2005 FIBA Asia Championship

2005 FIBA Asia Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	8–16 September
Teams	16
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
MVP	Yao Ming
Top scorer	Abdullah Alsarraf (24.1 points per game) [1]
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The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

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

Qualification

Main article: 2005 FIBA Asia Championship qualification

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

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

Group A

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 9 20:45

Malaysia

51–79

Saudi Arabia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 10 14:00

Kuwait

88–56

Malaysia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 10 16:15

Saudi Arabia	58–102	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 13–28, 14–26, 21–24

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 14:00

South Korea

87–58

Malaysia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 18:30

Saudi Arabia

87–84

Kuwait

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Group B

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 8 16:15

Chinese Taipei	111–71	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 27–15, 27–25, 31–12

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 9 9:30

Uzbekistan

43–84

Iran

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 9 16:15

China	76–58	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 20–16, 17–11, 14–16

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 9:30

China	83–52	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 24–6, 24–20, 15–12

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 16:15

Chinese Taipei	57–65	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 13–14, 17–21, 14–16

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Group C

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 8 18:30

Qatar	74–62	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 17–13, 20–15, 13–18

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 9 9:30

Japan	67–66	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 16–13, 21–20, 17–12

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 9 18:30

Indonesia	62–89	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 13–25, 11–20, 17–17

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 10 9:30

Japan	97–57	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 18–7, 24–23, 28–14

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 10 18:30

Qatar	86–60	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 23–5, 22–21, 16–21

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Group D

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 8 20:45

Jordan	59–69	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 14–20, 20–16, 14–21

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 10 11:45

Hong Kong	36–108	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 9–31, 15–23, 3–28

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 10 20:45

Lebanon

105–79

India

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 11:45

India	47–77	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 5–13, 12–22, 15–20

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 20:45

Lebanon

109–53

Hong Kong

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Quarterfinal round

Group I

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 12 18:30

Iran	58–79	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 15–21, 13–26, 15–16

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 16:15

Jordan	64–79	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 14–23, 9–14, 30–29

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 18:30

Qatar	83–65	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–12, 25–15, 17–19

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 16:15

South Korea

87–75

Iran

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 18:30

Qatar	81–55	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 21–8, 19–18, 27–21

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Group II

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 12 20:45

Saudi Arabia	63–97	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 14–33, 17–26, 10–16

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 14:00

Japan	89–44	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 17–11, 25–12, 25–11

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 20:45

Lebanon	73–87	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 10–26, 23–18, 23–19

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 14:00

Saudi Arabia	10–98	China
Scoring by quarter: 4–35, 2–21, 2–26, 2–16

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 20:45

Japan	59–77	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 7–16, 15–28, 15–6

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Group III

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 12 11:45

Uzbekistan

56–104

Kazakhstan

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 11:45

Kazakhstan

96–77

Kuwait

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 11:45

Hong Kong

47–86

Uzbekistan

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 9:30

Kazakhstan

84–62

Hong Kong

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 11:45

Kuwait

68–90

Uzbekistan

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Group IV

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

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 12 9:30

Chinese Taipei

109–88

Indonesia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 9:30

Malaysia

58–60

Indonesia

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 13 9:30

India

90–106

Chinese Taipei

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 9:30

Malaysia

79–109

Chinese Taipei

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 11:45

Indonesia

65–86

India

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

Classification 9th–16th

15th place

September 16 9:30

Hong Kong

72–68

Malaysia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

13th place

September 15 11:45

Kuwait

86–52

Indonesia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

11th place

September 16 11:45

Uzbekistan

63–55

India

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

9th place

September 15 9:30

Kazakhstan

69–77

Chinese Taipei

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place
	September 15
	Iran	79
					September 16
	Saudi Arabia	34
					Iran	61
	September 15
					Japan	72
	Japan	67
	Jordan	59
					7th place
					September 16
					Saudi Arabia	50
					Jordan	88

Semifinals

September 15 14:00

Iran

79–34

Saudi Arabia

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 15 16:15

Japan	67–59	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 26–17, 17–18, 12–13

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

7th place

September 16 14:00

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

5th place

September 16 16:15

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 15
	Qatar	79
					September 16
	Lebanon	83
					Lebanon	61
	September 15
					China	77
	China	93
	South Korea	49
					3rd place
					September 16
					Qatar	89
					South Korea	77

Semifinals

September 15 18:30

Qatar	79–83	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 13–21, 22–23, 22–21

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 15 20:45

China	93–49	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 24–15, 29–2, 16–14

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

3rd place

September 16 18:30

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Final

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

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

Final standing

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

2005 Asian champions
China Fourteenth title

References

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

External links

• Results
• JABBA
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