Volleyball World Grand Prix 2005

The 2005 season of the Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 13th edition of the competition. It started on June 24th and ended on July 18th. Brazil won the title for the fifth time.

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In the preliminary round, twelve teams competed. In the first three weeks three tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The five best teams in the overall standings qualified for the final round alongside hosts Japan.

Preliminary round

First week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group A in Tokyo ( Japan )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 2	6th	1.176
2.	Japan Japan	8: 3	5	1,260
3.	Poland Poland	3: 6	4th	0.829
4th	Korea South South Korea	0: 9	3	0.757

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group B in Reggio Calabria ( Italy )
1.	Cuba Cuba	9-0	6th	1.152
2.	Italy Italy	6: 3	5	1,212
3.	Germany Germany	3: 8	4th	1.058
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2: 9	3	0.678


June 24th	Brazil	South Korea	3-0
	Japan	Poland	3-0
25th June	Brazil	Poland	3-0
	Japan	South Korea	3-0
June 26th	South Korea	Poland	0: 3
	Japan	Brazil	3: 2


June 24th	Cuba	Germany	3-0
	Italy	Dominican R.	3-0
25th June	Dominican R.	Cuba	0: 3
	Germany	Italy	0: 3
June 26th	Dominican R.	Germany	2: 3
	Italy	Cuba	0: 3

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group C in Ningbo ( China )
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9: 1	6th	1.414
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	7: 3	5	1.129
3.	United States United States	3: 6	4th	0.888
4th	Thailand Thailand	0: 9	3	0.667


June 24th	United States	Netherlands	0: 3
	China	Thailand	3-0
25th June	China	Netherlands	3: 1
	United States	Thailand	3-0
June 26th	Netherlands	Thailand	3-0
	China	United States	3-0

Second week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group D in Seoul ( South Korea )
1.	Japan Japan	7: 3	5	1.143
2.	United States United States	8: 6	5	1,110
3.	Korea South South Korea	6: 5	5	0.970
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2: 9	3	0.791

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group E in Macau ( China )
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9-0	6th	1.415
2.	Brazil Brazil	6: 3	5	1.189
3.	Poland Poland	3: 8	4th	0.791
4th	Germany Germany	2: 9	3	0.817


July 1	Dominican R.	Japan	0: 3
	South Korea	United States	3: 2
2nd July	United States	Dominican R.	3: 2
	South Korea	Japan	0: 3
3rd of July	United States	Japan	3: 1
	South Korea	Dominican R.	3-0


July 1	Brazil	Poland	3-0
	China	Germany	3-0
2nd July	Brazil	Germany	3-0
	China	Poland	3-0
3rd of July	Poland	Germany	3: 2
	China	Brazil	3-0

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group F in Manila ( Philippines )
1.	Cuba Cuba	9: 3	6th	1,100
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	8: 3	5	1.220
3.	Italy Italy	4: 6	4th	1.067
4th	Thailand Thailand	0: 9	3	0.622


July 1	Cuba	Thailand	3-0
	Italy	Netherlands	0: 3
2nd July	Netherlands	Cuba	2: 3
	Thailand	Italy	0: 3
3rd of July	Netherlands	Thailand	3-0
	Italy	Cuba	0: 3

Third week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group G in Hong Kong ( China )
1.	Italy Italy	9-0	6th	1.242
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6: 3	5	1.090
3.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	3: 8	4th	0.868
4th	Germany Germany	2: 9	3	0.886

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group H in Taipei ( Taiwan )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 3	6th	1.294
2.	Cuba Cuba	7: 3	5	1.106
3.	Netherlands Netherlands	4: 6	4th	1,000
4th	Korea South South Korea	1: 9	3	0.637


8th of July	Italy	Germany	3-0
	China	Dominican R.	3-0
July 9	Italy	Dominican R.	3-0
	China	Germany	3-0
10th of July	Germany	Dominican R.	2: 3
	China	Italy	0: 3


8th of July	South Korea	Cuba	0: 3
	Brazil	Netherlands	3: 1
July 9	Netherlands	Cuba	0: 3
	Brazil	South Korea	3: 1
10th of July	Netherlands	South Korea	3-0
	Cuba	Brazil	1: 3

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group I in Bangkok ( Thailand )
1.	Poland Poland	9: 1	6th	1.171
2.	Japan Japan	6: 5	5	1.090
3.	United States United States	5: 7	4th	0.907
4th	Thailand Thailand	2: 9	3	0.877


8th of July	Japan	Poland	0: 3
	Thailand	United States	1: 3
July 9	Japan	United States	3: 1
	Thailand	Poland	0: 3
10th of July	Japan	Thailand	3: 1
	United States	Poland	1: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	24: 4	17th	1.293
2.	Brazil Brazil	24: 8	17th	1.223
3.	Cuba Cuba	25: 6	17th	1.118
4th	Italy Italy	19: 9	15th	1.168
5.	Japan Japan	21:11	15th	1.159
6th	Netherlands Netherlands	19:12	14th	1.113
7th	Poland Poland	15:15	14th	0.921
8th.	United States United States	16:19	13	0.978
9.	Korea South South Korea	7:23	11	0.785
10.	Germany Germany	7:26	10	0.918
11.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	7:26	10	0.777
12.	Thailand Thailand	2:27	9	0.730

Germany played with Andrea Berg , Cornelia Dumler , Christiane Fürst , Christin Gühr , Nadja Jenzewski , Angelina Grün , Olessya Kulakova , Kathy Radzuweit , Julia Schlecht , Corina Ssuschke , Birgit Thumm , Kerstin Tzscherlich and Kathleen Weiß . The coach was Lee Hee-wan .

Final round

The final round was held from July 13th to 18th in Sendai ( Japan ).

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	12: 8	9	1.064
2.	Italy Italy	13: 7	8th	1.108
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	11: 7	8th	1.077
4th	Cuba Cuba	12:10	8th	0.965
5.	Japan Japan	6:13	6th	0.914
6th	Netherlands Netherlands	5:14	6th	0.900


July 13th	China	Cuba	3-0
	Netherlands	Brazil	3-0
	Italy	Japan	3-0
July 14th	China	Italy	3-0
	Cuba	Brazil	2: 3
	Japan	Netherlands	0: 3
16th of July	Italy	Cuba	3: 1
	Netherlands	China	1: 3
	Brazil	Japan	3: 1
17th July	Italy	Netherlands	2: 3
	China	Brazil	3-0
	Cuba	Japan	3: 2
July 18th	Netherlands	Cuba	0: 3
	Brazil	Italy	3: 2
	Japan	China	0: 3

Awards

Most valuable player	Paula Renata Pequeno	Brazil Brazil
Best scorer	Miyuki Takahashi	Japan Japan
Best attacker	Rosir Calderon	Cuba Cuba
Best blocker	Nancy Carrillo	Cuba Cuba
Best server	Yang Hao	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best Libera	Zhang Na	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best player	Feng Kun	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best adoption player	Zhou Suhong	China People's Republic People's Republic of China

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)