2005–06 Iranian Basketball Super League

The following is the final results of the Iran Super League 2005/06 basketball season. The powerhouse Saba Battery were crowned champions of Iran's Super League, beating Petrochimi of Mahshahr 3 times in a row in the final phase of the competitions which was 3 out of 5. Saba had only one loss through the whole season in a game against Pegah of Shiraz, and it kept its dominancy over the other teams. In the third and last clash, Garth Joseph, the tallest import in the Iranian Super League (218 cm) made the last shot in just 1 second to the end of the match, and changed the score to 66-64.

Regular season

Group A

Rank Team P W L Pts
1 Petrochimi Bandar Imam 14 12 2 26
2 Sanam Tehran 14 10 4 24
3 Zob Ahan Esfahan 14 10 4 24
4 Pegah Shiraz 14 9 5 23
5 Gol Gohar Sirjan 14 7 7 21
6 Shahrdari Gorgan 14 5 9 19
7 Farsh Mashhad 14 4 10 18
8 Azad University Tehran 14 0 14 14

Group B

Rank Team P W L Pts
1 Saba Battery Tehran 14 14 0 28
2 Paykan Tehran 14 11 3 25
3 Azarpayam Urmia 14 10 4 24
4 Pegah Hamedan 14 8 6 22
5 Heyat Basketball Khuzestan 14 5 9 19
6 Mahram Tehran 14 4 10 18
7 Heyat Basketball Esfahan 14 3 11 17
8 Heyat Basketball Shahrekord 14 1 13 15

Playoffs

Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Petrochimi  2
 
 Pegah Hamedan  0  
 Petrochimi  2
 
   Paykan  0  
 Zob Ahan  0
 
 Paykan  2  
 Petrochimi  0
 
   Saba Battery  3
 Sanam  2
 
 Azarpayam  0  
 Sanam  0 Third place
 
   Saba Battery  2  
 Pegah Shiraz  1  Paykan  3
 Saba Battery  2    Sanam  2
 

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st 2nd 3rd
Petrochimi 2 - 0 Pegah Hamedan 94 - 91 84 - 73
Zob Ahan 0 - 2 Paykan 57 - 65 40 - 70
Sanam 2 - 0 Azarpayam 77 - 65 82 - 73
Pegah Shiraz 1 - 2 Saba Battery 86 - 84 85 - 88 70 - 73

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st 2nd 3rd
Petrochimi 2 - 0 Paykan 82 - 70 73 - 66
Sanam 0 - 2 Saba Battery 73 - 81 88 - 90

3rd place match

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Paykan 3 - 2 Sanam 76 - 78 80 - 86 85 - 72 75 - 74 69 - 67

Final

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Petrochimi 0 - 3 Saba Battery 78 - 81 65 - 67 64 - 66

Classifications

5th-8th places

Semi-finals 5th place
 Pegah Hamedan  0  
 Zob Ahan  2  
 
     Zob Ahan  0
   Pegah Shiraz  2
7th place
 Azarpayam  0  Pegah Hamedan  1
 Pegah Shiraz  2    Azarpayam  0

9th-16th places

Quarter-finals Semi-finals 9th place
                   
         
 Gol Gohar  2
 
 HB Shahrekord  0  
 Gol Gohar  152
 
   Mahram  150  
 Farsh  0
 
 Mahram  2  
 Gol Gohar  69
 
   HB Khuzestan  66
 Shahrdari Gorgan  2
 
 HB Esfahan  0  
 Shahrdari Gorgan  57 11th place
 
   HB Khuzestan  84  
 Azad University  1  Mahram  w/o
 HB Khuzestan  2    Shahrdari Gorgan   
 

13th-16th places

Semi-finals 13th place
 HB Shahrekord  2  
 Farsh  0  
 
     HB Shahrekord  
   Azad University  w/o
15th place
 HB Esfahan  0  Farsh  
 Azad University  2    HB Esfahan  w/o

Final ranking

Rank Team
1 Saba Battery Tehran
2 Petrochimi Bandar Imam
3 Paykan Tehran
4 Sanam Tehran
5 Pegah Shiraz
6 Zob Ahan Esfahan
7 Pegah Hamedan
8 Azarpayam Urmia
9 Gol Gohar Sirjan
10 Heyat Basketball Khuzestan
11 Mahram Tehran
12 Shahrdari Gorgan
13 Azad University Tehran
14 Heyat Basketball Shahrekord
15 Heyat Basketball Esfahan
16 Farsh Mashhad

References