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.

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

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

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

Finals

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 Rodriguez (ESP)

• Best Blocker:  Luigi Mastrangelo (ITA)

• Best Receiver:  Pavel Abramov (RUS)

References

• CEV Results