2005 ATP Tour, Notable breakthrough players
Future world No. 1 Andy Murray also made his breakthrough into the ATP Tour in 2005. Murray began the season ranked world No. 407 and was still participating in the junior tour, where he reached the semifinals of the French Open but lost to eventual champion Marin Čilić. He was awarded a wildcard into the main draw at Wimbledon, where he defeated George Bastl in the first round, and fourteenth seed Radek Štěpánek in the second, before losing to former finalist David Nalbandian in the third, despite having gone two sets to love up. He reached his first ATP Tour level final in October, at the 2005 Thailand Open as a wildcard, losing to Roger Federer; his run saw him enter the ATP's Top 100 for the first time. He eventually finished the season ranked world No. 63.


2005 ATP Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2002 season:


2005 Aaron's 499
The 2005 Aaron's 499 was the 9th race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, held on May 1, 2005, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. The race was won by Jeff Gordon, who led 139 laps of the 194 lap race.


2005 Aaron's 499
The race was extended from the scheduled 188 laps due to a late race caution.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
The 2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was both a men's and women's tennis tournament on the 2005 ATP and WTA Tours that was held in Acapulco, Mexico. The tournament was held from February 21 to February 27.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Men's Doubles
David Ferrer /  Santiago Ventura defeated  Jiří Vaněk /  Tomáš Zíb 4–6, 6–1, 6–4


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Women's Doubles
Alina Jidkova /  Tatiana Perebiynis defeated  Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez /  Conchita Martínez Granados, 7–5, 6–3


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but they competed in Scottsdale this week.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles
David Ferrer and Santiago Ventura won the title by defeating Jiří Vaněk and Tomáš Zíb 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles
Carlos Moyá was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mariano Puerta.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal won in the final 6–1, 6–0, against Albert Montañés.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles
Lisa McShea and Milagros Sequera were the defending champions, but Sequera did not compete this year. McShea teamed up with Jennifer Russell and lost in first round to Lilia Osterloh and Antonella Serra Zanetti.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles
Alina Jidkova and Tatiana Perebiynis won the title by defeating Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez and Conchita Martínez Granados 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Singles
Iveta Benešová was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Singles
Flavia Pennetta won the title by defeating Ľudmila Cervanová 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2005 Abkhazian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Abkhazia on 12 January 2005. The result was a victory for Sergei Bagapsh of United Abkhazia, who received over 90% of the vote.


2005 Abkhazian presidential election, Background
A Presidential election had been held in Abkhazia on 3 October, but had resulted in a prolonged conflict over the results between the two main contenders, Raul Khadjimba, who had been Prime Minister and who was backed by the seriously ailing outgoing President Vladislav Ardzinba and by Russia, and Sergei Bagapsh, the main opposition candidate who had received a narrow majority of the votes. On 5 December 2004 Bagapsh and Khadjimba agreed to hold new elections. In these elections they would run on a joint ticket, with Khadjimba as vice presidential candidate.


2005 Abkhazian presidential election, Campaign
On 17 December, Sergei Bagapsh was officially nominated by an initiative group. On 21 December, Bagapsh and Khajimba created a joint coordinating council to run their election campaign, consisting of five representatives each: Nugzar Agrba, Valeri Kvarchia, Vakhtang Pipia, Daur Tarba, Alik Logua, Roman Gvinjia, Raul Khonelia, Beslan Kobakhia, Vasili Avidzba and Timur Nadaria, cochaired by Agrba for Bagapsh and Kvarchia for Khajimba.


2005 Abkhazian presidential election, Campaign
In the early morning of 23 December an explosion occurred in the centre of Sukhumi, causing no casualties. Later that day, Iakub Lakoba, who had come fifth and last in the first election, was nominated by an initiative group.


2005 Abkhazian presidential election, Campaign
Bagapsh and Lakoba were officially registered as candidates by the Central Election Commission on 28 December.


2005 Abkhazian presidential election, Aftermath
On 2 June 2005, United Abkhazia suspended the membership of Sergei Bagapsh, as required by the Abkhazian constitution since he had become President.


2005 Abruzzo regional election
The Abruzzo regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.


2005 Abruzzo regional election
Ottaviano Del Turco (Italian Democratic Socialists, then Democratic Party) defeated incumbent Giovanni Pace (National Alliance) by a landslide.


2005 Acura Classic
The 2005 Acura Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States. It was part of Tier I of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and was held from August 26 through August 7, 2005. Mary Pierce won the singles title.


2005 Acura Classic, Champions, Doubles
Conchita Martínez /  Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated  Daniela Hantuchová /  Ai Sugiyama, 6–7(7–9), 6–1, 7–5


2005 Acura Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama.


2005 Acura Classic – Doubles
Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual won in the final, defeating Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama 6–7(7–9), 6–1, 7–5.


2005 Acura Classic – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Acura Classic – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a lower-back strain.


2005 Acura Classic – Singles
Mary Pierce won in the final, defeating Ai Sugiyama 6–0, 6–3.


2005 Acura Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Adelaide Film Festival
The 2nd Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 February to 3 March 2005. Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director.


2005 Adelaide Film Festival
Dennis O'Rourke received the 2005 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.


2005 Adelaide Film Festival
The poster this year depicts two children shining a light on the festival theme, Image is Everything.


2005 Adelaide Film Festival
The festival opened with Look Both Ways directed by Sarah Watt, the first feature to be funded through the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, and closed with Ten Canoes directed by Rolf de Heer.


2005 Adelaide Film Festival, Development
Adelaide was the first Australian festival to "pursue a production agenda. The event’s integration with local and regional industries brought it into line with the model adopted by several major Asian festivals such as Hong Kong and Pusan."


2005 Adelaide Film Festival, Development
The second Adelaide Film Festival began an association with the highly successful Italian children's festival, the Giffoni Film Festival, which showcases new films to panels of young film critics. The Giffoni Film Festival was set up in 1971, in Salerno, by Claudio Gubitosi, who was then 18. It has been so successful it has been exported to other parts of Europe and North America, including Los Angeles, where actor Jon Voight is involved. The 2005 Adelaide Film Festival attracted the Giffoni to Adelaide and the director "hopes it will be a permanent association".


2005 Adelaide Film Festival, Development
In the second of two programmed lectures, special guest film scholar David Bordwell described the second biannual Adelaide Film Festival as one of the most friendly and rewarding festivals he has experienced.


2005 Adelaide Film Festival, Development
The 2005 festival incorporated the Australian International Documentary Conference 2005 (AIDC) "at a moment when documentary is in the ascendancy."


2005 Advance Auto Parts 500
The 2005 Advance Auto Parts 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on April 10, 2005 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. The race was the sixth of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. The pole position was won by Scott Riggs of MB2 Motorsports, his first career pole, while Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing led the most laps with 247. Hendrick Motorsports' Jeff Gordon won the race. Sergeant Sean McGuire gave the starting command from Iraq.


2005 Advance Auto Parts 500, Race
Pole-sitter Scott Riggs lost the lead on the first lap after getting loose in turn 4, sliding up and colliding with Ryan Newman, allowing Jeremy Mayfield to take the lead. A tire on Newman's car popped, which brought out the first caution. Much of the early portion of the race was dominated by Mayfield, Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte, and defending race winner Rusty Wallace.


2005 Advance Auto Parts 500, Race
Meanwhile, Jeff Gordon fell behind three laps by lap 70 due to a loose wheel, but regained two laps, and via the beneficiary rule, got back on the lead lap after a caution on lap 276, while gaining the lead with 35 laps left. Sometime during the race, Gordon and Kurt Busch made contact, sending Busch into the wall. With three laps left, Travis Kvapil's car spilled oil on the track, bringing out the final caution.


2005 Advance Auto Parts 500, Race
Gordon had a strong jump on the restart, and held off Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin and Newman to claim his 71st career win, his seventh at Martinsville, and his second of the season. Wallace closed out the Top 5, with Sterling Marlin, Ricky Rudd, points leader Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler, and Joe Nemechek rounding out the Top 10.


2005 Advanta Championships
The 2005 Advanta Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at The Pavilion in Villanova, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the 21st and last edition of the tournament and was held from October 31 through November 6, 2005. Third-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won her third consecutive singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.


2005 Advanta Championships, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


2005 Advanta Championships – Doubles
Alicia Molik and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but Molik chose not to compete in 2005; Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur, but lost in the final.


2005 Advanta Championships – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo was the two-time defending champion, and successfully defended her title.


