European Volleyball League 2005

The 2005 season of the European Volleyball League was the second edition of the competition. It started on June 3rd and ended on July 24th. Russia won the title for the first time.

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The preliminary round was held in two groups of four. The group winners and the best runner-up in the group should qualify for the Final Four alongside hosts Russia. However, since Russia was group winners themselves, both runners-up progressed.

Preliminary round

Group A space team sentences Points 1.  Russia 34:11 23 2.  Finland 22:23 18th 3.  Germany 21:23 17th 4th  Estonia 13:33 14th

Group B space team sentences Points 1.  Turkey 30:17 20th 2.  Spain 27:21 19th 3.  Slovakia 19:29 17th 4th  Czech Republic 22:31 16

3rd of June Germany Finland 3-0 June 4th Estonia Russia 2: 3 Germany Finland 2: 3 June 5th Estonia Russia 2: 3 June 10th Germany Estonia 3-0 June 11th Germany Estonia 3: 1 Finland Russia 1: 3 June 12 Finland Russia 0: 3 18th of June Russia Germany 3-0 Finland Estonia 3-0 June 19th Finland Estonia 3: 1 Russia Germany 3: 1 25th June Estonia Germany 0: 3 Russia Finland 3: 1 June 26th Estonia Germany 3: 1 Russia Finland 3-0 2nd July Estonia Finland 3: 2 Germany Russia 1: 3 3rd of July Estonia Finland 1: 3 Germany Russia 3: 1 8th of July Finland Germany 3-0 July 9 Russia Estonia 3-0 Finland Germany 3: 1 10th of July Russia Estonia 3-0

3rd of June Czech Republic Turkey 3: 2 June 4th Czech Republic Turkey 3: 1 Slovakia Spain 3: 2 June 5th Slovakia Spain 0: 3 June 10th Slovakia Czech Republic 2: 3 June 11th Slovakia Czech Republic 3: 1 14th June Spain Turkey 3: 1 15th June Spain Turkey 1: 3 18th of June Spain Czech Republic 2: 3 Turkey Slovakia 3-0 June 19th Spain Czech Republic 3: 2 Turkey Slovakia 3-0 June 24th Slovakia Turkey 1: 3 25th June Slovakia Turkey 3: 2 Czech Republic Spain 1: 3 June 26th Czech Republic Spain 1: 3 2nd July Czech Republic Slovakia 1: 3 Turkey Spain 3-0 3rd of July Czech Republic Slovakia 2: 3 Turkey Spain 3: 1 July 9 Spain Slovakia 3-0 Turkey Czech Republic 3-0 10th of July Spain Slovakia 3: 1 Turkey Czech Republic 3: 2

Final Four

The Final Four was held in Kazan ( Russia ) from July 23rd to 24th .

	Semi-finals July 23				Finale July 24th
	Turkey	1
	Finland	3
					Finland	0
					Russia	3
					3rd place July 24th
	Russia	3			Turkey	1
	Spain	1			Spain	3

Final score

1.	Russia
2.	Finland
3.	Spain
4th	Turkey
5.	Germany
6th	Slovakia
7th	Czech Republic
8th.	Estonia

Web links

• Information for the CEV preliminary round (English)
• Information for the CEV Final Four (English)