2005 FIBA Asia Championship

2005 FIBA Asia Championship
23rd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Qatar
Dates	September 8–16
Teams	16 (from 44 federations)
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (14th title)
MVP	Yao Ming

The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was the men's basketball 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.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Draw 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Quarterfinal round 4.1 Group I 4.2 Group II 4.3 Group III 4.4 Group IV 5 Classification 9th–16th 5.1 15th place 5.2 13th place 5.3 11th place 5.4 9th place 6 Classification 5th–8th 6.1 Semifinals 6.2 7th place 6.3 5th place 7 Final round 7.1 Semifinals 7.2 3rd place 7.3 Final 8 Final standing 9 Awards 10 References

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 (2+1+2)	Gulf (2+1)	Middle Asia (2+1)	Southeast Asia (2)	West Asia (2+1)
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
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
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

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	Korea		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 13–28, 14–26, 21–24

September 11 14:00

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		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 20–18, 15–27, 11–17

September 8 16:15		Chinese Taipei	111–71	Uzbekistan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 27–15, 27–25, 31–12

September 9 9:30

Uzbekistan

43–84

Iran

Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall, Doha

September 9 16:15		China	76–58	Chinese Taipei		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 20–16, 17–11, 14–16

September 11 9:30		China	83–52	Uzbekistan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 24–6, 24–20, 15–12

September 11 16:15		Chinese Taipei	57–65	Iran		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 13–14, 17–21, 14–16

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		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 10–19, 31–14, 15–13

September 8 18:30		Qatar	74–62	Japan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 17–13, 20–15, 13–18

September 9 9:30		Japan	67–66	Kazakhstan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 16–13, 21–20, 17–12

September 9 18:30		Indonesia	62–89	Qatar		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 13–25, 11–20, 17–17

September 10 9:30		Japan	97–57	Indonesia		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 18–7, 24–23, 28–14

September 10 18:30		Qatar	86–60	Kazakhstan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 23–5, 22–21, 16–21

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		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 13–19, 34–26, 33–31

September 8 20:45		Jordan	59–69	Lebanon		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 14–20, 20–16, 14–21

September 10 11:45		Hong Kong	36–108	Jordan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 9–31, 15–23, 3–28

September 10 20:45

Lebanon

105–79

India

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 11 11:45		India	47–77	Jordan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 5–13, 12–22, 15–20

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
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		Korea	64–63	Jordan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 13–25, 7–16, 28–8

September 12 18:30		Iran	58–79	Qatar		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 15–21, 13–26, 15–16

September 13 16:15		Jordan	64–79	Iran		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 14–23, 9–14, 30–29

September 13 18:30		Qatar	83–65	Korea		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–12, 25–15, 17–19

September 14 16:15

Korea

87–75

Iran

Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha

September 14 18:30		Qatar	81–55	Jordan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 21–8, 19–18, 27–21

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		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–6, 20–12, 29–26

September 12 20:45		Saudi Arabia	63–97	Lebanon		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 14–33, 17–26, 10–16

September 13 14:00		Japan	89–44	Saudi Arabia		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 17–11, 25–12, 25–11

September 13 20:45		Lebanon	73–87	China		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 10–26, 23–18, 23–19

September 14 14:00		Saudi Arabia	10–98	China		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 4–35, 2–21, 2–26, 2–16

September 14 20:45		Japan	59–77	Lebanon		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 7–16, 15–28, 15–6

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				5th place
	September 15
	Iran	79
	Saudi Arabia	34
					September 16
					Iran	61
					Japan	72
					7th place
	September 15			September 16
	Japan	67		Saudi Arabia	50
	Jordan	59			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		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 26–17, 17–18, 12–13

7th place

September 16 14:00		Saudi Arabia	50–88	Jordan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 11–29, 14–29, 12–15

5th place

September 16 16:15		Iran	61–72	Japan		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 13–19, 12–15, 25–21

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 15
	Qatar	79
	Lebanon	83
					September 16
					Lebanon	61
					China	77
					3rd place
	September 15			September 16
	China	93		Qatar	89
	Korea	49			Korea	77

Semifinals

September 15 18:30		Qatar	79–83	Lebanon		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 13–21, 22–23, 22–21

September 15 20:45		China	93–49	Korea		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 24–15, 29–2, 16–14

3rd place

September 16 18:30		Qatar	89–77	Korea		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 26–22, 21–16, 27–12

Final

September 16 20:45		Lebanon	61–77	China		Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha
		Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 16–15, 20–19, 15–25
		Pts: El Khatib 24		Pts: Yao M. 24

Final standing

Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	China	8–0
2 !	Lebanon	6–2
3 !	Qatar	7–1
4	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

References

• Results
• JABBA
• sports.sina.com

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