2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2005 Women’s European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Croatia
Dates	September 17 – September 25
Teams	12
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
MVP	Dorota Świeniewicz
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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 September 17 to September 25, 2005.

Qualification

Teams

Group A – Zagreb  Azerbaijan  Croatia  Germany  Poland  Romania  Serbia and Montenegro

Group B – Pula  Bulgaria  Italy  Netherlands  Russia  Spain  Turkey

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Poland	10	5	5	0	456	391	1.166	15	4	3.750
2.	Azerbaijan	9	5	4	1	413	371	1.113	12	5	2.400
3.	Croatia	7	5	2	3	401	419	0.957	8	10	0.800
4.	Serbia and Montenegro	7	5	2	3	456	454	1.004	9	12	0.750
5.	Romania	6	5	1	4	405	469	0.864	7	13	0.538
6.	Germany	6	5	1	4	407	434	0.938	6	13	0.462

• Saturday September 17

Croatia	1-3	Romania	24-26 18-25 25-20 25-27
Poland	3-0	Azerbaijan	26-24 25-20 25-23
Germany	1-3	Serbia and Montenegro	22-25 25-17 13-25 16-25

• Sunday September 18

Azerbaijan	3-1	Romania	26-24 23-25 25-17 25-19
Serbia and Montenegro	1-3	Croatia	25-16 19-25 23-25 16-25
Poland	3-2	Germany	25-22 23-25 19-25 28-26 15-13

• Monday September 19

Romania	2-3	Serbia and Montenegro	15-25 25-19 14-25 26-24 13-15
Germany	0-3	Azerbaijan	24-26 14-25 21-25
Croatia	1-3	Poland	16-25 21-25 25-22 20-25

• Wednesday September 21

Azerbaijan	3-1	Serbia and Montenegro	18-25 25-19 25-20 28-26
Poland	3-0	Romania	25-13 25-19 25-16
Germany	0-3	Croatia	21-25 22-25 23-25

• Thursday September 22

Serbia and Montenegro	1-3	Poland	14-25 23-25 25-23 21-25
Romania	1-3	Germany	25-20 18-25 21-25 17-25
Croatia	0-3	Azerbaijan	23-25 16-25 22-25

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	10	5	5	0	429	366	1.172	15	3	5.000
2.	Russia	9	5	4	1	447	411	1.088	14	6	2.333
3.	Netherlands	7	5	2	3	473	467	1.013	11	10	1.100
4.	Turkey	7	5	2	3	395	391	1.010	7	10	0.700
5.	Bulgaria	7	5	2	3	374	406	0.921	7	11	0.636
6.	Spain	5	5	0	5	324	401	0.808	1	15	0.067

• Saturday September 17

Netherlands	2-3	Bulgaria	25-17 18-25 22-25 25-17 14-16
Italy	3-0	Spain	25-21 29-27 25-21
Turkey	0-3	Russia	23-25 24-26 20-25

• Sunday September 18

Bulgaria	0-3	Italy	23-25 14-25 20-25
Russia	3-1	Spain	25-11 25-23 22-25 25-18
Turkey	1-3	Netherlands	22-25 30-28 21-25 23-25

• Monday September 19

Spain	0-3	Bulgaria	22-25 12-25 23-25
Italy	3-0	Turkey	25-21 25-21 25-20
Netherlands	2-3	Russia	25-18 25-21 20-25 26-28 9-15

• Wednesday September 21

Turkey	3-0	Spain	25-22 25-13 25-21
Netherlands	1-3	Italy	23-25 18-25 26-24 18-25
Russia	3-0	Bulgaria	25-23 25-17 25-21

• Thursday September 22

Spain	0-3	Netherlands	23-25 20-25 22-25
Italy	3-2	Russia	22-25 25-14 25-16 14-25 15-12
Bulgaria	1-3	Turkey	25-20 14-25 19-25 23-25

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb
	Poland	3
	Russia	2
					2005-09-25 – Zagreb
					Poland	3
					Italy	1
					3rd place
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb			2005-09-25 – Zagreb
	Azerbaijan	0		Azerbaijan	0
	Italy	3			Russia	3

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	5-8th place				5th place
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb
	Croatia	1
	Turkey	3
					2005-09-25 – Zagreb
					Turkey	1
					Netherlands	3
					7th place
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb			2005-09-25 – Zagreb
	Serbia and Montenegro	0		Serbia and Montenegro	3
	Netherlands	3			Croatia	0

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• Saturday September 24 – Classification Matches (5th-8th place)

Croatia	1-3	Turkey	25-18 22-25 23-25 22-25
Serbia and Montenegro	0-3	Netherlands	15-25 11-25 21-25

• Saturday September 24 – Semi Finals (1st-4th place)

Poland	3-2	Russia	26-24 25-22 26-28 20-25 22-20
Italy	3-0	Azerbaijan	25-19 25-19 25-22

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• Sunday September 25 – Classification Match (7th-8th place)

Croatia	0-3	Serbia and Montenegro	22-25 21-25 14-25

• Sunday September 25 – Classification Match (5th-6th place)

Turkey	1-3	Netherlands	18-25 25-12 21-25 20-25

• Sunday September 25 – Bronze Medal Match (3rd-4th place)

Russia	3-0	Azerbaijan	25-20 25-10 25-21

• Sunday September 25 – Gold Medal Match (1st-2nd place)

Poland	3-1	Italy	25-23 27-25 21-25 25-18

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

• MVP:  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

• CEV Results