2005 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships
The 4th Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Coimbra, Portugal, October 27–30, 2005.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan alongside provincial elections on 18 September 2005. Former warlords and their followers gained the majority of seats in both the lower house and the provincial council (which elects the members of the upper house). Women won 28% of the seats in the lower house, six more than the 25% guaranteed in the 2004 constitution.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
Approximately twelve million voters were eligible to vote for the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, and 34 provincial councils. The 2,707 parliamentary candidates (328 female, 2,379 male) are all independent; parties are not recognized by law and lists do not exist. This has been the subject of criticism: relatively unknown people could win a seat as easily as very popular candidates. It has also made it considerably difficult for the population to decide whom to vote for, even though some candidates may be a member of or (financially) backed by a political party.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
Another source of criticism is the use of the single, non-transferable vote in multi-member constituencies, particularly in the absence of party lists. In other words, each province elects a number of members, but each voter can vote for only one candidate. This runs the risk of fragmenting the vote to the point where candidates can be elected virtually by chance. Early returns confirmed this fear. For example, in Farah Province, one of the first provinces to declare , 46 candidates competed for five seats.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
No candidate polled more than 11%, and four of the five elected candidates polled less than 8%. In Kabul, which had 33 seats available, most of the candidates elected received well under 1% while over 30% of the votes cast went to three candidates, with the leading candidate receiving over 25 times the vote of the candidate elected with the lowest vote share, and several elected candidates receiving less than 2000 votes. This creates the risk of a legislature in which the majority of members have little or no legitimacy.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
Because a sizable percentage of the Afghan population is unable to read and write, all candidates had an icon as well. Those icons were included on the lists. These included, but were not limited to, pictures of footballs, cars or different sorts of flowers. Because there were not enough different icons, some candidates had multiple icons as their symbol: two or three footballs behind each other, like Gulallay Habib ( of the Kabul parliament candidate list). For example, the candidate list for the Nuristan section of the parliament looked . Candidates were not able to choose the icons themselves: instead, the electoral committee chose them. Forty-five candidates were refused because of connections with armed groups or for not giving up their government jobs.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
People vote for a candidate in their own province. Each province has a number of representatives in parliament, depending on the population. The largest province by population, Kabul, has 33 seats (390 candidates, 50 female, 340 male), whereas the small ones like Nuristan, Nimruz and Panjshir, have only two.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
The total number of candidates for the provincial councils was 3,025. Each province, except Oruzgan, had women running for seats in the provincial council. Female candidates ran for parliament in all districts. District council elections, originally also scheduled for the same date, were not held in 2005 (district numbers, boundaries and population figures had to be determined first).


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
These were the first parliamentary elections in Afghanistan in 33 years: after communist rule, civil war and Taliban rule, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan toppled the Taliban regime and after the presidential elections in 2004, parliamentary elections were organized in 2005. Originally, according to the 2001 Bonn agreement, the elections were to be held in June 2004. However, due to the security situation, Hamid Karzai (then interim President, now President of Afghanistan) moved the elections more than a year to the later date. Security was still an issue, as Taliban and others threatened to disrupt the elections violently. Several candidates were killed before polling.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Electoral system
A quarter of the seats - 68 seats - in the parliament are reserved for women, as well as 10 seats for the Kuchi community. Those are minimum numbers: there is no maximum for the number of seats for those groups. The 102 members of the Meshrano Jirga, the upper house, are indirectly elected by the provincial councils.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Conduct
During the 2009 Afghan elections, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald E. Neumann recalled that the "indelible" ink used in the 2005 election to prevent people from voting more than once had turned out to be washable after all. The same problem had also occurred in the 2004 presidential elections, and was repeated again in the 2009 elections.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Results
Turnout was estimated at 50%, substantially lower than at the presidential election in October 2004. This is blamed on the lack of identifiable party lists as a result of Afghanistan's new electoral law, which left voters in many cases unclear on who they were voting for. Turnout was highest in the Turkmen, Uzbek and the Tajik populated provinces in the north - generally over 60% - and 50% in some of the Pashtun southeastern areas where the Taliban insurgency is strongest. Turnout was also surprisingly low (34%) in the capital Kabul, which is dominated by Tajiks.


2005 Afghan parliamentary election, Results
The first results were declared on 9 October, with final results being delayed by accusations of fraud, and were finally announced on 12 November. Only a minority of candidates contested the election on a party ticket, whilst a number of elected MPs were loosely associated with certain parties.


2005 Africa Cup
The 2005 Africa Cup (Official name "Top 9") was the 6th edition of the continental rugby union tournament arranged by Confederation of African Rugby (CAR).


2005 Africa Cup
It was won by Morocco, that defeated Madagascar in the final.


2005 Africa Cup
The final was played at the "Stade de France" before the match between France and South Africa match of the 2005 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina and Europe. The match was arranged in that venue, due to participation of South African Amateurs selection, who were surprisingly defeated in the semifinal by Madagascar.


2005 Africa Cup, First round, Pool A
Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost


2005 Africa Cup, First round, Pool B
Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost


2005 Africa Cup, First round, Pool C
Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost


2005 African Judo Championships
The 2005 African Judo Championships were the 26th edition of the African Judo Championships, and were held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 18 May to 21 May 2005.


2005 African Junior Athletics Championships
The 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in the Tunisian cities of Tunis and Radès from 1–4 September. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.


2005 African Junior Athletics Championships
The two cities also played dual hosts to the 2005 Arab Athletics Championships later that same month.


2005 African U-17 Championship
The 2005 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Gambia. The top three teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


2005 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, Preliminary round
The first leg matches were played on either the 26th or 27 June 2004. The second leg matches were played on either the 10th or 11 July 2004. The winners advanced to the First Round.


2005 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, First round
The first leg matches were played on either the 20th or 21 November 2004. The second leg matches were played on either the 4th or 5 November 2004. The winners advanced to the Second Round.


2005 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, Second round
The first leg matches were played on either the 8th or 9 January 2005. The second leg matches were played on either the 22nd or 23 January 2005. The winners advanced to the Finals.


2005 African U-17 Championship, Knock-out stage, Semifinals
For winning their semifinals, Ghana and Gambia qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ivory Coast and South Africa meeting in the third place playoff for the third and final place in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


2005 African U-17 Championship, Knock-out stage, Third place playoff
For winning the third place playoff, Ivory Coast qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with South Africa missing out.


2005 African Youth Championship
The 2005 African Youth Championship was an international football competition that took place between 15 and 29 January 2005. The tournament was hosted by Benin and also served as qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.


2005 African Youth Championship, Qualification, Preliminary round
Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. As a result, the Republic of Congo and Lesotho advanced to the next round.


2005 African Youth Championship, Qualification, First round
Republic of Congo, Congo Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gabon and Tanzania withdrew. As a result, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.


2005 African Youth Championship, Qualification, Second round
Niger were disqualified by the FIFA. Accusations were made to each other from Lesotho and Zimbabwe of using over-aged players, but no actions were taken.


2005 African Youth Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.


2005 African Youth Championship, Murder of Samiou Yessoufou
After Benin lost 3-0 to Nigeria on the opening day, Benin fans became outraged with goalkeeper Samiou Yessofou believing he was to blame for their loss. So they broke into a hotel bar just as Yessofou was beginning to drink alcohol for the first time. They grabbed glass bottles and smashed them on him and stabbed with a knife and tortured him with beating sticks. Then they left the bar causing Yessofou to fall the floor and he died. However, this did not stop the tournament which continued as normal and Benin went on to win a bronze medal later on.


2005 African Youth Championship squads
This article will display the squads for the 2005 African Youth Championship. Only players born on or after 1 January 1985 were eligible to play.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup
The Afro-Asia Cup was a cricket competition played for the first time in 2005 and which is intended to run for at least three years. The idea was to raise money for the Asian Cricket Council and the African Cricket Association, and the whole venture was given a massive boost when the ICC, somewhat controversially, agreed to give the series of one-day matches full ODI status.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup
The inaugural competition was a series of three one day matches played between an Asian XI and an African XI. Controversially, the games have been awarded official One Day International status. The teams were selected by former Test match players rather than by national selectors.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup
The ICC expected that there would be a strong competitive tender for television rights. However, the main television broadcasters, ESPN/Star and Ten Sports, declined to bid. The rights were eventually bought by Nimbus Sports for the 2005 competition and the next two competitions in the following years.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup
There was much controversy over the final squad lists: many of the leading players were either unavailable for selection, withdrew from participating or chose to fulfil commitments with domestic teams.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup
The 2005 tournament was closely fought. Africa won the first match by just two runs, while Asia won the second by 18 runs to set up a series decider. However, after Africa had been bowled out for 106, the Asian innings was curtailed by rain, and the match eventually declared a no result. Thus, the series was tied 1–1 and the trophy shared.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Squads, African XI Squad
The African squad was selected from players from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. As the first match clashed with Zimbabwe's Test match against New Zealand, the Zimbabweans did not play in the first game. Justin Ontong was available for selection for the first game instead. Graeme Smith still had two matches of a four-match suspension to serve, and so was unavailable for the first two games.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Squads, Asian XI Squad
The Asian side was selected from players from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. With the exception of Bangladesh (whose selector had previously only played in the ICC Trophy), each country had one ex-Test cricketer as a selector: Majid Khan (Pakistan), Ravi Shastri (India), Graeme Labrooy (Sri Lanka) and Shafiq Ul-Haque (Bangladesh).


