# 2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship

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.

## 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)

* Croatia
* Italy
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Ukraine

### Group B – Belgrade (Belgrade Arena)

* France
* Greece
* Netherlands
* Czech Republic
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Spain

## Preliminary round

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

### Pool A

* 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 | Semifinals |
| 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 | |
| September 3, 2005 |
| Poland | 3-0 | Croatia | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 |
| Italy | 3-0 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| Ukraine | 0-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |
| September 4, 2005 |
| Portugal | 2-3 | Croatia | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 |
| Italy | 3-0 | Ukraine | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| Poland | 1-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |
| September 5, 2005 |
| Ukraine | 2-3 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 |
| Italy | 3-0 | Poland | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| Croatia | 2-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |
| September 7, 2005 |
| Poland | 3-1 | Ukraine | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 |
| Russia | 3-1 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| Italy | 3-1 | Croatia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |
| September 8, 2005 |
| Poland | 3-0 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 |
| Croatia | 3-0 | Ukraine | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| Italy | 1-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |

### Pool B

* 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 | Semifinals |
| 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 | |
| September 2, 2005 |
| Greece | 3-2 | Netherlands | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 |
| France | 3-0 | Czech Republic | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 |
| Spain | 0-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 |
| September 3, 2005 |
| Netherlands | 1-3 | France | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 |
| Spain | 3-1 | Greece | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 |
| Czech Republic | 1-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 |
| September 4, 2005 |
| France | 2-3 | Spain | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 |
| Czech Republic | 3-0 | Netherlands | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 |
| Greece | 0-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 |
| September 6, 2005 |
| Spain | 2-3 | Czech Republic | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3-0 | Netherlands | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 |
| France | 2-3 | Greece | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 |
| September 7, 2005 |
| Netherlands | 1-3 | Spain | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 |
| Czech Republic | 1-3 | Greece | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 |
| France | 2-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 |

## Final round

* venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Russia | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Spain | 2 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Spain | 2 | Italy | 3 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Italy | 3 |
| 10 September | 10 September | Russia | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | Russia | 2 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Spain | 0 |
| | | Serbia and Montenegro | 3 |

### Semifinals

| September 10, 2005 |
| Russia | 3-2 | Spain | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| Italy | 3-2 | Serbia and Montenegro | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |

### Final

| September 11, 2005 |
| 3°/4° place |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3-0 | Spain | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 |
| 1°/2° place |
| Italy | 3-2 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |

## Final ranking

| 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

## Individual awards

* 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)