2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship

2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy  Serbia and Montenegro
Dates	September 2–11
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (6th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Alberto Cisolla
Official website
Official Website

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.

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.

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

• venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	5	3.000	485	444	1.092	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	453	370	1.224
3	Poland	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	413	387	1.067
4	Croatia	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	427	442	0.966
5	Portugal	5	1	4	6	6	14	0.429	409	458	0.893
6	Ukraine	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	380	426	0.892

• venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	432	358	1.207	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	458	469	0.977
3	Greece	5	3	2	8	10	11	0.909	472	482	0.979
4	France	5	2	3	7	12	10	1.200	491	488	1.006
5	Czech Republic	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	425	431	0.986
6	Netherlands	5	0	5	5	4	15	0.267	391	441	0.887

• venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	10 September
	Russia	3
					11 September
	Spain	2
					Italy	3
	10 September
					Russia	2
	Italy	3
	Serbia and Montenegro	2
					3rd place
					11 September
					Spain	0
					Serbia and Montenegro	3

Place Team  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.

• MVP:  Alberto Cisolla (ITA)
• Best server:  Ivan Miljković (SCG)
• Best libero:  Mirko Corsano (ITA)
• Best setter:  Nikola Grbić (SCG)
• Best spiker:  Israel Rodríguez (ESP)
• Best blocker:  Luigi Mastrangelo (ITA)
• Best receiver:  Pavel Abramov (RUS)

• CEV Results