2005 FIBA Asia Championship
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.Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts and Stanković Cup champion were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.
| East Asia | Gulf | Middle Asia | Southeast Asia | West Asia |
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Draw
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Quarterfinal round
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
13th place
11th place
9th place
Classification 5th–8th
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standing
| 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 |
Awards
