2005 FIBA Asia Championship

2005 FIBA Asia Championship
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates8–16 September
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (14th title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Third place Qatar
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
MVPChina Yao Ming
Top scorerKuwait Abdullah Alsarraf
(24.1 points per game)[1]
2003
2007

The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

In order to qualify for the tournament, teams would have to go through regional qualifier competitions. At the main tournament, three nations qualified for the world championships including China, Lebanon and the host country, Qatar. China defeated Lebanon in the championship game, 77–61; and Qatar defeated Korea, 89–77.

  1. ^ "archive.fiba.com: 2005 FIBA Asia Championship for Men:". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

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