2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship

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 17 to 25 September 2005.

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification
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Template:Vbw	Qualification Category A group 2 winners
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Template:Vbw	2003 edition first place
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Template:Vbw	Qualification Category A best third
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Template:Vbw	Qualification Category A group 1 winners
Template:Vbw	2003 edition second place

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition

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Venues

The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the final round.

Pools A and Final round	Pool B
Zagreb	Pula
Dom Sportova	Sport Centre
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 2,400
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Preliminary round

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

Pool A

• venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb

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Pool B

• venue: Sport Centre, Pula

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Final round

• venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

• Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

5th–8th semifinals

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7th place match

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5th place match

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Final

• Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

Semifinals

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final ranking

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 2005 Women's European champions 
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

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.

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• Best scorer: Template:Flagathlete
• Best spiker: Template:Flagathlete
• Best server: Template:Flagathlete
• Best blocker: Template:Flagathlete
• Best libero: Template:Flagathlete
• Best setter: Template:Flagathlete
• Best receiver: Template:Flagathlete

References

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

• Official website (archived)
• CEV Results
• Results at todor66.com