2005 FIVB Volleyball World League

2005 World League
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Tournament details
Host nation	Serbia and Montenegro (Final)
Dates	27 May–10 July
Teams	12
Venues	(in host cities)
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
MVP	Ivan Miljković
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The 2005 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 16th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 27 May to 10 July 2005. The Final Round was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	23	11	1	1,031	892	1.156	33	9	3.667
2	Portugal	18	6	6	935	910	1.027	21	19	1.105
3	Venezuela	17	5	7	935	966	0.968	19	22	0.864
4	Japan	14	2	10	885	1,018	0.869	9	32	0.281

===Results (Pool A)===^[1]

Game	Date	Host	Visit	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Result (sets)	Result (Pts)
6	May 28, 2005	Portugal	Japan	25-22	27-25	25-22	NA	NA	3 - 0	77 - 69
7	May 28, 2005	Venezuela	Brazil	19-25	34-32	22-25	35-37	NA	1 - 3	110 - 119
9	May 29, 2005	Venezuela	Brazil	25-23	21-25	10-25	25-20	13-15	2 - 3	94 - 108
10	May 29, 2005	Portugal	Japan	22-25	25-19	25-21	25-20	NA	3 - 1	97 - 85
18	June4, 2005	Portugal	Brazil	16-25	22-25	23-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	61 - 75
19	June4, 2005	Venezuela	Japan	22-25	28-26	25-21	25-21	NA	3 - 1	100 - 93
21	June5, 2005	Venezuela	Japan	31-29	25-22	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	81 - 72
22	June5, 2005	Portugal	Brazil	25-22	25-20	25-23	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 65
27	June11, 2005	Japan	Brazil	24-26	20-25	21-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	65 - 76
28	June11, 2005	Portugal	Venezuela	25-18	25-21	25-14	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 53
31	June12, 2005	Japan	Brazil	17-25	19-25	29-27	18-25	NA	1 - 3	83 - 102
32	June12, 2005	Portugal	Venezuela	25-23	25-23	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 67
40	June18, 2005	Brazil	Portugal	26-24	25-23	20-25	25-18	NA	3 - 1	96 - 90
41	June18, 2005	Japan	Venezuela	22-25	18-25	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	60 - 75
45	June19, 2005	Brazil	Portugal	25-21	25-20	25-23	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 64
46	June19, 2005	Japan	Venezuela	21-25	21-25	21-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	63 - 75
53	June25, 2005	Brazil	Japan	25-16	25-14	25-18	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 48
55	June24, 2005	Venezuela	Portugal	20-25	20-25	22-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	62 - 75
57	June26, 2005	Brazil	Japan	25-20	25-16	25-23	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 59
58	June26, 2005	Venezuela	Portugal	25-20	25-22	25-19	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 61
65	July2, 2005	Brazil	Venezuela	25-16	25-20	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 57
66	July2, 2005	Japan	Portugal	18-25	20-25	27-25	26-24	16-14	3 - 2	107 - 113
69	July3, 2005	Brazil	Venezuela	25-22	15-25	25-22	25-17	NA	3 - 1	90 - 86
70	July3, 2005	Japan	Portugal	25-21	25-22	31-29	NA	NA	3 - 0	81 - 72

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Cuba	20	8	4	1,071	1,028	1.042	29	17	1.706
2	Bulgaria	18	6	6	1,112	1,067	1.042	27	22	1.227
3	Italy	18	6	6	1,055	1,073	0.983	22	26	0.846
4	France	16	4	8	1,005	1,075	0.935	17	30	0.567

===Results (Pool B)===^[2]

Game	Date	Host	Visit	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Result (sets)	Result (Pts)
1	May 27, 2005	Bulgaria	Cuba	24-26	25-16	20-25	19-25	NA	1 - 3	88 - 92
3	May 27, 2005	Italy	France	24-26	17-25	22-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	63 - 76
11	May 29, 2005	Italy	France	25-18	25-18	25-13	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 49
12	May 29, 2005	Bulgaria	Cuba	20-25	24-26	23-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	67 - 76
13	June 3, 2005	France	Bulgaria	25-20	18-25	25-21	21-25	15-13	3 - 2	104 - 104
15	June 3, 2005	Italy	Cuba	26-24	18-25	20-25	22-25	NA	1 - 3	86 - 99
20	June 4, 2005	France	Bulgaria	24-26	19-25	15-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	58 - 76
24	June 5, 2005	Italy	Cuba	25-18	25-20	19-25	25-16	NA	3 - 1	94 - 79
25	June 10, 2005	Italy	Bulgaria	25-18	29-31	10-25	25-20	13-15	3 - 2	137 - 115
30	June 11, 2005	France	Cuba	24-26	23-25	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	67 - 76
33	June 12, 2005	France	Cuba	25-19	18-25	20-25	25-21	15-07	3 - 2	103 - 97
35	June 12, 2005	Italy	Bulgaria	25-19	24-26	15-25	25-19	17-15	3 - 2	106 - 104
37	June 17, 2005	France	Italy	25-19	25-18	24-26	17-25	13-15	2 - 3	104 - 103
38	June 17, 2005	Cuba	Bulgaria	22-25	25-19	20-25	22-25	NA	1 - 3	89 - 94
42	June 18, 2005	France	Italy	25-21	21-25	22-25	26-24	13-15	2 - 3	107 - 110
44	June 18, 2005	Cuba	Bulgaria	27-25	21-25	23-25	25-21	15-9	3 - 2	111 - 87
49	June 24, 2005	Bulgaria	France	25-19	25-21	29-27	NA	NA	3 - 0	79 - 67
51	June 24, 2005	Cuba	Italy	25-21	25-19	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 61
56	June 25, 2005	Cuba	Italy	20-25	25-23	27-29	19-25	NA	1 - 3	91 - 102
59	June 26, 2005	Bulgaria	France	25-21	22-25	25-23	23-25	11-15	2 - 3	106 - 109
61	July 1, 2005	Bulgaria	Italy	30-32	25-17	25-23	25-21	NA	3 - 1	105 - 93
63	July 1, 2005	Cuba	France	33-31	33-31	25-12	NA	NA	3 - 0	107 - 95
68	July 2, 2005	Cuba	France	20-25	25-22	25-19	25-21	NA	3 - 1	95 - 87
72	July3 , 2005	Bulgaria	Italy	25-21	25-20	25-19	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 60

