The FIBA EuroBasket 2005 Division B was the first EuroBasket Division B tournament, the lower tier of the EuroBasket Tournament. At the same time that Division A had the European Championship, division B had a championship to determine which teams would get promoted into division A for the following year.
FYR Macedonia and Denmark were promoted to the EuroBasket 2007 qualification.
The fifteen teams were allocated in four groups. The winners of each group played a two-legged tie. The winners of each heat qualified for the EuroBasket 2007 qualification.
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11 Sep 2004 17:00 |
 Malta | 51–90 |  Ireland |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 8–28, 12–25, 20–13 | ||
| Pts: Naudi 19 Rebs: Naudi 5 Asts: Sammut, Schembri 2 | Pts: Bracey 21 Rebs: Callahan 10 Asts: J. J. Larranaga, J. T. Larranaga, Burke 3 | |
11 Sep 2004 17:30 |
 Switzerland | 56–73 |  Slovakia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 10–20, 16–14, 14–23 | ||
| Pts: K. Sefolosha, Sassella 13 Rebs: Sassella 7 Asts: Wegmann 4 | Pts: R. Rancik 18 Rebs: Novák, R. Rancik 9 Asts: Gavlák, Lisicky, Novák 2 | |
13 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Malta | 53–107 | Slovakia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–30, 21–16, 8–29, 14–32 | ||
| Pts: Schembri 12 Rebs: Schembri, Cassar 5 Asts: Naudi 3 | Pts: Soska 21 Rebs: R. Rancik 14 Asts: R. Rancik 5 | |
15 Sep 2004 19:30 |
| Ireland | 79–68 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter:21–18, 18–17, 21–19, 19–14 | ||
| Pts: J. T. Larranaga 18 Rebs: Callahan 10 Asts: Conlon 5 | Pts: Buscaglia 21 Rebs: Sassella 7 Asts: Sassella, Jaquier 3 | |
18 Sep 2004 17:00 |
| Malta | 57–90 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 18–14, 12–32, 19–23 | ||
| Pts: Naudi 17 Rebs: Said, Bonnici 6 Asts: Naudi 5 | Pts: Buscaglia 25 Rebs: Studer 6 Asts: Wegmann 5 | |
18 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Slovakia | 70–67 | Ireland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 20–20, 16–16, 18–12 | ||
| Pts: R. Rancik 23 Rebs: R. Rancik 11 Asts: Gavlák, Lisicky 3 | Pts: Burke 14 Rebs: Burke 12 Asts: Moran 5 | |
Sports Hall Pasienky, Bratislava Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Dariusz Lenczowski (POL) |
3 Sep 2005 17:15 |
| Ireland | 98–49 | Malta |
| Scoring by quarter:26–10, 28–12, 21–2, 23–25 | ||
| Pts: Naughton 15 Rebs: Naughton 12 Asts: Bree 6 | Pts: Said 18 Rebs: Said 7 Asts: Mercieca, Said 3 | |
3 Sep 2005 18:00 |
| Slovakia | 60–66 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 17–11, 9–23, 18–15 | ||
| Pts: R. Rancik 23 Rebs: Svitek 6 Asts: R. Rancik 3 | Pts: T. Sefolosha 30 Rebs: T. Sefolosha 9 Asts: K. Sefolosha, T. Sefolosha, Buscaglia 2 | |
7 Sep 2005 18:00 |
| Slovakia | 100–39 | Malta |
| Scoring by quarter:28–8, 22–6, 25–10, 25–15 | ||
| Pts: R. Rancik 22 Rebs: Novák 11 Asts: Gavel 7 | Pts: Said 14 Rebs: Shoults, Cassar 5 Asts: Said, Micallef, Bonnici 1 | |
Levice Referees: Aristotelis Hadjisolomou (CYP), Dariusz Lenczowski (POL) |
7 Sep 2005 20:00 |
| Switzerland | 76–57 | Ireland |
