2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup explained

The 2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 16th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held for the first time in three cities: Quezon City, Pasay and Antipolo, in the Philippines from May 29 to June 5, 2005, with the Final being held in Araneta Coliseum.

Al-Rayyan from Qatar became the second team to win multiple titles by first dethroning the defending three-time champion Sagesse from Lebanon in the thrilling overtime game in the Semifinals, and then surviving Fastlink from Jordan in the Finals. They had previously won the championship in the 2002 edition at Kuala Lumpur.

Preliminary round

Group A

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
Saba Battery Tehran	4	4	0	321	233	+88	8
Sagesse	4	3	1	335	300	+35	7
San Miguel Beer	4	2	2	334	301	+33	6
Tobol Kostanay	4	1	3	275	321	−46	5
Young Cagers	4	0	4	231	341	−110	4

Group B

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Al-Rayyan	4	4	0	356	214	+142	8
Fastlink	4	3	1	338	326	+12	7
Al-Kuwait	4	2	2	325	342	−17	6
Al-Jaish	4	1	3	292	325	−33	5
Al-Sharjah	4	0	4	242	346	−104	4

Final round

Final

Final standing

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		7–0
		5–2
		5–2
4		5–2
5		4–3
6		3–4
7		2–5
8		1–6
9		1–4
10		0–5

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Fadi El Khatib (Sagesse)
• Best Rebounder: Ayman Dais (Fastlink)
• Best Passer: Sambhaji Kadam (Young Cagers)

All-Star Team:

• Fadi El Khatib (Sagesse)
• Saad Abdulrahman (Al-Rayyan)
• Erfan Ali (Al-Rayyan)
• Enver Soobzokov (Fastlink)
• Rommel Adducul (San Miguel)

References

• Goalzz
• www.fibaasia.net
• Results