2005 FIBA Asia Championship
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The 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship at Japan.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 8–16 September |
Teams | 16 |
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 | |
MVP | Yao Ming |
Top scorer | Abdullah Alsarraf (24.1 points per game)[1] |
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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.