2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Pula and Zagreb, Croatia from 17 to 25 September 2005.

2005 Women’s European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Croatia
Dates	17 – 25 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Dorota Świeniewicz
Official website
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Participating teams

Main article: 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification

Team	Method of qualification
Azerbaijan	Qualification Category A group 2 second
Bulgaria	Qualification Category A group 3 second
Croatia	Hosts
Germany	2003 edition third place
Italy	Qualification Category A group 2 winners
Netherlands	2003 edition fourth place
Poland	2003 edition first place
Romania	Qualification Category A group 1 second
Russia	Qualification Category A best third
Serbia and Montenegro	Qualification Category A group 3 winners
Spain	Qualification Category A group 1 winners
Turkey	2003 edition second place

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Azerbaijan	Bulgaria
Croatia	Italy
Germany	Netherlands
Poland	Russia
Romania	Spain
Serbia and Montenegro	Turkey

Squads

Further information: 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the final round.

Pools A and Final round	Pool B	Zagreb   Pula class=notpageimage| Host cities of the tournament
Zagreb	Pula
Dom Sportova	Sport Centre
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 2,400

Preliminary round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

• venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	5	0	10	15	4	3.750	456	391	1.166	1st–4th semifinals
2	Azerbaijan	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	413	371	1.113
3	Croatia	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	401	419	0.957	5th–8th semifinals
4	Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	7	9	12	0.750	456	454	1.004
5	Romania	5	1	4	6	7	13	0.538	405	469	0.864
6	Germany	5	1	4	6	6	13	0.462	407	434	0.938

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	15:30	Croatia	1–3	Romania	24–26	18–25	25–20	25–27		92–98
17 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–0	Azerbaijan	26–24	25–20	25–23			76–67
17 Sep	20:30	Germany	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	22–25	25–17	13–25	16–25		76–92
18 Sep	15:30	Azerbaijan	3–1	Romania	26–24	23–25	25–17	25–19		99–85
18 Sep	18:00	Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Croatia	25–16	19–25	23–25	16–25		83–91
18 Sep	20:30	Poland	3–2	Germany	25–22	23–25	19–25	28–26	15–13	110–111
19 Sep	15:30	Romania	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro	15–25	25–19	14–25	26–24	13–15	93–108
19 Sep	18:00	Germany	0–3	Azerbaijan	24–26	14–25	21–25			59–76
19 Sep	20:30	Croatia	1–3	Poland	16–25	21–25	25–22	20–25		82–97
21 Sep	15:30	Azerbaijan	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	18–25	25–19	25–20	28–26		96–90
21 Sep	18:00	Poland	3–0	Romania	25–13	25–19	25–16			75–48
21 Sep	20:30	Germany	0–3	Croatia	21–25	22–25	23–25			66–75
22 Sep	15:30	Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Poland	14–25	23–25	25–23	21–25		83–98
22 Sep	18:00	Romania	1–3	Germany	25–20	18–25	21–25	17–25		81–95
22 Sep	20:00	Croatia	0–3	Azerbaijan	23–25	16–25	22–25			61–75

Pool B

• venue: Sport Centre, Pula

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	429	366	1.172	1st–4th semifinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	14	6	2.333	447	411	1.088
3	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	11	10	1.100	473	467	1.013	5th–8th semifinals
4	Turkey	5	2	3	7	7	10	0.700	395	391	1.010
5	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	374	406	0.921
6	Spain	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	324	401	0.808

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Sep	15:30	Netherlands	2–3	Bulgaria	25–17	18–25	22–25	25–17	14–16	104–100
17 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–0	Spain	25–21	29–27	25–21			79–69
17 Sep	20:30	Turkey	0–3	Russia	23–25	24–26	20–25			67–76
18 Sep	15:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	23–25	14–25	20–25			57–75
18 Sep	18:00	Russia	3–1	Spain	25–11	25–23	22–25	25–18		97–77
18 Sep	20:30	Turkey	1–3	Netherlands	22–25	30–28	21–25	23–25		96–103
19 Sep	15:30	Spain	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	12–25	23–25			57–75
19 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62
19 Sep	20:30	Netherlands	2–3	Russia	25–18	25–21	20–25	26–28	9–15	105–107
21 Sep	15:30	Turkey	3–0	Spain	25–22	25–13	25–21			75–56
21 Sep	18:00	Netherlands	1–3	Italy	23–25	19–25	26–24	18–25		86–99
21 Sep	20:30	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61
22 Sep	15:30	Spain	0–3	Netherlands	23–25	20–25	22–25			65–75
22 Sep	18:00	Italy	3–2	Russia	22–25	25–14	25–16	14–25	15–12	101–92
22 Sep	20:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Turkey	25–20	14–25	19–25	23–25		81–95

Final round

• venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

	Semifinals				5th place
	24 Sep
	Croatia	1
					25 Sep
	Turkey	3
					Turkey	1
	24 Sep
					Netherlands	3
	Serbia and Montenegro	0
	Netherlands	3
					7th place
					25 Sep
					Croatia	0
					Serbia and Montenegro	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	12:00	Croatia	1–3	Turkey	25–18	22–25	23–25	22–25		92–93
24 Sep	14:00	Serbia and Montenegro	0–3	Netherlands	15–25	11–25	21–25			47–75

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	12:00	Croatia	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	22–25	21–25	14–25			57–75

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Turkey	1–3	Netherlands	18–25	25–12	21–25	20–25		84–87

Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

	Semifinals				Final
	24 Sep
	Poland	3
					25 Sep
	Russia	2
					Poland	3
	24 Sep
					Italy	1
	Azerbaijan	0
	Italy	3
					3rd place
					25 Sep
					Russia	3
					Azerbaijan	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	16:30	Poland	3–2	Russia	26–24	25–22	26–28	20–25	22–20	119–119
24 Sep	19:00	Azerbaijan	0–3	Italy	19–25	19–25	22–25			60–75

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	16:30	Russia	3–0	Azerbaijan	25–20	25–10	25–21			75–51

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	19:00	Poland	3–1	Italy	25–23	27–25	21–25	25–18		98–91

Final ranking

Place Team     Poland     Italy     Russia 4   Azerbaijan 5   Netherlands 6   Turkey 7   Serbia and Montenegro 8   Croatia 9   Bulgaria   Romania   Germany   Spain

2005 Women's European champions    Poland Second title Team Roster: Katarzyna Skowrońska, Mariola Zenik, Izabela Bełcik, Magdalena Śliwa, Małgorzata Glinka, Dorota Świeniewicz, Agata Mróz, Joanna Mirek, Sylwia Pycia, Natalia Bamber, Milena Rosner, Aleksandra Przybysz. Head coach: Andrzej Niemczyk

Individual awards

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.^[1]

• MVP:   Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
• Best scorer:   Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
• Best spiker:   Elena Godina (RUS)
• Best server:   Alla Hasanova (AZE)
• Best blocker:   Özlem Özçelik (TUR)
• Best libero:   Valeriya Korotenko (AZE)
• Best setter:   Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA)
• Best receiver:   Gülden Kayalar (TUR)

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[2]

1. . CEV. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
2. . CEV. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

External links

• (archived)
• CEV Results
• Results at todor66.com