2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
 Serbia and Montenegro
DatesSeptember 2–11
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Italy (6th title)
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Alberto Cisolla
Official website
Official Website

The 24th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental volleyball competition hosted by two nations – Serbia and Montenegro and Italy, namely in their respective capitals, Belgrade and Rome. Championship took place from September 2 to September 11, 2005.

Qualification

Teams

Preliminary competitions consisted of two groups with six teams each, based in Rome and Belgrade, with first two teams from each groups progressing to semi-finals.

Group A – Rome (PalaLottomatica)
Group B – Belgrade (Belgrade Arena)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Russia 5 5 0 10 15 5 3.000 485 444 1.092 Semifinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 9 13 4 3.250 453 370 1.224
3  Poland 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 413 387 1.067
4  Croatia 5 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 427 442 0.966
5  Portugal 5 1 4 6 6 14 0.429 409 458 0.893
6  Ukraine 5 0 5 5 3 15 0.200 380 426 0.892
Source:
September 3, 2005
Poland 3-0 Croatia PalaLottomatica 15:30
Italy 3-0 Portugal PalaLottomatica 18:00
Ukraine 0-3 Russia PalaLottomatica 21:00
September 4, 2005
Portugal 2-3 Croatia PalaLottomatica 15:30
Italy 3-0 Ukraine PalaLottomatica 18:00
Poland 1-3 Russia PalaLottomatica 21:00
September 5, 2005
Ukraine 2-3 Portugal PalaLottomatica 15:30
Italy 3-0 Poland PalaLottomatica 18:00
Croatia 2-3 Russia PalaLottomatica 21:00
September 7, 2005
Poland 3-1 Ukraine PalaLottomatica 15:30
Russia 3-1 Portugal PalaLottomatica 18:00
Italy 3-1 Croatia PalaLottomatica 21:00
September 8, 2005
Poland 3-0 Portugal PalaLottomatica 15:30
Croatia 3-0 Ukraine PalaLottomatica 18:00
Italy 1-3 Russia PalaLottomatica 21:00

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Serbia and Montenegro 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 432 358 1.207 Semifinals
2  Spain 5 3 2 8 11 10 1.100 458 469 0.977
3  Greece 5 3 2 8 10 11 0.909 472 482 0.979
4  France 5 2 3 7 12 10 1.200 491 488 1.006
5  Czech Republic 5 2 3 7 8 11 0.727 425 431 0.986
6  Netherlands 5 0 5 5 4 15 0.267 391 441 0.887
Source:
September 2, 2005
Greece 3-2 Netherlands Belgrade Arena 15:30
France 3-0 Czech Republic Belgrade Arena 18:00
Spain 0-3 Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade Arena 21:00
September 3, 2005
Netherlands 1-3 France Belgrade Arena 15:30
Spain 3-1 Greece Belgrade Arena 18:00
Czech Republic 1-3 Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade Arena 21:00
September 4, 2005
France 2-3 Spain Belgrade Arena 15:30
Czech Republic 3-0 Netherlands Belgrade Arena 18:00
Greece 0-3 Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade Arena 21:00
September 6, 2005
Spain 2-3 Czech Republic Belgrade Arena 15:30
Serbia and Montenegro 3-0 Netherlands Belgrade Arena 18:00
France 2-3 Greece Belgrade Arena 21:00
September 7, 2005
Netherlands 1-3 Spain Belgrade Arena 15:30
Czech Republic 1-3 Greece Belgrade Arena 18:00
France 2-3 Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade Arena 21:00

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
10 September
 
 
 Russia3
 
11 September
 
 Spain2
 
 Italy3
 
10 September
 
 Russia2
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro2
 
3rd place
 
 
11 September
 
 
 Spain0
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro3

Semifinals

September 10, 2005
Russia 3-2 Spain PalaLottomatica 18:00
Italy 3-2 Serbia and Montenegro PalaLottomatica 21:00

Final

September 11, 2005
3°/4° place
Serbia and Montenegro 3-0 Spain PalaLottomatica 18:00
1°/2° place
Italy 3-2 Russia PalaLottomatica 21:00

Final ranking

Individual awards

References

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