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Squads, Asian XI Squad
There was controversy surrounding the omission of Indian captain Sourav Ganguly from the Asian side, leading to Ganguly criticising the selection panel and process; although there were reports that the selection panel decided unanimously against including Ganguly, and that any suggestion that he should have been included would have led to Majid Khan and Ravi Shastri walking out.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Squads, Criticism
The competition was considered to be missing a large number of the top players from each continent, for several underlying reasons. Pakistan made it clear that its players did not have to play if they did not want to, and leading South African bowler Makhaya Ntini announced that he would be playing for English county side Warwickshire and was unavailable for selection for the African side. Injuries also ravaged the tournament, as four players pulled out a week before the matches were due to start, whilst other big names – including Sachin Tendulkar – were not even available for selection due to injury.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Matches, First ODI
In front of a crowd of about 1,000 people at Centurion – usually figures more associated with domestic cricket matches – Africa won the first of three ODIs. The African side included ten South Africans and two Kenyans – and one of the Kenyans was substituted for a South African without getting the chance to bat. Zaheer Khan made early breakthroughs as Africa collapsed to 57 for 5 – Justin Ontong and Steve Tikolo both dismissed for ducks – but Ashwell Prince and Mark Boucher set Africa back on the right track with an 86-run partnership.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Matches, First ODI
Prince finished on 78 not out as he ran out of partners to bat with, Africa eventually being dismissed for 198. Asia, however, lost wickets at regular intervals, but a 24-run ninth-wicket partnership between Zaheer Khan and Shoaib Akhtar looked to turn it Asia's way. Asia needed to eke out five runs for the last wicket, with twenty-two balls to spare, but Ashish Nehra was bowled by a straight delivery from ODI debutant Dale Steyn, and Asia finished two runs short of victory.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Matches, Second ODI
Asia XI rebounded at Kingsmead to square the series with one match to play. Good contributions from the entire top order – the top six hit one six each, Shahid Afridi getting out the next ball but all the others at least passing 30 – saw Asia XI to 267 for 7, with the two Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene making half-centuries. Kenyan Thomas Odoyo was statistically the best bowler for the African XI, with three wickets for 45, making him tied best wicket-taker for the African XI so far in the series.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Matches, Second ODI
Indeed, the Kenyan contingent of the African side performed well, with Steve Tikolo making a run-a-ball 43 from number seven – but AB de Villiers used up 67 balls for making his 39, the African XI had to suffer three run outs, and in the end two wickets from Zaheer Khan wrapped up the African innings – 18 runs short of victory.


2005 Afro-Asia Cup, Matches, Third ODI
After Africa XI had been bowled out for a measly 106, rain poured down steadily on Kingsmead, and the umpires eventually declared that play was not possible. The rain had already caused the start of the game to be delayed for two hours, before Shoaib Akhtar and Zaheer Khan unleashed their fast bowling on the African side. When Tatenda Taibu departed for 10, the score was 51 for 7, and only good hitting and running from Shaun Pollock, who hit 44 not out, carried Africa past 100. Steve Tikolo, the top-scorer from the last match, was intriguingly dropped. Then, Dale Steyn and Shaun Pollock ripped out the two Asian openers Virender Sehwag and Shahid Afridi, and, with the score eight for 2, the weather intervened. No further play was possible, and thus the two continents shared the title.


2005 Ahvaz unrest
2005 Ahvaz unrest or 15 April Ahvaz Protests were violent riots, initiated by Iranian Arabs in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan. The unrest erupted on 15 April 2005, and lasted for 4 days. Initially, the Iranian Interior Ministry stated that only one person had been killed, however an official at a hospital in Ahvaz said that there were between 15 and 20 mortal casualties. Government officials blamed the unrest on Britain, whose troops based just across the border in southern Iraq. Following the unrest, several bombings were carried out in Ahvaz, killing 28 people. In 2006, Iran executed five Arab separatists, convicted of carrying out the bombings in 2005.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
The Arabs of Iran are concentrated in the province of Khuzestan and number between half a million to 2 million. These Arabs are descendants of Shi'ite Arab tribes gradually migrating to Iran since 16th (During Ottomon sovereignty on Arabian peninsula). Most Iranian Arabs are Shi'a, but a small minority of Sunni Muslim Arabs live along the Persian Gulf coastline. In Khuzestan, Arabs are the dominant ethnic group in Shadegan, Hoveyzeh and Susangerd, a majority in Mahshahr and Khorramshahr, a minority in Abadan and together with Persians, Arabs are one of the two main ethnic groups in Ahvaz.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
The Constitution of Iran guarantees freedom of cultural expression and linguistic diversity. Khūzestān Province has radio and television stations in Arabic. School education is in Persian, the official language, but use of Arabic is allowed under the constitution of the Islamic Republic. Article 15 of the constitution states:


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
The Official Language and script of Iran, the lingua franca of its people, is Persian. Official documents, correspondence, and texts, as well as text-books, must be in this language and script. However, the use of regional and tribal languages in the press and mass media, as well as for teaching of their literature in schools, is allowed in addition to Persian


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
However, some human rights groups have accused the Iranian government of discrimination and other human rights violations against Iranian Arabs and violating the constitutional guarantees of equality. Amnesty International says:


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
Despite the Arab population remaining largely loyal to Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, the central government in Tehran has continued to view Arab Iranians with suspicion. Iranian Arabs claim this has led to discriminatory policies and unequal access to resources aimed at social development.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
In general the government (i.e. of Iran) did not discriminate on the basis of race, disability, language, or social status; however, it discriminated on the basis of religion, sex, and ethnicity. The poorest areas of the country are those inhabited by ethnic minorities, such as by the Baluchis in Sistan va Baluchestan Province and by Arabs in the southwest. Much of the damage suffered by Khuzestan Province during the eight-year war with Iraq has not been repaired; consequently, the quality of life of the largely Arab local population was degraded. Kurds, Azeris, and Ahvazi Arabs were not allowed to study their languages.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Background
According to Article 16 of Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arabic is taught in all classes of secondary school and in all areas of study including universities.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Causes
A forged letter attributed to Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, an adviser to Iran's Reormist President Mohammad Khatami, began circulating in the blogosphere, and was widely circulated by hand and subsequently cited in a report by al-Jazeera network. The fake letter proposed measures to reduce the proportion of Arabs in Khuzestan. The letter inspired crowds of young Arab rioters to attack government buildings and institutions in Ahvaz city. Some Iran experts and analysts at the time speculated that the move was part of a plan by the conservative establishment to discredit the reformist camp among Arabs in the run-up to the 2005 presidential poll.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Casualties
The Iranian Interior Ministry stated that only one person had been killed, while an official at a hospital in Ahvaz said that between 15 and 20 mortal casualties. Another government official said clashes with security services resulted in 3 or 4 deaths.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Casualties
A spokesman for the Ahvaz Arab People Democratic Popular Front, Abu Shaker al-Ahwazi, mentioned the names of 20 people who he said had been killed in the clashes. He said that "dozens of people had been wounded and 300 others had been arrested." Amnesty International has cited "unconfirmed reports" that 29 people were killed. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported at least 50 deaths.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Casualties
News reports and accounts have put the number of fatal casualties at between 5 and 20.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Aftermath
The Iranian government officials blamed the Khuzestan unrest on UK, which hosts the headquarters of the Iranian Arab militant group "Al-Ahwaz Arab Peoples Democratic Popular Front". The government also temporarily banned broadcasts by the Arabic-language satellite-television station Al-Jazeera, accusing it of fanning the unrest. Ali Yunesi, the intelligence minister at the time, said those arrested in Khuzestan were mainly "young, innocent people" who had been provoked by "real criminals".


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Aftermath
Defense Minister at the time – Ali Shamkhani, who is an ethnic Arab, was dispatched by the Reformist Government of Khatami, to the Ahvaz area to look into the reasons behind the unrest. He met with local leaders, and he stressed that ethnic Arabs are an integral part of the country but acknowledged that Khuzestan Province suffers from "underdevelopment".


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Aftermath
Following the riots, in June 2005 four bombings by Arab separatist militants in Ahvaz and two others in Tehran killed 10 people and injured at least 90. Two other bombings in Ahvaz, one in October 2005 and another in January 2005, killed 12 people. In 2006, Iran executed five Arab separatists convicted of carrying out the bombings in 2005.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Aftermath
According to an April 2006 report by the Amnesty International, on 4 November 2005, during a Muslim feast celebrating the end of Ramadan, several hundred Iranian Arab demonstrators marched towards the centre of Ahvaz city, and were met by the security forces, who reportedly fired tear gas grenades into the crowd causing two youths to fall into the Karoun River and drown, apparently under the effects of the tear gas which caused temporary paralysis.


