2005–06 Iranian Basketball Super League

The following is the final results of the Iran Super League 2005/06 basketball season. The powerhouse Saba Battery were crowned champions of Iran's Super League, beating Petrochimi of Mahshahr 3 times in a row in the final phase of the competitions which was 3 out of 5. Saba had only one loss through the whole season in a game against Pegah of Shiraz, and it kept its dominancy over the other teams. In the third and last clash, Garth Joseph, the tallest import in the Iranian Super League (218 cm) made the last shot in just 1 second to the end of the match, and changed the score to 66-64.

Regular season

Group A

Rank	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Petrochimi Bandar Imam	14	12	2	26
2	Sanam Tehran	14	10	4	24
3	Zob Ahan Esfahan	14	10	4	24
4	Pegah Shiraz	14	9	5	23
5	Gol Gohar Sirjan	14	7	7	21
6	Shahrdari Gorgan	14	5	9	19
7	Farsh Mashhad	14	4	10	18
8	Azad University Tehran	14	0	14	14

Group B

Rank	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Saba Battery Tehran	14	14	0	28
2	Paykan Tehran	14	11	3	25
3	Azarpayam Urmia	14	10	4	24
4	Pegah Hamedan	14	8	6	22
5	Heyat Basketball Khuzestan	14	5	9	19
6	Mahram Tehran	14	4	10	18
7	Heyat Basketball Esfahan	14	3	11	17
8	Heyat Basketball Shahrekord	14	1	13	15

Playoffs

Championship

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Petrochimi	2
	Pegah Hamedan	0
					Petrochimi	2
					Paykan	0
	Zob Ahan	0
	Paykan	2
									Petrochimi	0
									Saba Battery	3
	Sanam	2
	Azarpayam	0
					Sanam	0
					Saba Battery	2			Third place
	Pegah Shiraz	1
	Saba Battery	2
									Paykan	3
									Sanam	2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st	2nd	3rd
Petrochimi	2 - 0	Pegah Hamedan	94 - 91	84 - 73
Zob Ahan	0 - 2	Paykan	57 - 65	40 - 70
Sanam	2 - 0	Azarpayam	77 - 65	82 - 73
Pegah Shiraz	1 - 2	Saba Battery	86 - 84	85 - 88	70 - 73

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st	2nd	3rd
Petrochimi	2 - 0	Paykan	82 - 70	73 - 66
Sanam	0 - 2	Saba Battery	73 - 81	88 - 90

3rd place match

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Paykan	3 - 2	Sanam	76 - 78	80 - 86	85 - 72	75 - 74	69 - 67

Final

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Petrochimi	0 - 3	Saba Battery	78 - 81	65 - 67	64 - 66

Classifications

5th-8th places

	Semi-finals				5th place
	Pegah Hamedan	0
	Zob Ahan	2
					Zob Ahan	0
					Pegah Shiraz	2
	Azarpayam	0
	Pegah Shiraz	2
					7th place
					Pegah Hamedan	1
					Azarpayam	0

9th-16th places

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				9th place
	Gol Gohar	2
	HB Shahrekord	0
					Gol Gohar	152
					Mahram	150
	Farsh	0
	Mahram	2
									Gol Gohar	69
									HB Khuzestan	66
	Shahrdari Gorgan	2
	HB Esfahan	0
					Shahrdari Gorgan	57
					HB Khuzestan	84			11th place
	Azad University	1
	HB Khuzestan	2
									Mahram	w/o
									Shahrdari Gorgan

13th-16th places

	Semi-finals				13th place
	HB Shahrekord	2
	Farsh	0
					HB Shahrekord
					Azad University	w/o
	HB Esfahan	0
	Azad University	2
					15th place
					Farsh
					HB Esfahan	w/o

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Saba Battery Tehran
2	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
3	Paykan Tehran
4	Sanam Tehran
5	Pegah Shiraz
6	Zob Ahan Esfahan
7	Pegah Hamedan
8	Azarpayam Urmia
9	Gol Gohar Sirjan
10	Heyat Basketball Khuzestan
11	Mahram Tehran
12	Shahrdari Gorgan
13	Azad University Tehran
14	Heyat Basketball Shahrekord
15	Heyat Basketball Esfahan
16	Farsh Mashhad

• Saba Battery and Petrochimi qualified to WABA Champions Cup 2007.
• HB Esfahan and Farsh Mashhad relegated to Division 1.

References

• (in Persian) Final results
• (in Persian) Final ranking
• Asia-Basket