Volleyball World League 2005

The 2005 season of the World Volleyball League was the 16th edition of the competition. It started on May 27th and ended on July 10th. Brazil won the title for the fifth time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in three groups of four teams each. The group winners and hosts Serbia and Montenegro qualified for the final round. In the final round there were initially two games. The winners met the losers of the other game in the semifinals.

Preliminary round

Group A space team sentences Points 1.  Brazil 33: 9 23 2.  Portugal 21:19 18th 3.  Venezuela 19:22 17th 4th  Japan 9:32 14th

Group B space team sentences Points 1.  Cuba 29:17 20th 2.  Bulgaria 27:22 18th 3.  Italy 22:26 18th 4th  France 17:30 16

28th of May Portugal Japan 3-0 Venezuela Brazil 1: 3 May 29th Venezuela Brazil 2: 3 Portugal Japan 3: 1 June 4th Portugal Brazil 0: 3 Venezuela Japan 3: 1 June 5th Venezuela Japan 3: 1 Portugal Brazil 3-0 June 11th Japan Brazil 0: 3 Portugal Venezuela 3-0 June 12 Japan Brazil 1: 3 Portugal Venezuela 3-0 18th of June Brazil Portugal 3: 1 Japan Venezuela 0: 3 June 19th Brazil Portugal 3-0 Japan Venezuela 0: 3 June 24th Venezuela Portugal 0: 3 25th June Brazil Japan 3-0 June 26th Brazil Japan 3-0 Venezuela Portugal 3-0 2nd July Brazil Venezuela 3-0 Japan Portugal 3: 2 3rd of July Brazil Venezuela 3: 1 Japan Portugal 3-0

May 27th Bulgaria Cuba 1: 3 Italy France 0: 3 May 29th Italy France 3-0 Bulgaria Cuba 0: 3 3rd of June France Bulgaria 3: 2 Italy Cuba 1: 3 June 4th France Bulgaria 0: 3 June 5th Italy Cuba 3: 1 June 10th Italy Bulgaria 2: 3 June 11th France Cuba 0: 3 June 12 France Cuba 3: 2 Italy Bulgaria 3: 2 17th of June France Italy 2: 3 Cuba Bulgaria 1: 3 18th of June France Italy 2: 3 Cuba Bulgaria 3: 2 June 24th Bulgaria France 3-0 Cuba Italy 3-0 25th June Cuba Italy 1: 3 June 26th Bulgaria France 2: 3 July 1 Bulgaria Italy 3: 1 Cuba France 3-0 2nd July Cuba France 3: 1 3rd of July Bulgaria Italy 3-0

Scene from the game Poland against Argentina in Bydgoszcz

Group C
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Poland	32:19	21st
2.	Serbia and Montenegro	26:23	19th
3.	Greece	22:24	17th
4th	Argentina	18:32	15th

May 27th	Poland	Argentina	3: 1
	Greece	Serbia and M.	3-0
28th of May	Poland	Argentina	3: 1
	Greece	Serbia and M.	3: 1
3rd of June	Poland	Greece	3: 2
	Argentina	Serbia and M.	1: 3
June 4th	Poland	Greece	3-0
June 5th	Argentina	Serbia and M.	3: 2
June 10th	Argentina	Greece	3: 1
June 11th	Serbia and M.	Poland	3: 2
June 12	Argentina	Greece	3: 2
	Serbia and M.	Poland	1: 3
17th of June	Greece	Poland	2: 3
18th of June	Serbia and M.	Argentina	3: 1
June 19th	Serbia and M.	Argentina	3: 2
	Greece	Poland	3: 1
June 24th	Poland	Serbia and M.	3: 1
	Greece	Argentina	3-0
25th June	Poland	Serbia and M.	2: 3
June 26th	Greece	Argentina	1: 3
July 1	Serbia and M.	Greece	3-0
	Argentina	Poland	0: 3
2nd July	Serbia and M.	Greece	3-0
	Argentina	Poland	2: 3

Final round

The final round was held from July 8th to 10th in Belgrade ( Serbia and Montenegro ).

first round
8th of July	Cuba	Poland	2: 3
	Serbia and M.	Brazil	1: 3

	Semi-finals July 9th				Final July 10th
	Cuba	1
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
					Serbia and M.	1
					3rd place July 10th
	Poland	2			Cuba	3
	Serbia and M.	3			Poland	2

Final score

1.	Brazil
2.	Serbia and Montenegro
3.	Cuba
4th	Poland
5.	Bulgaria
	Portugal
7th	Greece
	Italy
	Venezuela
10.	Argentina
	France
	Japan

Awards

Most valuable player	Ivan Miljković	Serbia and Montenegro
Best scorer	Ivan Miljković	Serbia and Montenegro
Best attacker	Henry Bell Cisnero	Cuba
Best blocker	Dante Amaral	Brazil
Best server	Ivan Miljković	Serbia and Montenegro
Best player	Yoandri Diaz Carmenate	Cuba
Best adoption player	Osmany Juantorena Portuondo	Cuba
Best Libero	Marko Samardzić	Serbia and Montenegro

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)