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Aftermath
Amnesty International has also stated that there were further clashes in Khuzestan between Iranian Arabs and the security forces on 11 and 12 January 2006, during the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, which reportedly resulted in 3 deaths and 40 injured persons. The demonstrators were reportedly demanding "an end to Arab persecution, poverty and unemployment, and the release of political prisoners detained since April 2005".


2005 Ahvaz unrest, Aftermath
On 15 April 2011, there was a protest by the Sunni Arab minority in Ahvaz, to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2005 events. In a letter, written to the UN high commissioner for human rights, Iran's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi stated that "more than 12 people were killed, around 20 injured and tens of protesters have been arrested."


2005 Air Canada Cup
The 2005 Air Canada Cup was the third edition of the women's ice hockey tournament. It was held from February 10-12, 2005 in Duisburg, Germany. The Canadian U22 national team won the tournament, going undefeated over three games.


2005 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2005 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons were coached by Fisher DeBerry and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place.


2005 Air Kasai Antonov An-26B crash
On 9 September 2005, an Air Kasai Antonov An-26B crashed in the Republic of the Congo north of Brazzaville, killing all 13 people on board.


2005 Air Kasai Antonov An-26B crash, Accident
Antonov An-26B 9Q-CFD was on a domestic flight in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Kinshasa to Boende Airport in Boende on 9 September 2005. Its route took it over the neighboring Republic of Congo, where at about 15:45 local time it crashed about 50 km (31 miles) north of Brazzaville. All 13 people aboard (four crew members and nine passengers) died in the crash.


2005 Air Kasai Antonov An-26B crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was a twin-engine Antonov An-26B, manufacturer's serial number either 10605 or 12901 (sources differ). It had first flown in 1983 and was registered as 9Q-CFD.


2005 Akron Zips football team
The 2005 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Akron competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) The Zips were led by J. D. Brookhart in his second year as head coach. Brookhart would lead Akron to its first MAC title, upsetting Northern Illinois 31-30 in the conference championship game.


2005 Al Anbar governorate council election
The election for the governorate council of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate were held on January 30, 2005, the same date as the Iraqi legislative election.


2005 Al Anbar governorate council election, Election
The largely Sunni province was one of the most violent in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency, and turnout was extremely low, with the vast bulk of Anbar's residents choosing to boycott the election out of a mixture of distrust for a system perceived to be unfair, and a fear of violence from insurgent groups. Of the total population of some 2.2 million, only 3,775 voted in the governorate council election. Some 13,000 voted in the concurrently held transitional assembly elections.


2005 Al Anbar governorate council election, Election
Helped by the low turnout, the Iraqi Islamic Party was able to win 70.1% of the governorate's council seats on a total of 2,692 votes.


2005 Al Hillah bombing
The Al Hillah bombing killed 127 people, chiefly men lining up to join the Iraqi police forces, at the recruiting centre on February 28, 2005 in Al Hillah, Iraq.


2005 Al Hillah bombing
The bombing caused a worsening of Iraqi-Jordanian diplomatic relations after it was learned that suicide bomber, Raed Mansour al-Banna, had come from Jordan. Banna's family in Jordan gave him a heroic funeral, angering many Iraqi Shia. Thousands protested outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad and demanded it close, and the dispute led to both countries recalling their respective ambassadors.


2005 Al Hillah bombing
Al-Banna had earlier tried to enter the United States in July 2003, although he was turned away at O'Hare Airport as he possessed "multiple terrorist risk factors".


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede
The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede occurred on August 31, 2005 when 953 people died following a stampede on the Al-Aaimmah bridge, which crosses the Tigris river in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Incident
At the time of the stampede, around one million pilgrims had gathered around or were marching toward Al Kadhimiya Mosque, which is the shrine of the Shi'ite Imam Musa al-Kazim. Tensions had been high within the crowd. Earlier in the day, seven people had been killed and dozens more wounded in a mortar attack upon the assembled crowd for which an Al-Qaeda linked insurgent group claimed responsibility. Near the shrine, rumors of an imminent suicide bomb attack broke out, panicking many pilgrims. Interior Minister Bayan Baqir Solagh said that one person "pointed a finger at another person saying that he was carrying explosives...and that led to the panic". The man was presumed to be wearing a suicide explosive belt on the bridge.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Incident
The panicked crowd flocked to the bridge, which had been closed. Somehow, the gate at their end of the bridge opened, and  the pilgrims rushed through. Some people fell onto the concrete base and died instantly. The ensuing crush of people caused many to suffocate. The pressure of the crowd caused the bridge's iron railings to give way, dropping hundreds of people 9 m (30 feet) into the Tigris river. There was nowhere on the bridge for the people to go, as the other end of the bridge remained closed, and was impossible to open anyway, as it opened inward.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Incident
Owing to the nature of the incident many of those who died were those who could be considered physically weakest, such as the elderly, women and children.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Incident, Attempts to rescue people
People dived in from both ends of the bridge trying to help those drowning in the river. On the Sunni side, calls went out from the loudspeakers of local mosques to help those in trouble. A Sunni Arab teenager, Othman Ali Abdul-Hafez (Arabic: عُـثْـمَـان عَـلِي عَـبْـدُ الْـحَـافِـظ, ‘Uthmān ‘Alī ‘Abdul-Ḥāfiẓ), succumbed to exhaustion as he rescued people in the water. Thus he had drowned, and was later praised as a "martyr" by Iraqi politicians.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Aftermath
A three-day mourning period was announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said the catastrophe "will leave a scar in our souls and will be remembered with those who died in the result of terror acts." Many of the dead were buried in the holy Shia Islamic town of Najaf.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Aftermath
There was some political fallout also from the event, with Mutalib Mohammad Ali, the Minister for Health, blaming the defence ministers for not doing enough to secure the area. However, the prime minister dismissed any calls for resignation for any ministry.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, Aftermath
After the stampede, a few commentators in the Western media speculated that given the scale of the incident it might tip the country into a civil war by antagonizing the Shi'a community. However, there was no immediate surge in sectarian violence. Opposition groups blamed the government and security forces for failing to prevent the incident. However, these groups themselves often encourage high turn-outs at religious events to prove the relative strength of their sect. Another factor leading to a high turn-out at Shia religious events is the fact such events were banned under Saddam Hussein, and so many attend to express faith in a way they were banned from doing for decades.


2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede, World reaction
Governments and world leaders offered their condolences after the deadly stampede:


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash
The 2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash refers to an aviation accident which occurred on January 26, 2005 when a United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while ferrying U.S. military personnel in the Al-Anbar province of western Iraq, near the town of Ar-Rutbah. All thirty-one troops aboard the helicopter died in the crash which made it the deadliest single incident for U.S. troops during the Iraq War. The accident took place while coalition forces were trying to secure the country ahead of the January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election slated to take place later that month. The cause of the crash was determined to be the pilots becoming disoriented when they flew into a sandstorm


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Background
The CH-53E Super Stallion first entered service in 1981, becoming the largest and heaviest helicopter in the inventory of the United States military. Its three gas turbine engines gave the helicopter a superior amount of thrust capability and allowed it to become the workhorse of the U.S. Marine Corps, its primary operator.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Background
U.S. forces in Iraq were also at the time facing increasing opposition to its previously unchallenged air superiority. Insurgent forces were increasingly targeting coalition aircraft, usually American helicopters which provided ample targets. In November 2003, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down near Fallujah by a shoulder-fired missile, killing 16 American troops. In 2004, a total of 13 U.S. helicopters were brought down by enemy ground fire over Iraq. The increasing prevalence of ground fire led American forces to change their tactics, and helicopters began flying low and predominantly at night to avoid drawing fire.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Background
Another threat to U.S. helicopters in Iraq was sand. The arid desert environment led many U.S. aircraft to become contaminated with large quantities of sand, affecting aircraft performance and overall mechanical well-being as well as posing a threat to pilots who can be blinded during landing operations. At an October 2003 hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Joel Hefley (R-CO), the chairman, said the typical Super Stallion returning from service in Afghanistan and Iraq was found to have 150 pounds of sand spread throughout its interior.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Accident
At 1:20am AST on 26 January 2005 a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter (164536), code named Sampson 22 from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH-361) was ferrying a platoon of U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Division in Al-Anbar province, Iraq near the town of Ar-Rutbah, about seventy miles from the Jordanian border when it encountered a sandstorm.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Accident
Sampson 22's pilots, Captain Paul C. Alaniz, 32, and Captain Lyle L. Gordon, 31, became disoriented in the storm and did not realize the helicopter was banking to the left when it crashed into the ground. Of the four crew and 27 passengers, of which all but one were U.S. Marines, all were killed. General John Abizaid, commander of US troops in Iraq, said the helicopter was on "a routine mission in support of the elections". The helicopter was carrying the troops to secure a polling site in preparation for the January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary elections set to take place four days from the day of the crash.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Aftermath
At 10:00am the same day of the crash, the Marines confirmed the loss of all thirty-one aboard the helicopter. The helicopter crash was the deadliest loss of American troops in a single incident of the entire Iraq War and as a result January 26, 2005 became the deadliest day for U.S. troops during the war since six more American troops were killed throughout the country on that day.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Aftermath
Captain Norman T. Day, the mishap CH-53E's wingman, was relieved of flying duty as a result of the crash and faced the threat of charges of dereliction of duty after it was revealed that he was responsible for providing updated weather information for the flight. A heavily redacted 400 page report cited causes such as spatial disorientation, overconfidence in the use of night-vision goggles, and pilot error in addition to the poor weather conditions.


