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.
Qualification
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.
Group A – Rome (PalaLottomatica)
Group B – Belgrade (Belgrade Arena)
Preliminary round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
September 3, 2005Poland3-0CroatiaPalaLottomatica15:30Italy3-0PortugalPalaLottomatica18:00Ukraine0-3RussiaPalaLottomatica21:00September 4, 2005Portugal2-3CroatiaPalaLottomatica15:30Italy3-0UkrainePalaLottomatica18:00Poland1-3RussiaPalaLottomatica21:00September 5, 2005Ukraine2-3PortugalPalaLottomatica15:30Italy3-0PolandPalaLottomatica18:00Croatia2-3RussiaPalaLottomatica21:00September 7, 2005Poland3-1UkrainePalaLottomatica15:30Russia3-1PortugalPalaLottomatica18:00Italy3-1CroatiaPalaLottomatica21:00September 8, 2005Poland3-0PortugalPalaLottomatica15:30Croatia3-0UkrainePalaLottomatica18:00Italy1-3RussiaPalaLottomatica21:00
Pool B venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
September 2, 2005Greece3-2NetherlandsBelgrade Arena15:30France3-0Czech RepublicBelgrade Arena18:00Spain0-3Serbia and MontenegroBelgrade Arena21:00September 3, 2005Netherlands1-3FranceBelgrade Arena15:30Spain3-1GreeceBelgrade Arena18:00Czech Republic1-3Serbia and MontenegroBelgrade Arena21:00September 4, 2005France2-3SpainBelgrade Arena15:30Czech Republic3-0NetherlandsBelgrade Arena18:00Greece0-3Serbia and MontenegroBelgrade Arena21:00September 6, 2005Spain2-3Czech RepublicBelgrade Arena15:30Serbia and Montenegro3-0NetherlandsBelgrade Arena18:00France2-3GreeceBelgrade Arena21:00September 7, 2005Netherlands1-3SpainBelgrade Arena15:30Czech Republic1-3GreeceBelgrade Arena18:00France2-3Serbia and MontenegroBelgrade Arena21:00
Final round venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Semifinals September 10, 2005Russia3-2SpainPalaLottomatica18:00Italy3-2Serbia and MontenegroPalaLottomatica21:00
Final September 11, 20053°/4° placeSerbia and Montenegro3-0SpainPalaLottomatica18:001°/2° placeItaly3-2RussiaPalaLottomatica21:00
Final ranking
Place Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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: Best server: Best libero: Best setter: Best spiker: Best blocker: Best receiver:
References CEV Results