| Field | Value |
|---|
| country | Qatar |
| dates | 8–16 September |
| num_teams | 16 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | China |
| count | 14 |
| second | Lebanon |
| third | Qatar |
| fourth | South Korea |
| mvp | CHN Yao Ming |
| top_scorer | KUW Abdullah Alsarraf |
| (24.1 points per game) |
| prevseason | 2003 |
| nextseason | 2007 |
(24.1 points per game)
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) |
|---|
Draw
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 196 | +78 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 237 | −13 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 228 | +24 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 254 | −89 | 3 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 235 | 171 | +64 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 176 | +34 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 212 | +14 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 278 | −112 | 3 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 184 | +65 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 197 | +29 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 215 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 275 | −94 | 3 |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 283 | 191 | +92 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 152 | +92 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 269 | −37 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 323 | −147 | 3 |
Quarterfinal round
Group I
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 178 | +65 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 216 | 221 | −5 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 230 | −18 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 224 | −42 | 3 |
Group II
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 136 | +135 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 247 | 209 | +38 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 201 | 207 | −6 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 284 | −167 | 3 |
Group III
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 284 | 195 | +89 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 219 | +13 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 252 | −26 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 251 | −76 | 3 |
Group IV
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 324 | 257 | +67 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 246 | +12 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 253 | −40 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 251 | −39 | 3 |
Classification 9th–16th
15th place
13th place
11th place
9th place
Classification 5th–8th
|September 15||79||34
|September 15||67||59
|September 16| |61||72
|September 16| |50||88
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
Final round
|September 15||79||83
|September 15||93||49
|September 16||61||77
|September 16||89||77
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|
| | 8–0 |
| | 6–2 |
| | 7–1 |
| 4 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | | 4–4 |
| 7 | | 3–5 |
| 8 | | 2–6 |
| 9 | | 5–2 |
| 10 | | 4–3 |
| 11 | | 3–4 |
| 12 | | 3–4 |
| 13 | | 3–4 |
| 14 | | 1–6 |
| 15 | | 1–6 |
| 16 | | 0–7 |