2005 FIBA Asia Championship

The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

2005 FIBA Asia Championship
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates8–16 September
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (14th title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Third place Qatar
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
MVPChina Yao Ming
Top scorerKuwait Abdullah Alsarraf
(24.1 points per game)[1]
2003
2007

In order to qualify for the tournament, teams would have to go through regional qualifiers. At the main tournament, three nations qualified for the world championships: China, Lebanon and host Qatar. China defeated Lebanon in the championship game, 77–61; Qatar defeated Korea, 89–77.

Qualification

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According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Qatar) and Stanković Cup champion (Korea as runner-up) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.

East Asia (1+2+2) Gulf (1+2) Middle Asia (2+1) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2+1)
  South Korea   Qatar   Kazakhstan   Malaysia   Iran
  China   Saudi Arabia   India   Indonesia   Lebanon
  Chinese Taipei   Kuwait   Uzbekistan   Jordan
  Japan
  Hong Kong

Draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D

  South Korea
  Kuwait
  Malaysia
  Saudi Arabia

  China
  Iran
  Uzbekistan
  Chinese Taipei

  Qatar
  Japan
  Kazakhstan
  Indonesia

  Lebanon
  Jordan
  Hong Kong
  India

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 274 196 +78 6
  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 224 237 −13 5
  Kuwait 3 1 2 252 228 +24 4
  Malaysia 3 0 3 165 254 −89 3
September 9
14:00
South Korea   85–80   Kuwait
September 9
20:45
Malaysia   51–79   Saudi Arabia
September 10
14:00
Kuwait   88–56   Malaysia
September 10
16:15
Saudi Arabia   58–102   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 13–28, 14–26, 21–24
September 11
14:00
South Korea   87–58   Malaysia
September 11
18:30
Saudi Arabia   87–84   Kuwait

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  China 3 3 0 235 171 +64 6
  Iran 3 2 1 210 176 +34 5
  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 226 212 +14 4
  Uzbekistan 3 0 3 166 278 −112 3
September 8
9:30
Iran   61–76   China
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 20–18, 15–27, 11–17
September 8
16:15
Chinese Taipei   111–71   Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 27–15, 27–25, 31–12
September 9
9:30
Uzbekistan   43–84   Iran
September 9
16:15
China   76–58   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 20–16, 17–11, 14–16
September 11
9:30
China   83–52   Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 24–6, 24–20, 15–12
September 11
16:15
Chinese Taipei   57–65   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 13–14, 17–21, 14–16

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Qatar 3 3 0 249 184 +65 6
  Japan 3 2 1 226 197 +29 5
  Kazakhstan 3 1 2 215 215 0 4
  Indonesia 3 0 3 181 275 −94 3
September 8
11:45
Kazakhstan   89–62   Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 10–19, 31–14, 15–13
September 8
18:30
Qatar   74–62   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 17–13, 20–15, 13–18
September 9
9:30
Japan   67–66   Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 16–13, 21–20, 17–12
September 9
18:30
Indonesia   62–89   Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 13–25, 11–20, 17–17
September 10
9:30
Japan   97–57   Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 18–7, 24–23, 28–14
September 10
18:30
Qatar   86–60   Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 23–5, 22–21, 16–21

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Lebanon 3 3 0 283 191 +92 6
  Jordan 3 2 1 244 152 +92 5
  India 3 1 2 232 269 −37 4
  Hong Kong 3 0 3 176 323 −147 3
September 8
14:00
India   106–87   Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 13–19, 34–26, 33–31
September 8
20:45
Jordan   59–69   Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 14–20, 20–16, 14–21
September 10
11:45
Hong Kong   36–108   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 9–31, 15–23, 3–28
September 10
20:45
Lebanon   105–79   India
September 11
11:45
India   47–77   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 5–13, 12–22, 15–20
September 11
20:45
Lebanon   109–53   Hong Kong

Quarterfinal round

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Group I

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Qatar 3 3 0 243 178 +65 6
  South Korea 3 2 1 216 221 −5 5
  Iran 3 1 2 212 230 −18 4
  Jordan 3 0 3 182 224 −42 3
September 12
16:15
South Korea   64–63   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 13–25, 7–16, 28–8
September 12
18:30
Iran   58–79   Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 15–21, 13–26, 15–16
September 13
16:15
Jordan   64–79   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 14–23, 9–14, 30–29
September 13
18:30
Qatar   83–65   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–12, 25–15, 17–19
September 14
16:15
South Korea   87–75   Iran
September 14
18:30
Qatar   81–55   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 21–8, 19–18, 27–21

