred when Crvena zvezda's director Igor Žeželj and B92 journalist Danijel Bukumirović got assaulted at the Panorama Hotel parking lot by an organized group of fifteen Croatian hooligans armed with chains, rocks and metal poles. Bukumirović managed to escape into the car with only minor injuries while Žeželj wasn't as lucky and ended up with a fractured rib and 6 stitches on his forehead. Croatian police reportedly arrested six individuals in connection with the attack that was carried out by a group that trolled around the Final Four venue Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, as well as hotels Sheraton and Panorama looking to beat up anyone from Serbia.
| Semifinals April 16 | Semifinals April 16 | Semifinals April 16 | Final April 18. | Final April 18. | Final April 18. |
| 1 | Cibona VIP | 97 | | | |
| 3 | Union Olimpija | 81 | | | |
| 3 | Union Olimpija | 81 | 1 | Cibona VIP | 70 |
| | | | 2 | Reflex | 71 |
| 2 | Reflex (OT) | 113 | 2 | Reflex | 71 |
| 4 | Crvena zvezda | 110 | | | |
* 2003–04 ABA Godyear League Champions
* Reflex 1st Title

## Stats leaders
### Ranking MVP

| Rank | Name | Team | Efficiency | Games | Average |
| 1. | Dejan Milojević | Budućnost | 739 | 25 | 29.56 |
| 2. | Igor Rakočević | Crvena zvezda | 610 | 23 | 26.52 |
| 3. | Frano Čolak | Široki Hercegtisak | 506 | 26 | 19.46 |
| 4. | Ognjen Aškrabić | Reflex | 463 | 24 | 19.29 |
| 5. | Davor Marcelić | Zadar | 475 | 26 | 18.27 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Points | Games | PPG |
| 1. | Igor Rakočević | Crvena zvezda | 534 | 23 | 23.22 |
| 2. | Dejan Milojević | Budućnost | 513 | 25 | 20.52 |
| 3. | Davor Marcelić | Zadar | 440 | 26 | 16.92 |
| 4. | Feliks Kojadinović | Banjalučka pivovara | 402 | 24 | 16.75 |
| 5. | Frano Čolak | Široki Hercegtisak | 421 | 26 | 16.19 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Rebounds | Games | RPG |
| 1. | Dejan Milojević | Budućnost | 270 | 25 | 10.80 |
| 2. | Ninoslav Marjanović | Budućnost | 161 | 22 | 7.32 |
| 3. | Andrija Žižić | Cibona Vip | 177 | 27 | 6.56 |
| 4. | Marko Rakočević | Lovćen CKB | 147 | 24 | 6.13 |
| 4. | Tommy Smith | Split CO | 147 | 24 | 6.13 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Assists | Games | APG |
| 1. | Curtis McCants | Split CO | 73 | 16 | 4.56 |
| 1. | Igor Rakočević | Crvena zvezda | 101 | 23 | 4.39 |
| 3. | Vladimir Krstić | Zadar | 60 | 14 | 4.29 |
| 4. | Martin Vanjak | Široki Hercegtisak | 109 | 26 | 4.19 |
| 5. | Ivan Tomas | Zagreb | 99 | 26 | 3.96 |
Source: Adriatic League