2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash, Aftermath
In a statement on January 26, President George W. Bush paid condolences to the men killed in the crash in a larger statement about the Iraqi elections stating "The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people," Bush said at the White House. "I understand that. We value life. And we weep and mourn when soldiers lose their life. And—but it is the long-term objective that is vital, and that is to spread freedom. Otherwise, the Middle East will be—will continue to be a cauldron of resentment and hate, a recruiting ground for those who have this vision of the world that is the exact opposite of ours" and "Anytime we lose lives, it is a sad moment."


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's 73rd season in the SEC. The 2005 squad collected a record of 10–2 under coach Mike Shula. The team started off the season at 9–0, notching wins over Florida and Tennessee. The team lost their final two regular season games against LSU and Auburn. The Crimson Tide received a bid to the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas Tech, where they defeated the Red Raiders on a last-second field goal by Jamie Christensen.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The season was also marked by a notable catch by wide receiver Tyrone Prothro, known to Alabama fans as The Catch. Prothro's career ended later that season as he suffered a broken leg against Florida. Prothro's catch would win ESPN's Game Changing Performance for week two, and later the ESPY Award for Best Play in all of sports for 2005.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Following the 2005 season, the NCAA levied sanctions against the Crimson Tide, forcing Alabama to vacate all of their 10 wins.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
Alabama opened the 2005 season by defeating the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 26–7. Alabama scored first on a defensive play. Late in the first quarter, Mark Anderson sacked the Blue Raider quarterback Clint Marks for a safety and a 2–0 Crimson Tide lead. Alabama then scored their first touchdown of the season in the second quarter on a one-yard Tim Castille run to cap a 51-yard drive. The Blue Raiders responded on the next drive with a 14-yard Marks touchdown pass to Nick McAfee to cut the Alabama lead to 9–7 at halftime.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee
The Crimson Tide scored on their opening drive of the third quarter when Brodie Croyle threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Tyrone Prothro. Later in the quarter, Alabama extended their lead to 23–7 after Castille scored his second touchdown from one-yard out in the game. Ryan Saxby then scored the final points of the game in the fourth with his 32-yard field goal to make the final score 26–7. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Blue Raiders to 2–0.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Mississippi
After going down 21–17 at halftime, the Crimson Tide came-from-behind and defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 30–21. Alabama took an early 10–0 lead after Brodie Croyle threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to D. J. Hall and Jamie Christensen connected on a 33-yard field goal. The Golden Eagles then rallied with a pair of first-quarter touchdowns to take a 14–10 lead at the end of the quarter. The first came on a defensive score when Gerald McRath intercepted a Croyle pass and returned it 33-yards and the second on a 12-yard Dustin Almond pass to Anthony Perine. Early in the second quarter Southern Miss extended their lead to 21–10 after Almond threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Perine.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Mississippi
On their final offensive possession of the second quarter, Tyrone Prothro made one of the most memorable receptions in Alabama history. On a fourth-and-twelve, Croyle threw a 42-yard pass that Prothro caught on the back of Golden Eagles cornerback Jasper Faulk. Prothro had to wrap his right arm around Faulk's neck and his left arm under Faulk's right armpit to catch the ball (which appeared on replays to be blocked from his view by Faulk), and then he had to maintain possession of the ball until his knee touched down at the one-yard line. Referred to as simply The Catch, the play won the 2006 Best Play ESPY Award. The Crimson Tide then cut the lead on the following play to 21–17 just before the half after Croyle connected with Le'Ron McClain on a one-yard touchdown reception.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Mississippi
Alabama retook the lead in the third quarter after Tim Castille scored on a two-yard touchdown run, and led 23–21 after a failed Christensen extra point. The final points of the game came early in the fourth quarter on the second two-yard Castille touchdown run of the evening to give the Crimson Tide the 30–21 victory. For his 97 yards in kickoff returns and 34 yards punt returns, Tyrone Prothro was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
In the first road game of the season, Alabama defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks 37–14 for what was then only the third road win all-time for head coach Mike Shula. Brodie Croyle scored first for the Crimson Tide on a 15-yard run to give Alabama a 7–0 lead after their opening drive. South Carolina then tied the game at 7–7 on the ensuing drive with a one-yard Mike Davis touchdown run. Alabama then retook the lead for good on the following possession when Croyle threw a 46-yard touchdown strike to Keith Brown. Jamie Christensen then scored a pair of second-quarter touchdowns from 41 and 29 yards to give the Crimson Tide a 20–7 halftime lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Christensen connected on a 27-yard field goal early in the third to extend the Alabama lead to 23–7. On the following Gamecock possession, a Carlos Thomas fumble was recovered by Alabama's Rudy Griffin at the South Carolina 39-yard line. Three plays later Kenneth Darby scored on a 22-yard touchdown run to give the Crimson Tide a 30–7 lead entering the fourth quarter. With the second-string playing in the fourth, John Parker Wilson threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Brown for the final Alabama points of the afternoon. The final touchdown came on the ensuing South Carolina drive when Blake Mitchell threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Sidney Rice to make the final 37–14 score. For his 145 rushing yards and one touchdown, Kenneth Darby was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
With this 24–13 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks to open divisional play, Alabama secured their first 4–0 start since the 1996 season. After a scoreless first quarter, Arkansas scored first with a 34-yard Chris Balseiro field goal. The Crimson Tide responded with a 43-yard Brodie Croyle touchdown pass to D. J. Hall to give Alabama a 7–3 halftime lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Arkansas quarterback Robert Johnson fumbled the ball on the opening offensive possession of the second half. Simeon Castille caused it with his quarterback sack, and DeMeco Ryans made the recovery at the Razorback 19-yard line. Three plays later Alabama extended their lead to 10–3 after a 36-yard Jamie Christensen field goal. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Tim Castille scored on a one-yard touchdown run to take a 17–3 lead. On the following Arkansas possession, Peyton Hillis made a 12-yard run and then Darren McFadden scored on a 70-yard touchdown run to cut the Alabama lead to 17–10.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
After holding the Crimson Tide to a three-and-out, the Razorbacks' Kyle Dickerson blocked a Jeremy Schatz punt that was recovered by John Aaron Rees at the Alabama eleven-yard line. The Alabama defense was able to get a stop and hold Arkansas to a 27-yard Balseiro field goal. The Crimson Tide scored the final points of the game late in the fourth when Croyle connected again with Hall, and this time it was on a five-yard pass to make the final score 24–13. For his 15 tackle performance, DeMeco Ryans was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week; and for his 275 punting yards that included a 72-yard punt, Jeremy Schatz was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
In what was Urban Meyer's first game as the Florida Gators head coach against Alabama, the Crimson Tide was victorious 31–3. After fumbling the Florida punt after their first offensive series, Tyrone Prothro responded on Alabama's first offensive play of the afternoon by taking a Brodie Croyle slant pass 87-yards for a 7–0 Crimson Tide lead. On the ensuing Florida possession, Chris Harris intercepted a Chris Leak pass and returned it to the Gators' two-yard line. Three plays later, Alabama had a 14–0 lead after a one-yard Tim Castille touchdown run. Jamie Christensen added a 22-yard field goal to give the Crimson Tide a 17–0 lead at the end of the first quarter.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
On the first play of the second quarter, the Alabama defense completed a goal line stand after Mark Anderson and Freddie Roach combine to tackle DeShawn Wynn at the one-yard line on fourth down. Chris Hetland then scored the only Florida points of the game on their next offensive possession with his 37-yard field goal. Following the Hetland field goal, Alabama again scored on a one-play drive when Croyle connected with Keith Brown for a 65-yard touchdown reception to give the Crimson Tide a 24–3 halftime lead. Prothro then scored the final points of the game early in the third quarter with his 15-yard touchdown reception to make the score 31–3.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Although Alabama did go on to win 31–3, the game is also notable as being the last played by Tyrone Prothro. Early in the fourth quarter, he broke both his tibia and fibula after landing awkwardly in a failed attempt to make a touchdown reception on a fourth-and-five play. For his four tackle performance, Mark Anderson was named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week; and for his 283 passing yards and three touchdowns, Brodie Croyle was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
