| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
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 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.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: 2005 FIBA Asia Championship for Men:". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.