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.

Contents

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

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 3-2 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

Semi-finals

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

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

References