# 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagano and Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 27 November 2005.

## Qualification

| Team | Qualified as |
| Japan | Hosts |
| Egypt | 2005 African Champions |
| Italy | 2005 European Champions |
| United States | 2005 NORCECA Champions |
| Brazil | 2005 South American Champions |
| China | Wild Card |

## Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

## Venues

* Nagano White Ring, Nagano, Japan
* Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

## Results

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2.500 | 505 | 443 | 1.140 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 414 | 356 | 1.163 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1.833 | 399 | 358 | 1.115 |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 463 | 469 | 0.987 |
| 5 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0.357 | 368 | 433 | 0.850 |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0.400 | 405 | 495 | 0.818 |

### Nagano round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Nov | 12:00 | United States | 1–3 | Brazil | 27–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 24–26 | | 92–101 | P2 |
| 22 Nov | 15:00 | Italy | 3–0 | China | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | | 75–47 | P2 |
| 22 Nov | 18:00 | Egypt | 2–3 | Japan | 16–25 | 25–23 | 25–14 | 23–25 | 5–15 | 94–102 | P2 |
| 23 Nov | 12:00 | China | 2–3 | Brazil | 25–23 | 28–26 | 11–25 | 18–25 | 10–15 | 92–114 | P2 |
| 23 Nov | 15:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–57 | P2 |
| 23 Nov | 18:00 | Japan | 1–3 | United States | 22–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | 91–97 | P2 |

### Tokyo round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Nov | 12:00 | Egypt | 3–2 | China | 25–23 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 15–12 | 107–106 | P2 |
| 25 Nov | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Italy | 25–23 | 25–20 | 25–18 | | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 25 Nov | 18:00 | Brazil | 3–1 | Japan | 25–21 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–18 | | 98–84 | P2 |
| 26 Nov | 12:00 | Egypt | 0–3 | United States | 12–25 | 21–25 | 15–25 | | | 48–75 | P2 |
| 26 Nov | 15:00 | Italy | 2–3 | Brazil | 30–32 | 20–25 | 25–23 | 25–22 | 13–15 | 113–117 | P2 |
| 26 Nov | 18:00 | China | 2–3 | Japan | 14–25 | 26–24 | 20–25 | 37–35 | 8–15 | 105–124 | P2 |
| 27 Nov | 12:00 | United States | 3–0 | China | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–18 | | | 75–55 | P2 |
| 27 Nov | 15:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | | 75–62 | P2 |
| 27 Nov | 18:00 | Japan | 0–3 | Italy | 20–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | | 62–75 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | United States |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Egypt |
| 6 | China |
* 2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions
* Brazil Second title

## Awards

* MVP: André Nascimento
* Best scorer: André Nascimento
* Best spiker: Alessandro Fei
* Best blocker: Ryan Millar
* Best server: Abdalsalam Abdallah
* Best setter: Ricardo Garcia
* Best libero: Mirko Corsano