In a game dominated by both defenses Alabama defeated their long-time rival, the Ole Miss Rebels 13–10 in Oxford. After Tim Castille failed to gain a first down on a fourth-and-one on the Rebels' six-yard line, both teams traded turnovers on successive drives. DeMeco Ryans forced a fumble by Taye Biddle that was recovered by Charlie Peprah at the Alabama 16-yard line. On the following Alabama play, Travis Johnson caused D. J. Hall to fumble that was recovered by Garry Pack.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Three plays later Ole Miss took a 7–0 lead after Micheal Spurlock threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Mario Hill. After Jamie Christensen missed a 38-yard field goal early in the second quarter, Ramzee Robinson intercepted a Spurlock pass on the first play of the ensuing possession to set up a 43-yard Christensen field goal to make the score 7–3. The Rebels missed one and had a second field goal attempt blocked later in the quarter to give Ole Miss a 7–3 halftime lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
On their first possession of the second half, Alabama scored their only touchdown of the game on a 48-yard Kenneth Darby touchdown run. The Rebels tied the game up early in the fourth with a 24-yard Robert Bass field goal, but the Crimson Tide won the game with a 31-yard Christensen field goal as time expired to make the final score 13–10.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
In a defensive struggle against long-time rival Tennessee, Alabama extended their overall, season record to 7–0 with this 6–3 victory over the Volunteers. After trading fumbles on two of the three opening possessions, Jamie Christensen missed a 50-yard field goal attempt late in the first quarter for Alabama. Neither team would have another scoring opportunity again until midway through the third quarter. After DeMeco Ryans recovered a fumbled punt by Lucas Taylor at the 50-yard line, Christensen connected on a 33-yard field goal six plays later to give the Crimson Tide a 3–0 lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Tennessee tied the game at 3–3 on their first possession of the fourth quarter with a 32-yard James Wilhoit field goal. On the Volunteers' next possession, Roman Harper forced a Cory Anderson fumble into the endzone that was recovered by Alabama for a touchback to keep the game tied at 3–3. The Crimson Tide responded with a ten-play, 63-yard drive and a 34-yard Christensen field goal to win the game 6–3 with only seconds remaining in the game. For his 11 tackle performance, DeMeco Ryans was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week and the Walter Camp Football Foundation Defensive Player of the Week; and for his two field goals in the victory, Jamie Christensen was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Utah State
In what was the final regular season, non-conference game, Alabama defeated the Utah State Aggies 35–3 on homecoming in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide took a 21–0 halftime lead after a trio of Brodie Croyle touchdown passes. The first came on a nine-yard pass to Ezekial Knight, the second on a one-yard pass to Le'Ron McClain and the third on a 13-yard pass to D. J. Hall. The Aggies scored their only points of the game on their opening drive of the second half when Justin Hamblin connected on a 24-yard field goal. After a Hall fumble resulted in an Aggie touchback on the following Alabama possession, Hamblin missed a 41-yard field goal on the ensuing possession to keep the score 21–3.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The Crimson Tide then scored their fourth touchdown later in the third on a 38-yard Kenneth Darby touchdown run. With the reserves playing in the fourth quarter, Alabama scored their final points when John Parker Wilson connected with Glen Coffee for a nine-yard touchdown reception and a 35–3 Crimson Tide victory.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Against long-time rival Mississippi State, the Alabama defense had its first shutout of the season and the offense did not have a touchdown in their 17–0 victory over the Bulldogs. After a scoreless first, Jamie Christensen scored the first points of the game with his 38-yard field goal to give the Crimson Tide a 3–0 halftime lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
On the opening kickoff of the second half, Jimmy Johns forced the Bulldogs' Derek Pegues to fumble. Matt Miller recovered the fumble and returned it 15-yards for a touchdown and a 10–0 Alabama lead. On the ensuing Mississippi State drive, Michael Henig threw an interception to Rudy Griffin that was returned 17-yards for an Alabama touchdown and a 17–0 victory.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
With College GameDay in town, in what was the first loss of the season for the Crimson Tide, the LSU Tigers defeated Alabama 16–13 in overtime. After Jamie Christensen missed a 46-yard field goal, on the following Alabama offensive possession in the first quarter he connected on a 28-yard field goal to give Alabama a 3–0 lead. The Crimson Tide then scored their only touchdown of the game early in the second quarter when Brodie Croyle threw an eight-yard touchdown strike to D. J. Hall to give Alabama a 10–0 halftime lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
LSU tied the game up at 10–10 in the third quarter. They scored first on a one-yard Justin Vincent touchdown run and then on a 42-yard Chris Jackson field goal. After a pair of missed Jackson field goals in the fourth quarter for LSU, the game went into overtime. Alabama went on offense first and managed to score on a 34-yard Jamie Christensen field goal to take a 13–10 lead. On the Tigers' possession, JaMarcus Russell threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe to give LSU the victory 16–13.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
A week after suffering their first loss of the season, the Auburn Tigers defeated Alabama 28–18 in the 2005 edition of the Iron Bowl to keep the Crimson Tide of consideration for a BCS Bowl game. Auburn took a 21–0 lead in the first quarter. The Tigers scored first on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Cox to Benjamin Obomanu; second on an eight-yard Kenny Irons touchdown run; and third on a 45-yard Obomanu touchdown run.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
After a Prechae Rodriguez fumble was recovered by Charlie Peprah, Alabama scored their first points on the ensuing drive when Tim Castille scored on a one-yard touchdown run to make the score 21–7. Auburn responded later in the second quarter with a five-yard Cox touchdown pass to Cole Bennett to give the Tigers a 28–7 lead at halftime.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The Crimson Tide scored on their first possession of the second half on a 43-yard Jamie Christensen field goal. After Auburn was able to get a defensive stand late in the fourth to ice the game, Alabama did score a late touchdown on a one-yard John Parker Wilson touchdown run. A successful two-point conversion pass from Wilson to D. J. Hall made the final score 28–18. The Tigers' victory marked their fourth straight over the Crimson Tide.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
On December 4 officials from the Cotton Bowl announced their 2006 contest would feature the Crimson Tide competing against the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. In a game that featured the nation's number one passing offense of Texas Tech against the nation's number one scoring defense of Alabama, the Crimson Tide won 13–10. Alabama scored their only touchdown of the game on just their second offensive play when Brodie Croyle threw a 76-yard touchdown pass to Keith Brown for a 7–0 lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
The Red Raiders responded later in the quarter with a 34-yard Alex Trlica field goal to cut the lead to 7–3. A scoreless second quarter saw the only scoring opportunities coming on a trio of failed field goal attempts. Alabama's Jamie Christensen missed a 39-yard field goal and the second blocked by Chris Hudler and recovered by Dwayne Slay. The Red Raiders' Trlica had a 37-yard field goal blocked by Mark Anderson as time expired to give Alabama the 7–3 halftime lead.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Christensen extended the Alabama lead to 10–3 early in the third quarter with his 31-yard field goal. Texas Tech then tied the game up at 10–10 late in the fourth quarter after Cody Hodges threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jarrett Hicks. The Crimson Tide responded on the following drive with Christensen kicking the game-winning field goal from 45-yards out as time expired to give Alabama the 13–10 victory.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Awards
Following the SEC Championship Game, the conference named its award winners. DeMeco Ryans was named by the coaches' as the SEC Defensive Player of the Year. Kenneth Darby, Roman Harper and Ryans were named to the Coaches' All-SEC First Team. Mark Anderson, Tyrone Prothro and Freddie Roach were named to the Coaches' All-SEC Second Team. Antoine Caldwell, B. J. Stabler, Nick Walker and Bobby Greenwood were named to the 2005 Freshman All-SEC Team. In addition to his conference awards, Ryans was also named to the 2005 College Football All-America Team by AFCA and the Associated Press. He also won the Lott Trophy for 2005 season.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NCAA sanctions
In October 2007, the athletic department discovered a potential NCAA-violation present throughout the athletics program. The violations stemmed from athletes from several sports, including football, receiving improper benefits as a result of a failure in the distribution system of textbooks to student athletes from the university. In essence, student athletes received textbooks for classes that they were not taking. Although it was not admitted that any excess textbooks amounted to an improper payment, it was possible that some athletes signed up for classes, received free textbooks, and then sold the textbooks.


2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NCAA sanctions
After a prolonged investigation, in June 2009 the NCAA ruled all athletes that received improper benefits related to the textbook distribution system were deemed ineligible. As such, as part of the penalties imposed on the football program, all victories which those included in the inquiry participated, were officially vacated from the all-time record. The penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected contests or award a victory to the opponent. As such, all ten victories from the 2005 season (Middle Tennessee, Southern Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Utah State, Mississippi State and Texas Tech) were vacated making the official record for the season zero wins and two losses (0–2).


