2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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.

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)

• Croatia
• Italy
• Poland
• Portugal
• Russia
• Ukraine

Group B – Belgrade (Belgrade Arena)

• France
• Greece
• Netherlands
• Czech Republic
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Spain

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	10	5	5	0	485	444	1.092	15	5	3.000
2.	Italy	9	5	4	1	453	370	1.224	13	4	3.250
3.	Poland	8	5	3	2	413	387	1.067	10	7	1.429
4.	Croatia	7	5	2	3	427	442	0.966	9	9	1.000
5.	Portugal	6	5	1	4	409	458	0.893	6	14	0.429
6.	Ukraine	5	5	0	5	380	426	0.892	3	15	0.200

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

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Serbia and Montenegro	10	5	5	0	432	358	1.207	15	3	5.000
2.	Spain	8	5	3	2	458	469	0.997	11	10	1.100
3.	Greece	8	5	3	2	472	482	0.979	10	11	0.909
4.	France	7	5	2	3	491	488	1.006	12	10	1.200
5.	Czech Republic	7	5	2	3	425	431	0.986	8	11	0.727
6.	Netherlands	5	5	0	5	391	441	0.887	4	15	0.267

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

	Semi Finals				Final
	2005-09-10 – Rome
	Russia	3
	Spain	2
					2005-09-11 – Rome
					Italy	3
					Russia	2
					3rd place
	2005-09-10 – Rome			2005-09-11 – Rome
	Italy	3		Spain	0
	Serbia and Montenegro	2			Serbia and Montenegro	3

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

Finals

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

	Italy
	Russia
	Serbia and Montenegro
4	Spain
5	Poland
6	Greece
7	France
8	Croatia
9	Czech Republic
10	Portugal
11	Netherlands
12	Ukraine

2005 Men's European Champions
Italy Sixth title

Team Roster Matej Černič, Alberto Cisolla, Mirko Corsano, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Michal Lasko, Luigi Mastrangelo, Alessandro Paparoni, Cristian Savani, Giacomo Sintini, Luca Tencati, and Valerio Vermiglio.
Head Coach: Gian Paolo Montali.

Individual awards

• MVP: Alberto Cisolla (ITA)

• Best Server: Ivan Miljković (SCG)

• Best Libero: Mirko Corsano (ITA)

• Best Setter: Nikola Grbić (SCG)

• Best Spiker: Israel Rodríguez (ESP)

• Best Blocker: Luigi Mastrangelo (ITA)

• Best Receiver: Pavel Abramov (RUS)

References

• CEV Results