2005 Volleyball America's Cup

The 2005 Copa América of Volleyball was the fifth edition of the Men's Volleyball Tournament, the America Cup of Volleyball, and it was played between August 3 and August 7 in the town of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. All matches were played in the Celso Morbach Gimnasium, in São Leopoldo.

The competition is not one of the main events in the FIVB international calendar, but it is perceived by the participating countries as an important test for their national teams. Those with a younger group were using the event to provide international experience to their players.

The format adopted was very simple. Six teams, divided in two groups of three, played for the berths in the Semifinals. That being the case, only the last team of each group failed to qualify, the remaining four advancing to the Semifinals in the following system: winner of Group A versus second place of Group B and winner of Group B versus second place of Group A. The winners of the Semifinal matches would play for the title, whereas the losers played for the third place. If two or more teams were to have the same number of victories in the first round, the team with more sets won would take precedence, if the tie persisted, then the set average (sets won minus sets lost) would decide the final standing.

Contents

Squads

 Argentina

# Name Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
3 Gustavo Porporatto 07.05.1981 199 91 353 323
7 Ignacio Bernasconi 19.09.1985 195 80 330 310
8 Hernan Ferraro 13.05.1968 170 74 300 300
10 Alejandro Spajic 07.05.1976 204 95 360 340
12 Alexis González 21.07.1981 182 70 321 300
13 Santiago Darraidou 24.11.1980 194 95 345 335
14 Javier Filardi 07.02.1980 191 90 345 315
15 Leonardo Patti 06.07.1978 188 88 340 320
18 Gaston Giani 26.04.1979 194 86 345 330

 Brazil

# Name Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
2 Marcelinho 09.11.1974 183 78 321 308
4 André Heller 17.12.1975 199 93 339 321
7 Gilberto Godoy Filho 23.12.1976 192 85 325 312
8 Murilo Endres 03.05.1981 190 76 343 319
9 André Nascimento 04.03.1979 195 95 340 320
10 Sérgio Dutra Santos 15.10.1975 184 78 325 310
11 Anderson Rodrigues 21.05.1974 190 95 330 321
12 Samuel Fuchs 04.03.1984 200 89 342 316
13 Gustavo Endres 23.08.1975 203 98 337 325
14 Rodrigo Santana 17.04.1979 205 85 350 328
17 Ricardo Garcia 19.11.1975 191 89 337 320
18 Dante Amaral 30.09.1980 201 86 345 327

 Canada

# Name Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
3 Michael Munday 14.10.1990 193 84 345 325
4 Pascal Cardinal 24.05.1979 198 93 354 322
5 Lucas Snider 06.08.1977 183 93 334 319
7 Dallas Soonias 25.04.1984 200 91 356 323
8 Scott Koskie 14.12.1971 190 85 330 312
9 Paul Duerden 22.10.1974 195 96 358 320
10 Brett Youngberg 15.09.1979 204 97 357 333
12 Chris Wolfenden 22.06.1977 194 88 298 282
11 Steve Brinkman 12.01.1978 202 92 352 320
14 Murray Grapentine 24.08.1977 202 98 359 327
15 Fred Winters 25.09.1982 198 85 359 327

 Cuba

# Name Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
1 Raidel Poey 20.02.1982 198 82 360 340
2 Tomás Aldazabal 30.05.1976 193 83 360 340
5 Osmany Juantorena 12.08.1985 190 78 350 330
7 Osmany Camejo 18.02.1983 202 90 350 330
8 Pavel Pimienta 03.08.1976 204 96 365 340
12 Henry Bell Cisnero 27.07.1983 188 84 358 328
13 Robertlandy Simón 11.06.1987 206 91 358 326
14 Raydel Corrales 15.02.1982 201 94 355 325
15 Oriol Camejo 22.07.1986 207 94 354 326
16 Sirianis Méndez 14.03.1983 193 81 350 320
17 Odelvis Dominico 06.05.1977 205 87 360 356
18 Yoandri Díaz 04.01.1985 196 89 358 328

 United States

# Name Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
1 David Lee 08.03.1982 203 105 350 325
2 Kyle Robinson
3 James Polster 08.02.1979 198 100 352 333
5 Richard Lambourne 06.05.1975 190 90 324 312
6 Phillip Eatherton 02.01.1974 206 101 356 335
7 Donald Suxho
9 Chris Seiffert
10 Riley Salmon 02.07.1976 197 89 345 331
11 Pieter Olree
12 Thomas Hoff 09.06.1973 198 94 353 333
15 Curt Toppel
16 David McKienzie 05.07.1979 193 95 358 340

 Venezuela

# Name Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
2 Deivi Yustiz 15.06.1985 198 76 354 345
3 Andy Rojas 02.10.1977 197 95 315 318
4 Gustavo Valderrama 31.07.1977 192 80 323 323
5 Rodman Valera 20.04.1982 188 82 337 332
6 Carlos Luna 25.01.1981 194 85 339 331
7 Luis Díaz 20.08.1983 204 92 349 342
8 Andrés Manzanillo 01.08.1977 197 80 334 334
11 Ernardo Gómez 30.07.1982 195 90 355 350
12 Carlos Tejeda 29.07.1980 198 90 340 315
13 Iván Márquez 04.10.1981 205 85 339 333
17 Juan Carlos Blanco 27.07.1981 195 83 341 336
18 Fredy Cedeño 10.09.1981 205 95 353 348

First round

All times are in the Brazilian official time, which is three hours behind UTC (UTC-3 / GMT-3).

Group A

Team M W L SW SL SA
 Brazil 2 2 0 6 0 6
 Argentina 2 1 1 3 4 -1
 Venezuela 2 0 2 1 6 -5
August 3, 20:30
Brazil  3 - 0  Argentina
25 /21 25 /23 25 /19
August 4, 20:30
Brazil  3 - 0  Venezuela
25 /21 31 /29 25 /19
August 5, 18:30
Argentina  3 - 1  Venezuela
25 /23 20 /25 25 /22 25 /23

Group B

Team M W L SW SL SA
 United States 2 1 1 5 3 2
 Cuba 2 1 1 3 3 0
 Canada 2 1 1 3 5 -2
August 3, 18:30
Canada  3 - 2  United States
24/26 25 /17 25 /22 22/25 15 /13
August 4, 18:30
United States  3 - 0  Cuba
25 /17 27 /25 27 /25
August 5, 20:30
Cuba  3 - 0  Canada
25 /23 25 /17 25 /22

Final round

Semi finals

Brazil  3 – 0  Cuba 14:00
Match time: 1h08
25 /20 25 /21 25 /11
　
United States  3 – 2  Argentina 16:00
25 /22 21 /25 25 /22 23 /25 15 /10

Third place match

Cuba  3 – 0  Argentina 12:30
Match time: 1h07
28 /26 25 /20 25 /17

Final

United States  3 – 2  Brazil 10:00
Match time: 1h57
26 /24 26 /24 21 /25 20 /25 15 /11

Final ranking

  1.  United States
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Cuba
  4.  Argentina
  5.  Canada
  6.  Venezuela
 2005 Men's America's Cup Winners 

United States
First title

Awards

References

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