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)
Draw Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Preliminary round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330274196+786321224237−135312252228+244303165254−893
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330235171+646321210176+345312226212+144303166278−1123
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330249184+656321226197+29531221521504303181275−943
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330283191+926321244152+925312232269−374303176323−1473
Quarterfinal round
Group I TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330243178+656321216221−55312212230−184303182224−423
Group II TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330271136+1356321247209+385312201207−64303117284−1673
Group III TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330284195+896321232219+135312226252−264303175251−763
Group IV TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330324257+676321258246+125312213253−404303212251−393
Classification 9th–16th 15th place
13th place
11th place
9th place
Classification 5th–8th
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship RankTeamRecord 8–0 6–2 7–14 5–35 5–36 4–47 3–58 2–69 5–210 4–311 3–412 3–413 3–414 1–615 1–616 0–7
Awards
References
External links Results JABBA sports.sina.com FIBA Archive