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Poland	21	9	3	1,151	1,114	1.033	32	19	1.684
2	Serbia and Montenegro	19	7	5	1,124	1,126	0.998	26	23	1.130
3	Greece	17	5	7	1,034	1,004	1.030	22	24	0.917
4	Argentina	15	3	9	1,100	1,165	0.944	18	32	0.563

===Results (Pool C)===^[3]

Game	Date	Host	Visit	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Result (sets)	Result (Pts)
2	May 27, 2005	Poland	Argentina	25-20	23-25	25-23	25-23	NA	3 - 1	98 - 91
4	May 27, 2005	Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	26-24	25-18	25-21	NA	NA	3 - 0	76 - 63
5	May 28, 2005	Poland	Argentina	19-25	25-22	25-21	25-22	NA	3 - 1	94 - 90
8	May 28, 2005	Greece	Serbia and Montenegro	23-25	25-22	25-16	25-19	NA	3 - 1	98 - 82
14	June3, 2005	Poland	Greece	17-25	25-23	19-25	25-20	15-13	3 - 2	101 - 106
16	June3, 2005	Argentina	Serbia and Montenegro	23-25	20-25	25-19	24-26	NA	1 - 3	92 - 95
17	June4, 2005	Poland	Greece	26-24	25-17	27-25	NA	NA	3 - 0	78 - 66
23	June5, 2005	Argentina	Serbia and Montenegro	20-25	25-23	17-25	25-14	15-11	3 - 2	102 - 98
26	June10, 2005	Argentina	Greece	21-25	19-25	25-19	14-25	NA	1 - 3	79 - 94
29	June11, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Poland	30-28	16-25	25-23	22-25	21-19	3 - 2	114 - 120
34	June12, 2005	Argentina	Greece	17-25	23-25	25-23	30-28	15-13	3 - 2	110 - 114
36	June12, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Poland	19-25	22-25	25-22	24-26	NA	1 - 3	90 - 98
39	June17, 2005	Greece	Poland	25-19	21-25	18-25	25-18	13-15	2 - 3	102 - 102
43	June18, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Argentina	22-25	25-18	25-17	25-21	NA	3 - 1	97 - 81
47	June19, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Argentina	25-21	32-30	27-29	17-25	34-32	3 - 2	135 - 137
48	June19, 2005	Greece	Poland	25-18	17-25	26-24	25-16	NA	3 - 1	93 - 83
50	June24, 2005	Poland	Serbia and Montenegro	20-25	25-17	25-23	25-20	NA	3 - 1	95 - 85
52	June24, 2005	Greece	Argentina	25-20	25-20	25-22	NA	NA	3 - 0	75 - 62
54	June25, 2005	Poland	Serbia and Montenegro	25-23	25-23	20-25	21-25	10-15	2 - 3	101 - 111
60	June26, 2005	Greece	Argentina	25-15	22-25	17-25	20-25	NA	1 - 3	84 - 90
62	July1, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Greece	27-25	25-22	25-17	NA	NA	3 - 0	77 - 64
64	July1, 2005	Argentina	Poland	21-25	19-25	20-25	NA	NA	0 - 3	60 - 75
67	July2, 2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Greece	25-15	25-22	27-25	NA	NA	3 - 0	77 - 62
71	July3, 2005	Argentina	Poland	23-25	23-25	25-21	25-20	10-15	2 - 3	106 - 106

Final round

• Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

First final round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Jul	17:07	Cuba	2–3	Poland	25–23	24–26	16–25	25–22	13–15	103–111	P2
08 Jul	20:07	Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–23	24–26	21–25		91–99	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	9 July
	Cuba	1
	Brazil	3
					10 July
					Brazil	3
					Serbia and Montenegro	1
					3rd place match
	9 July			10 July
	Poland	2		Cuba	3
	Serbia and Montenegro	3			Poland	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Jul	17:07	Cuba	1–3	Brazil	18–25	19–25	25–22	23–25		85–97	P2
09 Jul	20:07	Poland	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro	26–24	25–19	23–25	20–25	8–15	102–108	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	16:07	Cuba	3–2	Poland	25–23	22–25	24–26	25–18	15–13	111–105	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	19:07	Brazil	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	14–25	25–14	25–19	25–16		89–74	P2

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Brazil 02 !  Serbia and Montenegro 03 !  Cuba 4  Poland 5  Bulgaria  Portugal 7  Greece  Italy  Venezuela 10  Argentina  France  Japan

2005 World League Champions  Brazil 5th title 12–man Roster for Final Round Marcelinho, André Heller, Giba, Murilo, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Samuel, Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ricardo, Dante Head Coach Bernardinho

Awards

• Best Scorer (Most Valuable Player)

Ivan Miljković

• Best Spiker

Henry Bell

• Best Blocker

Dante Amaral

• Best Server

Ivan Miljković

• Best Libero

Marko Samardžić

References

1. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2005/Results/resultsA.asp?sm=14
2. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2005/Results/resultsB.asp?sm=15
3. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2005/Results/resultsC.asp?sm=16

External links

• Official website