The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for
FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.
Member associations
Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams
* FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...
at the
2006 FIBA World Championship
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by ...
at
Japan.
In order to qualify for the tournament, teams would have to go through regional qualifiers. At the main tournament, three nations qualified for the world championships:
China,
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
and host
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...
. China defeated Lebanon in the championship game, 77–61; Qatar defeated
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
, 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.
Draw
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Quarterfinal round
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
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 standing
Awards
References
External links
ResultsJABBAsports.sina.com
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2005–06 in Asian basketball
2005
International basketball competitions hosted by Qatar
2005 in Qatari sport
September 2005 sports events in Asia