FIBA Asia Championship 2005

 

The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship 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 and host Qatar. China defeated Lebanon in the championship game, 77-61; Qatar defeated Korea, 89-77.

Format

• The teams will be divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
• Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
• Group A's and C's topnotchers are grouped with Group B's and D's runners-up (Group I) while Group A's and C's runners-up are grouped with Group B's and D's topnotchers (Group II) for a round-robin play.
• The topnotcher of Group I meets the runner-up of Group II while the topnotcher of Group II meets the runner-up of Group I in the sudden-death semifinals.
• The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship while the losers dispute the third-place trophy, all sudden-death games.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
Korea	6	3	0	1.000
Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	.667
Kuwait	4	1	2	.333
Malaysia	3	0	3	.000

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
China	6	3	0	1.000
Iran	5	2	1	.667
Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	.333
Uzbekistan	3	0	3	.000

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
Qatar	6	3	0	1.000
Japan	5	2	1	.667
Kazakhstan	4	1	2	.333
Indonesia	3	0	3	.000

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
Lebanon	6	3	0	1.000
Jordan	5	2	1	.667
India	4	1	2	.333
Hong Kong	3	0	3	.000

Quarterfinals

Qualified for the semifinals

Group I

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
Qatar	6	3	0	1.000
Korea	5	2	1	.667
Iran	4	1	2	.333
Jordan	3	0	3	.000

Group II

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
China	6	3	0	1.000
Lebanon	5	2	1	.667
Japan	4	1	2	.333
Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	.000

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	September 15 - Doha
	Qatar	79
	Lebanon	83
					September 16 - Doha
					Lebanon	61
					China	77
					Third place
	September 15 - Doha			September 16 - Doha
	China	93		Qatar	89
	Korea	49			Korea	77

Semifinals

Sept 15

Qatar

79 – 83

Lebanon

Doha

Sept 15

Korea

49 – 93

China

Doha

Third-place game

Sept 16

Korea

77 – 89

Qatar

Doha

Final

Sept 16

China

77 – 61

Lebanon

Doha

Final classification

1.  China
2.  Lebanon
3.  Qatar
4.  Korea
5.  Japan
6.  Iran
7.  Jordan
8.  Saudi Arabia
9.  Chinese Taipei
10.  Kazakhstan
11.  Uzbekistan
12.  India
13.  Kuwait
14.  Indonesia
15.  Hong Kong
16.  Malaysia

Other continental qualifying tournaments

• FIBA Americas Championship 2005 - FIBA Americas
• Eurobasket 2005 - FIBA Europe

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