| Scoring by quarter:14–7, 23–14, 25–18, 14–18 | ||
| Pts: T. Sefolosha 20 Rebs: T. Sefolosha 10 Asts: Imgrüth 6 | Pts: J. J. Larranaga 21 Rebs: Conlon 5 Asts: Burke 3 | |
Arena of Geneve Basket, Geneva Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Marcello Reatto (ITA), Nicolas Maestre (FRA) |
10 Sep 2005 17:15 |
| Ireland | 82–68 | Slovakia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 24–15, 28–10, 15–23 | ||
| Pts: Burke 23 Rebs: Burke, Callahan 7 Asts: Bree 7 | Pts: Lisicky 22 Rebs: R. Rancik 8 Asts: Gavel 4 | |
National Basketball Arena, Dublin Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Eddie Viator (FRA) |
10 Sep 2005 17:30 |
| Switzerland | 83–37 | Malta |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 25–5, 23–9, 24–11 | ||
| Pts: Bachmann 14 Rebs: K. Sefolosha 9 Asts: Mafuta 5 | Pts: Said 16 Rebs: Bezzina 4 Asts: Mercieca, Bezzina, Shoults 1 | |
Arena of Geneve Basket, Geneva Attendance: 1,400 Referees: José Araujo (POR), Christoph Holzner (AUT) |
| Team | P | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 480 | 431 | +49 |
 Belarus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 500 | 449 | +51 |
 Cyprus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 462 | 443 | +19 |
 Albania | 6 | 0 | 6 | 420 | 539 | −119 |
11 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Cyprus | 65–74 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 19–17, 13–16, 19–23 | ||
| Pts: Kounounis, Trisokkas 17 Rebs: Trisokkas 10 Asts: Kounounis 6 | Pts: Mayes 26 Rebs: Volcic 10 Asts: Jandl 4 | |
Arena of Pizzaexpress Apollon, Limassol Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Ido Bergman (ISR), Doru Vinasi (ROU) |
11 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Albania | 72–84 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter:16–10, 4–25, 28–23, 24–26 | ||
| Pts: Bilali 30 Rebs: Bilali 12 Asts: Garo, Mema, Bilali, Shima 1 | Pts: Kudrautsau 20 Rebs: Meshcharakou 10 Asts: Ulyanko, Koul 1 | |
14 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Belarus | 77–72 | Cyprus |
| Scoring by quarter:16–15, 30–15, 21–20, 10–22 | ||
| Pts: Meshcharakou 21 Rebs: Meshcharakou, Kuchinski 6 Asts: Zaitsau 4 | Pts: Trisokkas 22 Rebs: Trisokkas 7 Asts: Kounounis 2 | |
Arena Palace of Sports Games, Gomel Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Igor Demenkov (RUS), Janusz Calik (POL) |
15 Sep 2004 18:00 |
| Austria | 83–66 | Albania |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 22–14, 26–12, 18–23 | ||
| Pts: Volcic 23 Rebs: Volcic 11 Asts: Jandl 3 | Pts: Saptahovic 24 Rebs: Bilali 8 Asts: Bilali, Kasmi 1 | |
Gmunden Referees: Miroslav Macela (CZE), Tamas Földhazi (HUN) |
18 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Albania | 67–76 | Cyprus |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 19–14, 11–24, 19–17 | ||
| Pts: Saptahovic 17 Rebs: Mema, Bilali 6 Asts: Saptahovic, Mema, Bilali, Kasmi, Shima 1 | Pts: Roundy 26 Rebs: Roundy 17 Asts: Kounounis 2 | |
18 Sep 2004 19:00 |
| Austria | 91–92 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter:29–23, 12–28, 29–24, 21–17 | ||