2005 Alabama State Hornets football team
The 2005 Alabama State Hornets football team represented Alabama State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


2005 Alamo Bowl
The 2005 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game held on December 28, 2005 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It was the 13th Alamo Bowl. The Nebraska Cornhuskers, second-place finishers in the Big 12 Conference's North Division, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, third-placed finishers in the Big Ten Conference. This matchup was notable in that it featured the two schools that shared the 1997 national championship. At the time, Michigan and Nebraska were two of only five schools in NCAA Division I history with 800 or more victories.


2005 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
Nebraska started the scoring with a 52-yard touchdown pass from Zac Taylor to wide receiver Terrence Nunn. Michigan tied it at 7–7 on a 13-yard pass from Chad Henne to tight end Tyler Ecker. In the second quarter, Henne hooked up with Mike Massey for a 16-yard touchdown pass, giving Michigan a 14–7 lead. Taylor found wide receiver Nate Swift for a 14-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter, knotting the score at 14–14 going into the half. In the third quarter, kicker Jordan Congdon gave Nebraska a 17–14 lead with a 20-yard field goal. Henne later found wide receiver Mario Manningham for a 21-yard touchdown and Michigan reclaimed the lead, 21–17.


2005 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
Henne led off the scoring in the fourth quarter with a rushing touchdown, extending Michigan's lead to 28–17. Running back Cory Ross then scored on a 31-yard touchdown scamper for Nebraska. Taylor found Todd Peterson for the ensuing two-point conversion, narrowing Michigan's lead to 28–25. With 4:29 left in the game, Taylor and Nunn hooked up again for a 13-yard go-ahead touchdown to give Nebraska a 32–28 lead.


2005 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Final Play
Michigan's last-ditch attempt to win the game came on a seven-lateral scramble somewhat reminiscent of the famous Cal-Stanford band play. Henne completed a pass across the middle of the field to Jason Avant, who caught the ball at midfield and immediately lateraled to Steve Breaston. Breaston threw the ball backwards to Mike Hart, who lateraled back to Avant. Avant then threw the ball across the entire width of the field, where it was caught by Manningham as he was being tackled.


2005 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Final Play
Manningham attempted another backward pass, which hit the ground and bounced two or three times off the hands of two Nebraska defenders, before being picked up by another Michigan player, who lateraled to Tyler Ecker. Because the ball had hit the ground, several members of both teams and the media, believing the play was dead, rushed onto the field while Ecker ran downfield. Nebraska players also gave their coach the Gatorade dunk before the play was over, reminiscent of the Bluegrass Miracle. Ecker dodged several players and coaches and returned the ball approximately 60 yards to the Nebraska 16-yard line, at which point Cornhusker cornerback Zackary Bowman knocked him out of bounds after time had expired ending the game.


2005 Albanian Supercup
Albanian Supercup 2005 is the 12th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the Albanian Cup 2005 winners KS Teuta and the 2004–05 Albanian Superliga champions KF Tirana.


2005 Albanian Supercup
The regular and extra time result ended goalless, therefore the verdict of penalty shoot-outs 5-4 crowned KF Tirana winners of the Supercup for the 5th time, three of these trophies won over the same team, KS Teuta.


2005 Albanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 3 July 2005. The result was a victory for the opposition Democratic Party (PD) and its allies, prominently the Republican Party (PR). Former president Sali Berisha became prime minister as a result of the election. Voter turnout was only 48.0%.


2005 Albanian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 140 members of parliament were elected using the mixed-member proportional representation. Voters elected 100 deputies directly from constituencies and 40 from party lists.


2005 Albanian parliamentary election, Conduct
The proper conduct of the election was seen as crucial in maintaining Albania's eventual EU hopes. For the most part, election day was peaceful, but OSCE monitors said that the poll only partially complied with international standards, citing disorganization, improper procedures and "a few violent incidents." The Central Election Commission (CEC) received over 300 complaints.


2005 Albanian parliamentary election, Conduct
Monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe called the election a “disappointment,” saying it failed to comply with international standards because of “serious irregularities,” intimidation, vote-buying and “violence committed by extremists on both sides.”


2005 Albanian parliamentary election, Results
On 14 July the CEC released final results for 97 constituencies as well as the tentative national proportional results. The clear winners were the Democratic Party and its allies, though with many close constituency races between the PD and the governing Socialist Party of Albania (PSSh). The only party to win both proportional and constituency-level seats was the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) of former prime minister Ilir Meta, as Meta himself won the party's lone constituency mandate. Despite this, the LSI did not fulfill pre-election expectations that it might emerge as a dealmaker in the next parliament.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election
The Alberta Alliance Party, a conservative political party in Alberta, Canada, held its second leadership election on November 18 and 19, 2005, in Red Deer, Alberta. The leadership position was vacated by Alberta Alliance Party founder and leader Randy Thorsteinson in March 2005.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election
Paul Hinman was elected leader on the third ballot, defeating the other candidates, Marilyn Burns, David Crutcher and Ed Klop. Hinman lead the party from this leadership election to the merge with the Wildrose Party of Alberta in 2008.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Election results
The election was held using a preferential ballot. Members indicated their preferences in order on the ballot. After each round of voting, the candidate receiving the fewest votes was removed from the election, and his or her votes allocated to other candidates on the basis of the voters' indicated preferences.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Election results
All members who registered or renewed their memberships before October 6, 2005, were mailed a ballot. Members could mail in their ballots or take them to the leadership convention in Red Deer. Ballots had to be mailed in by November 18, 2005 to be eligible.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms
Four candidates were officially nominated. Candidates needed 100 party member signatures and a $5,000 deposit to run for leader.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms, Marilyn Burns
Campaign slogan: "A Brighter Future, A Better Way"Marilyn Burns: Marilyn Burns is the Alberta Alliance justice critic and candidate for Stony Plain in the 2004 election. Marilyn was the first candidate to get her campaign off the ground. One of her main principles is defending Alberta's provincial rights, under a heavily expanded version of the Alberta Agenda. She is a lawyer, politician and mother of four from Edmonton Alberta. Informal polls have shown her to be fighting for the lead in the race with David Crutcher.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms, David Crutcher
David Crutcher, a member of the Progressive Group for Independent business, backed by Craig Chandler, ran in Calgary-Egmont, and won the largerst percentage of the popular vote of any Alliance candidate in Calgary in the 2004 election.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms, Paul Hinman
Paul Hinman: deputy leader of the Alberta Alliance and the party's only current Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing Cardston-Taber-Warner. Believes that by having its leader in the legislature, the party will get more respect and attention in both the legislature and media. Has been endorsed by Lethbridge Conservative MP Rick Casson and former Little Bow Member of the Legislative Assembly Raymond Speaker.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms, Ed Klop
Campaign slogan: "Building Together"Ed Klop: Ed Klop is 38 years old from Red Deer; he ran for the Alberta Alliance in Lacombe-Ponoka. Ed achieved second place taking 18% of the vote.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms, Ed Klop
Ed Klop has focused his platform around party building. His platform includes building constituency associations and the provincial council committees. Klop wants to increase communication through the various organizations in the party, as well as more communication with the membership at large.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates and platforms, Ed Klop
Ed believes in building a solid base of conservative policies through regional policy development sessions all over the province, as well as working to increase fundraising and party membership.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates leadership debates
During the leadership election, two debates took place. The debate was hosted by the Freedom Radio Network, a radio show that was broadcast on AM 1140 in southern Alberta.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates leadership debates
The entire audio of the debate was broken down into two parts to be rebroadcast later. The debate itself was taped before a live studio audience who purchased tickets beforehand.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates leadership debates
Candidate Ed Klop joined the race after the debate and is not featured.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Candidates leadership debates
The second debate was held on October 18, 2005, in Edmonton. All four candidates participated. The second debate was held by the party and moderated by Eleanor Maroes.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Campaign controversies
The election race's major developments in October 2005 centred on Craig Chandler and David Crutcher, whom many Alberta Alliance members began increasingly attacking for what they viewed as undesirable spin and campaign tactics. These tactics included attacking leadership candidates, former election, some party policies and the provincial council. The Crutcher team believes many on the council, including Eleanor Maroes, the interim leader, are actively campaigning for other candidates against party rules.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Campaign controversies
The first blow to the Craig Chandler campaign came on October 18, 2005 when Travis Chase, a former Alberta Alliance candidate in Calgary Fort issued a public statement removing himself from being associated with Craig Chandler and David Crutcher. He announced his support for Marilyn Burns. The result prompted the Craig Chandler campaign to threaten legal action against Travis Chase. On October 25, 2005 Travis responded by issuing a press release,


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Campaign controversies
On October 25, 2005, former party leader Randy Thorsteinson broke his silence and endorsed Ed Klop, and attacking the Chandler campaign. The Crutcher camp responded with a deamon dialer phone message attempting to dismiss the statements as campaign propaganda. Craig Chandler responded with legal action against Randy Thorsteinson.


