2005 FIBA Asia Championship
| 2005 FIBA Asia Championship | |
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| 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)
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| MVP |
Yao Ming
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| Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World 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.
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.
South Korea
Kuwait
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia
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