2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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.

2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
16th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	29 May–5 June
Teams	10
Venues	3  (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Qatar (2nd title)
MVP	Fadi El Khatib
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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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	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

May 29 12:30

Saba Battery	71–51	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 12–10, 22–9, 26–14

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 29 18:00

San Miguel	81–49	Young Cagers
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 14–4, 26–19, 13–12

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 30 14:45

Young Cagers	50–94	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 6–19, 11–35, 20–23

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 30 19:15

Tobol	67–88	San Miguel
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 23–22, 18–18, 12–28

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 31 17:00

Saba Battery	71–57	Tobol
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 14–11, 22–16, 13–18

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

May 31 19:15

Sagesse	90–64	Young Cagers
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 20–15, 32–25, 21–13

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

June 1 17:00

Tobol	75–94	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 26–19, 16–28, 23–25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

June 1 19:15

San Miguel	75–85	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 20–16, 21–24, 20–26

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

June 2 12:30

Young Cagers	68–76	Tobol
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 18–16, 13–22, 20–23

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 2 19:15

Sagesse	100–90	San Miguel
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 25–24, 20–14, 28–35

Ynares Center, Antipolo

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

May 29 14:45

Al-Kuwait	89–85 (OT)	Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 13–15, 25–18, 17–20, Overtime: 15–11

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 29 20:15

Al-Sharjah	61–89	Fastlink
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 20–20, 16–19, 13–29

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 30 12:30

Al-Rayyan	101–44	Al-Sharjah
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 24–9, 27–13, 22–13

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 30 17:00

Fastlink	99–95	Al-Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 27–21, 37–30, 20–25

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

May 31 12:30

Al-Kuwait	60–84	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 21–16, 6–20, 20–30

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

May 31 14:45

Al-Jaish	78–94	Fastlink
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 22–33, 22–23

Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

June 1 12:30

Al-Sharjah	74–81	Al-Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 9–24, 27–21, 21–17

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

June 1 14:45

Al-Rayyan	79–54	Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 27–5, 15–20, 13–16

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

June 2 14:45

Fastlink	56–92	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 21–26, 8–15, 17–27

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 2 17:00

Al-Jaish	75–63	Al-Sharjah
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 20–13, 17–15, 16–20

Ynares Center, Antipolo

Classification 9th–10th

June 3 10:15

Young Cagers	92–82	Al-Sharjah
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 25–16, 11–14, 32–25

Ynares Center, Antipolo

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	June 3
	Al-Jaish	65
					June 4
	Saba Battery	76
					Saba Battery	69
	June 3
					Fastlink	74
	San Miguel	83
									June 5
	Fastlink	86
									Fastlink	76
	June 3
									Al-Rayyan	83
	Tobol	82
					June 4
	Al-Rayyan	89
					Al-Rayyan (OT)	87
	June 3
					Sagesse	84			3rd place
	Al-Kuwait	92
									June 5
	Sagesse	95
									Saba Battery	71
									Sagesse	74

	Semifinals				5th place
	June 4
	Al-Jaish	57
					June 5
	San Miguel	73
					San Miguel	96
	June 4
					Al-Kuwait	84
	Tobol	87
	Al-Kuwait	96
					7th place
					June 5
					Al-Jaish	77
					Tobol	71

Quarterfinals

June 3 12:30

Al-Jaish	65–76	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 15–28, 22–19, 12–16

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 3 14:45

Tobol	82–89	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 17–22, 13–22, 22–20

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 3 17:00

Al-Kuwait	92–95	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–20, 22–27, 24–30

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 3 19:15

San Miguel	83–86	Fastlink
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 14–21, 21–32, 24–15

Ynares Center, Antipolo

Semifinals 5th–8th

June 4 12:30

Al-Jaish	57–73	San Miguel
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 18–15, 5–20, 18–19

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 4 14:45

Tobol	87–96	Al-Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 15–27, 24–22, 25–20

Ynares Center, Antipolo

Semifinals

June 4 17:00

Saba Battery	69–74	Fastlink
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 15–21, 18–22, 19–14

Ynares Center, Antipolo

June 4 19:15

Sagesse	84–87 (OT)	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 23–21, 14–22, 22–18, Overtime: 3–6

Ynares Center, Antipolo

7th place

June 5 12:30

Al-Jaish	77–71	Tobol
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–21, 23–20, 20–14

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

5th place

June 5 14:45

San Miguel	96–84	Al-Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 21–25, 27–21, 27–23

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

3rd place

June 5 17:00

Saba Battery	71–74	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 14–22, 23–15, 10–19

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Final

June 5 19:15

Fastlink	76–83	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 16–21, 18–16, 22–22
Pts: Thurman 22		Pts: Day 30

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Al-Rayyan	7–0
	Fastlink	5–2
	Sagesse	5–2
4	Saba Battery Tehran	5–2
5	San Miguel Beer	4–3
6	Al-Kuwait	3–4
7	Al-Jaish	2–5
8	Tobol Kostanay	1–6
9	Young Cagers	1–4
10	Al-Sharjah	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^{[dead link]}