| Pts: Jandl 21 Rebs: Knabl 9 Asts: Volcic 6 | Pts: Ulyanko 22 Rebs: Meshcharakou 10 Asts: Meshcharakou, Kuchinski, Krivonos 2 | |
2 Sep 2005 20:15 |
| Austria | 73–66 | Cyprus |
| Scoring by quarter:18–16, 11–15, 24–15, 20–20 | ||
| Pts: Volcic 16 Rebs: Volcic 11 Asts: Jandl 4 | Pts: Koronides 16 Rebs: Roundy 8 Asts: Koronides 4 | |
3 Sep 2005 17:00 |
| Belarus | 110–58 | Albania |
| Scoring by quarter:34–12, 25–16, 19–20, 32–10 | ||
| Pts: Veremeenko 26 Rebs: Veremeenko 18 Asts: Akulich 8 | Pts: Shima 21 Rebs: Azemi 6 Asts: Azemi, Saptahovic, Byberi 2 | |
Arena Palace of Sports Games, Gomel Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Sergey Mikhaylov (RUS) |
7 Sep 2005 19:00 |
| Albania | 82–90 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter:23–19, 17–22, 18–27, 24–22 | ||
| Pts: Saptahovic 25 Rebs: Garo, Kotrri 6 Asts: Saptahovic, Shima 1 | Pts: Mayes 30 Rebs: Volcic 9 Asts: Mayes 4 | |
Arena of SC Tirana, Tirana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Georgios Tanatzis (GRE), Petar Denkovski (MKD) |
7 Sep 2005 20:00 |
| Cyprus | 87–77 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 22–18, 20–20, 26–15 | ||
| Pts: Roundy 30 Rebs: Roundy 12 Asts: Perentos 2 | Pts: Veremeenko 18 Rebs: Veremeenko, Aliakseyeu 6 Asts: Kudrautsau 4 | |
10 Sep 2005 17:00 |
| Belarus | 60–69 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 6–23, 20–10, 15–16 | ||
| Pts: Ulyanko 15 Rebs: Veremeenko 11 Asts: Charko, Veremeenko 2 | Pts: Mayes 27 Rebs: Kohlmaier 9 Asts: Volcic 4 | |
Arena Palace of Sports Games, Gomel Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Tomasz Kudlicki (POL), Viktor Bozhenar (UKR) |
| Team | P | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Macedonia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 550 | 433 | +77 |
 Georgia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 488 | 432 | +56 |
 Finland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 492 | 460 | +32 |
 Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 387 | 552 | −165 |
11 Sep 2004 20:00 |
| Georgia | 85–78 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 16–22, 21–11, 27–22 | ||
| Pts: Pachulia 30 Rebs: V. Boisa, Pachulia 12 Asts: Williams 10 | Pts: Matinen 23 Rebs: Kotti 7 Asts: Möttölä 6 | |
11 Sep 2004 20:30 |
| Luxembourg | 69–94 | Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter:26–23, 11–20, 15–23, 17–28 | ||
| Pts: Delgado Almeida Rosario 24 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Becker 2 | Pts: Gechevski 18 Rebs: Gechevski 9 Asts: Blazevski 4 | |
Arena Centre Sportif "Roll Delles", Mondorf-les-Bains Referees: Vincent Delestrée (BEL), Carlos Mateus (FRA) |
15 Sep 2004 18:30 |
| Finland | 97–64 | Luxembourg |
| Scoring by quarter:21–16, 33–15, 22–16, 21–17 | ||
| Pts: Kotti 22 Rebs: Möttölä 11 Asts: Lehtonen 6 | Pts: M. Rajniak 25 Rebs: Jones 17 Asts: Becker, Wulff, Melchior, M. Rajniak 2 | |
Attendance: 1,170 Referees: Andres Tobi (EST), John Hammervoll (NOR) |
15 Sep 2004 18:30 |
| Macedonia | 81–77 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter:23–22, 19–13, 21–22, 18–20 | ||
| Pts: Dzons 19 Rebs: Gechevski 10 Asts: Samardziev 5 | Pts: Williams 27 Rebs: Pachulia 8 Asts: Williams 6 | |
18 Sep 2004 17:00 |
| Finland | 78–87 | Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 19–15, 16–22, 25–24 | ||
| Pts: Kotti 22 Rebs: Möttölä 11 Asts: Rannikko 4 | Pts: Dzons 26 Rebs: Gechevski 9 Asts: Kurtovic 3 | |
Arena of Honka Playboys, Espoo Attendance: 2,251 Referees: Atso Matsalu (EST), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE) |
18 Sep 2004 20:00 |
| Luxembourg | 61–87 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 15–18, 19–20, 6–23 | ||
| Pts: Jones 25 Rebs: Jones 22 Asts: Becker 3 | Pts: V. Boisa 20 Rebs: V. Boisa 14 Asts: Williams 9 | |
3 Sep 2005 15:00 |
| Finland | 87–79 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 26–14, 18–25, 21–16 | ||
| Pts: Rannikko 27 Rebs: Möttölä 9 Asts: Möttölä, Rannikko 2 | Pts: Tskitishvili 23 Rebs: Pachulia 14 Asts: Williams 6 | |
Arena of New Wave Basket, Helsinki Attendance: 1,990 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Lahdo Sharro (SWE) |
3 Sep 2005 20:30 |
| Macedonia | 105–66 | Luxembourg |
| Scoring by quarter:25–16, 25–19, 30–13, 25–18 | ||
| Pts: Antić 26 Rebs: Antić 12 Asts: Stefanov 10 | Pts: P. Rajniak 24 Rebs: M. Rajniak 9 Asts: Wulff, Schmitz 2 | |
7 Sep 2005 19:00 |
| Georgia | 73–60 | Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–16, 16–13, 26–11 | ||
| Pts: V. Boisa 20 Rebs: Pachulia, Tskitishvili 13 Asts: Williams 6 | Pts: V. Stefanov, Gechevski, Stik 13 Rebs: Stik 6 Asts: V. Stefanov 7 | |
7 Sep 2005 20:30 |
| Luxembourg | 62–82 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–20, 18–22, 23–16, 15–24 | ||
| Pts: P. Rajniak 24 Rebs: M. Rajniak 8 Asts: Schartz 4 | Pts: Möttölä 17 Rebs: Muurinen 10 Asts: Lehtoranta, Rannikko 4 | |
10 Sep 2005 19:00 |
| Georgia | 87–65 | Luxembourg |
| Scoring by quarter:24–7, 18–19, 22–19, 23–20 | ||
| Pts: Pachulia 30 Rebs: Pachulia 21 Asts: Gamqrelidze 11 | Pts: P. Rajniak 25 Rebs: P. Rajniak 9 Asts: P. Rajniak, M. Rajniak 4 | |
17 September 18:00 |
| Austria | 75–101 | Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter:27–26, 10–33, 25–22, 13–20 | ||
| Pts: Mayes 27 Rebs: Volcic 6 Asts:six players 1 | Pts: Stefanov 25 Rebs: Stefanov 6 Asts: Stefanov 4 | |
24 September 20:00 |
| Macedonia | 99–62 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter:26–20, 22–10, 27–16, 24–16 | ||
| Pts: Antić 16 Rebs:four players 4 Asts: Stefanov 10 | Pts: Knabl, Ortner 14 Rebs: Volcic 11 Asts: Schreiner 5 | |
Macedonia won 200–137 and advanced to Eurobasket 2007 Division A
17 September 2005 17:00 |
| Ireland | 80–66 |  Denmark |
| Scoring by quarter:17–15, 29–19, 20–11, 14–21 | ||
| Pts: Conlon 14 Rebs: Bowdler 8 Asts: Bree 4 | Pts: Thuesen 15 Rebs: Drejer, Johansen 6 Asts: Iversen, Johansen 1 | |
24 September 2005 15:00 |
| Denmark | 86–70 | Ireland |
| Scoring by quarter:22–15, 17–9, 15–14, 12–10 | ||
| Pts: Drejer 39 Rebs: Johansen 9 Asts: Thuesen 10 | Pts: Callahan 22 Rebs: Callahan 8 Asts: Bree 4 | |
Denmark won 152–150 and advanced to Eurobasket 2007 Division A
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