Group II

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  China 3 3 0 271 136 +135 6
  Lebanon 3 2 1 247 209 +38 5
  Japan 3 1 2 201 207 −6 4
  Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 117 284 −167 3
September 12
14:00
China   86–53   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–6, 20–12, 29–26
September 12
20:45
Saudi Arabia   63–97   Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 14–33, 17–26, 10–16
September 13
14:00
Japan   89–44   Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 17–11, 25–12, 25–11
September 13
20:45
Lebanon   73–87   China
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 10–26, 23–18, 23–19
September 14
14:00
Saudi Arabia   10–98   China
Scoring by quarter: 4–35, 2–21, 2–26, 2–16
September 14
20:45
Japan   59–77   Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 7–16, 15–28, 15–6

Group III

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 284 195 +89 6
  Uzbekistan 3 2 1 232 219 +13 5
  Kuwait 3 1 2 226 252 −26 4
  Hong Kong 3 0 3 175 251 −76 3
September 12
11:45
Kuwait   81–66   Hong Kong
September 12
11:45
Uzbekistan   56–104   Kazakhstan
September 13
11:45
Kazakhstan   96–77   Kuwait
September 13
11:45
Hong Kong   47–86   Uzbekistan
September 14
9:30
Kazakhstan   84–62   Hong Kong
September 14
11:45
Kuwait   68–90   Uzbekistan

Group IV

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 324 257 +67 6
  India 3 2 1 258 246 +12 5
  Indonesia 3 1 2 213 253 −40 4
  Malaysia 3 0 3 212 251 −39 3
September 12
9:30
Malaysia   75–82   India
September 12
9:30
Chinese Taipei   109–88   Indonesia
September 13
9:30
Malaysia   58–60   Indonesia
September 13
9:30
India   90–106   Chinese Taipei
September 14
9:30
Malaysia   79–109   Chinese Taipei
September 14
11:45
Indonesia   65–86   India

Classification 9th–16th

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15th place

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September 16
9:30
Hong Kong   72–68   Malaysia

13th place

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September 15
11:45
Kuwait   86–52   Indonesia

11th place

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September 16
11:45
Uzbekistan   63–55   India

9th place

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September 15
9:30
Kazakhstan   69–77   Chinese Taipei

Classification 5th–8th

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Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
September 15
 
 
  Iran79
 
September 16
 
  Saudi Arabia34
 
  Iran 61
 
September 15
 
  Japan72
 
  Japan67
 
 
  Jordan59
 
7th place
 
 
September 16
 
 
  Saudi Arabia 50
 
 
  Jordan88

Semifinals

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September 15
14:00
Iran   79–34   Saudi Arabia
September 15
16:15
Japan   67–59   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 26–17, 17–18, 12–13

7th place

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September 16
14:00
Saudi Arabia   50–88   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 11–29, 14–29, 12–15

5th place

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September 16
16:15
Iran   61–72   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 13–19, 12–15, 25–21

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
September 15
 
 
  Qatar79
 
September 16
 
  Lebanon83
 
  Lebanon61
 
September 15
 
  China77
 
  China93
 
 
  South Korea49
 
3rd place
 
 
September 16
 
 
  Qatar89
 
 
  South Korea77

Semifinals

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September 15
18:30
Qatar   79–83   Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 13–21, 22–23, 22–21
September 15
20:45
China   93–49   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 24–15, 29–2, 16–14

3rd place

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September 16
18:30
Qatar   89–77   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 26–22, 21–16, 27–12

Final

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September 16
20:45
Lebanon   61–77   China
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 16–15, 20–19, 15–25
Pts: El Khatib 24 Pts: Yao M. 24

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
    China 8–0
    Lebanon 6–2
    Qatar 7–1
4   South Korea 5–3
5   Japan 5–3
6   Iran 4–4
7   Jordan 3–5
8   Saudi Arabia 2–6
9   Chinese Taipei 5–2
10   Kazakhstan 4–3
11   Uzbekistan 3–4
12   India 3–4
13   Kuwait 3–4
14   Indonesia 1–6
15   Hong Kong 1–6
16   Malaysia 0–7

Awards

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 2005 Asian champions 
 
China
Fourteenth title

References

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  1. ^ "archive.fiba.com: 2005 FIBA Asia Championship for Men:". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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