2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagano and Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 27 November 2005.

2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22–27 November
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	André Nascimento
Official website
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Qualification

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Hosts
Egypt	2005 African Champions
Italy	2005 European Champions
United States	2005 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2005 South American Champions
China	Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Main article: 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

•   Nagano White Ring, Nagano, Japan
•   Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Results

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	6	2.500	505	443	1.140
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	414	356	1.163
3	Italy	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	399	358	1.115
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	8	13	0.615	463	469	0.987
5	Egypt	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	368	433	0.850
6	China	5	0	5	5	6	15	0.400	405	495	0.818

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Nagano round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	12:00	United States	1–3	Brazil	27–25	22–25	19–25	24–26		92–101	P2
22 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	China	25–15	25–15	25–17			75–47	P2
22 Nov	18:00	Egypt	2–3	Japan	16–25	25–23	25–14	23–25	5–15	94–102	P2
23 Nov	12:00	China	2–3	Brazil	25–23	28–26	11–25	18–25	10–15	92–114	P2
23 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–18	25–19			75–57	P2
23 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	United States	22–25	25–22	21–25	23–25		91–97	P2

Tokyo round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:00	Egypt	3–2	China	25–23	21–25	21–25	25–21	15–12	107–106	P2
25 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–20	25–18			75–61	P2
25 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–1	Japan	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–18		98–84	P2
26 Nov	12:00	Egypt	0–3	United States	12–25	21–25	15–25			48–75	P2
26 Nov	15:00	Italy	2–3	Brazil	30–32	20–25	25–23	25–22	13–15	113–117	P2
26 Nov	18:00	China	2–3	Japan	14–25	26–24	20–25	37–35	8–15	105–124	P2
27 Nov	12:00	United States	3–0	China	25–16	25–21	25–18			75–55	P2
27 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–20	25–21			75–62	P2
27 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Italy	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	P2

Final standing

Rank Team     Brazil     United States     Italy 4   Japan 5   Egypt 6   China

2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions    Brazil Second title Team Roster Marcelinho, André Heller, Giba, Murilo, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Samuel, Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ezinho, Ricardo Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP:   André Nascimento
• Best scorer:   André Nascimento
• Best spiker:   Alessandro Fei
• Best blocker:   Ryan Millar
• Best server:   Abdalsalam Abdallah
• Best setter:   Ricardo Garcia
• Best libero:   Mirko Corsano

External links

• Official website