2005 Alberta Alliance Party leadership election, Speculated candidates
The following people had been mentioned as possible choices to run for leader:


2005 Albuquerque mayoral election
The Albuquerque mayoral election of 2005 was held on October 4, 2005 to elect the Mayor of Albuquerque. Incumbent Democrat Martin Chavez won reelection, with 41,023 votes (47.2%) to  City Councilor Eric Griego's 22,523 (26%), City Councilor Brad Winter's 21,352 (24.6%), and realtor David Steele's 1,859 (2.1%).


2005 Alexandria riot
The 2005 Alexandria riot was an anti-Christian riot in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. The riot erupted on 21 October when a group of  Muslims staged a demonstration outside St. George's, a Coptic church, to protest a play they said offended Islam which resulted in 3 deaths. The situation got out of hand after some protesters began throwing stones at the building and at police who were present at the scene.


2005 Algarve Cup
The 2005 Algarve Cup is the 12th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place 9–15 March 2005. The USA won the tournament defeating Germany, 1-0, in the final-game. The tournament victory was the fourth for the US, and their third in a row.


2005 Algarve Cup, Format
The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.


2005 Algarve Cup, Format
Since the expansion to 12 teams in 2002, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12.


2005 Algarve Cup, Format
The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.


2005 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.


2005 Algerian Cup Final
The 2005 Algerian Cup Final was the 41st final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 21, 2005, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 16:00. ASO Chlef beat USM Sétif 1–0 to win their first Algerian Cup. The competition winners are awarded a berth in the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum
The 2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum took place in Algeria on 29 September 2005. The referendum was held on a Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation which had been drawn up to try to bring closure to the Algerian Civil War. The official results showed an overwhelming vote in favour on a high turnout.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Background
The Algerian Civil War, which had begun in 1991 after the military cancelled the 1991 National Assembly elections to prevent Islamists from winning, had led to at least 150,000 people dying by 2005. Since the late 1990s violence had been declining and the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika began drawing up plans for an amnesty for both members of the military and Islamists.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Background
The Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation that was produced would offer an amnesty to anyone who had taken part in the civil war unless they had taken part in rapes, mass murders or public bombings. The charter removed any blame to the state for the events of the civil war and prevented any leaders of the Islamist rebels from re-entering politics in Algeria. It also provided for compensation to be given to the families of the dead and those who disappeared during the civil war.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Referendum question
Are you for or against the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation project that the government has proposed?


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Campaign
President Bouteflika personally led the campaign in favour of the charter and for several weeks before the referendum he travelled across Algeria to campaign for a yes vote. The government said that there was no alternative to the charter and used the slogan "From concord to national reconciliation. For Algeria". Public enthusiasm for the charter was not much evident during the campaign but there was support as people saw the referendum as a chance to bring the long conflict to a conclusion.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Campaign
Opponents, including some opposition parties, said that the charter would prevent people from obtaining justice as it would not hold those who committed crimes accountable for them. There was a call for a boycott and opponents described it as just giving more legitimacy to the government and president. However no opposition groups were allowed to get their point of view on national television or radio stations during the campaign.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Campaign
On the day of the referendum there was violence in the eastern regions of Algeria and particularly Kabylie province where turnout was much lower than in the rest of the country. Turnout varied widely with Tizi Ouzou Province seeing a turnout of only a little over 11%, while in Khenchela official figures showed a 99.95% turnout.


2005 Algerian national reconciliation referendum, Results
The government described the official results as having given "real backing for the president's project". However critics, such as human rights groups, said that the official turnout figures were completely overstated, with polling stations in and around Algiers seeing little evidence of a large turnout.


2005 All England Open Badminton Championships
The 2005 Yonex All England Open was the 95th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was a four star tournament held in Birmingham, England, from 8 to 13 March 2005.


2005 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2005 All Thailand Golf Tour is the seventh season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.


2005 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2005 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2005 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2005 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 3 September 2005.


2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. Wexford won the title after defeating Galway by 1–15 to 0–16 in the final.


2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 74th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Down in the Ulster quarter-final.


2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 25 September 2005, Down won the championship following a 1-15 to 0-8 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in six championship seasons.


2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
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2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 31 March 2005 and ended on 11 September 2005.


2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 11 September 2005, Galway won the championship following a 3-12 to 0-17 defeat of Limerick in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in succession.


2005 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Limerick's Eoin Ryan was the championship's top scorer with 4-40.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2005 season in the sport of camogie. The championship was won for the 21st time by Cork who defeated Tipperary by a four-point margin in the final and became part of the legendary “rebel treble” of 2005 when Cork won the senior hurling, camogie and ladies’ football titles. The attendance was 14,350.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, New sponsors
The championship was the first to take place under the sponsorship of Gala, who replaced Foras na Gaeilge as headline sponsors.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group Stages
Two goals in three second-half minutes saw Wexford through to the semi-final on August 20 when they beat Galway in Ballinasloe. The first goal came with seven minutes left from Ursula Jacob and they added two more through Kate Kelly and Una Leacy.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Cork defeated Limerick by 27 points in the most one-sided semi-final for thirty years. Tipperary defeated Wexford by eight points to qualify for their seventh consecutive All-Ireland final.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
For a time it appeared that a lucky Tipperary goal three minutes before half-time seemed to have established the destiny of the final. Claire Grogan's speculative lob bounced in front of All Star goalkeeper Aoife Murray who took her eye off it momentarily to allow it through her legs, a huge set-back after Cork had battled back from a four-point deficit to trail by just a point.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Tipperary looked destined to retain their title throughout the second half until Cork produced five late points, Cork manager John Cronin having switched the 18-year-old Briege Corkery and Gemma O'Connor to midfield in the second half to roll back the dominance of Philly Fogarty.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Leg 2 of the Rebel Treble
After the match Cork captain Elaine Burke memorably announced: "Rebels abú arís" reflecting the euphoria surrounding Cork’s recapture of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship from Galway a week earlier. Rena Buckley, Briege Corkery and substitute Angela Walsh were to feature in Cork’s victory in the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship a fortnight later, after which Cork captain Juliet Murphy coined the phrase ‘rebel treble.” Five players featured on both camogie and ladies football panels.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Tipp led 1-10 to 0-8 at half-time, but Cork persistence, as well as an Una O'Dwyer own goal, gave them victory in the end.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2005 to determine the winners of the 2004–05 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 35th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by James Stephens of Kilkenny and Athenry of Galway, with James Stephens winning by 0-19 to 0-14.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between James Stephens and Athenry. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Athenry were hoping to make history by winning a record-equaling fourth All-Ireland title.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
A tight first half saw James Stephens' Peter Barry turn in a big performance in the half-back line alongside Philly Larkin and Jackie Tyrrell to keep the Athenry forwards in check. The sides were level eight times in that 30 minute period with Eoin Larkin accounting for 0-7 of James Stephens' tally. Athenry captain Eugene Cloonan was their chief scorer with 0-4 from placed balls to keep the Galway outfit in with a good shout as they trailed by 0-10 to 0-9 at the interval.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Joe Murphy scored immediately after the restart for Stephens to open up a two-point margin for the first time in the game at 0-11 to 0-9. It was a visible turning point and they quickly pulled further away with points from Eoin McCormack, Richie Hayes and David McCormack to lead 0-14 to 0-10. Cloonan responded with a couple of points for Athenry. James Stephens had a 0-16 to 0-12 lead coming into the final stage, and three unanswered points from Eoin McCormack ultimately eased the Leinster champions to All-Ireland glory.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
James Stephens' All-Ireland victory was their first since 1982. The win gave them their third All-Ireland title over all and put them joint second on the all-time roll of honour along with Athenry, Blackrock and Ballyhale Shamrocks.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Athenry were appearing in their first All-Ireland final since they triumphed in 2001. It was their second All-Ireland defeat from five final appearances.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2005, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2005 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the premier Gaelic football competition in 2005. It consisted of 33 teams and began on Saturday 7 May 2005. Few surprises came during the championship with the dominance of the Ulster teams evident once again. Gaelic football's "Big Three" of this era - Armagh, Kerry, Tyrone - all progressed to the semi-finals.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The Championship concluded on Sunday 25 September 2005 when Tyrone defeated Kerry, who were playing in their second consecutive All-Ireland Final, by a scoreline of 1-16 to 2-10. Tyrone had to play ten games (including three replays) in order to win the Championship - more than any other team before or since.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
Since the introduction of the so-called "back-door" system a few years ago, a number of changes have taken place in the championship format. In 2005 the following system was used.


2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
The provincial championships in Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht ran as usual on a "knock-out" basis. These provincial games were then followed by the "Qualifier" system: