# 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.
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

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 | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| September 15 | September 15 |
| Iran | 79 |
| Iran | 79 | September 16 | September 16 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 | September 16 | September 16 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 | Iran | 61 |
| September 15 | September 15 | | Iran | 61 |
| September 15 | September 15 | Japan | 72 |
| Japan | 67 | Japan | 72 |
| Jordan | 59 | | |
| Jordan | 59 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | September 16 | 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| September 15 | September 15 |
| Qatar | 79 |
| Qatar | 79 | September 16 | September 16 |
| Lebanon | 83 | September 16 | September 16 |
| Lebanon | 83 | Lebanon | 61 |
| September 15 | September 15 | | Lebanon | 61 |
| September 15 | September 15 | China | 77 |
| China | 93 | China | 77 |
| South Korea | 49 | | |
| South Korea | 49 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | September 16 | 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