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, 77âÂÂ61; and Qatar defeated Korea, 89âÂÂ77.
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Qatar) and StankoviÃÂ 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 StankoviÃÂ Cup.