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 September 17 to September 25, 2005.

Teams

Group A – Zagreb

• Azerbaijan
• Croatia
• Germany
• Poland
• Romania
• Serbia and Montenegro

Group B – Pula

• Bulgaria
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Russia
• Spain
• Turkey

Preliminary Round

Group A

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Poland	5	5	0	15	4	456	391	10	3,750	1,166
Azerbaijan	5	4	1	12	5	413	371	9	2,400	1,113
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	9	12	441	469	7	0,750	0,940
Croatia	5	2	3	8	11	401	419	7	0,727	0,957
Romania	5	1	4	7	13	420	454	6	0,538	0,925
Germany	5	1	4	6	13	407	434	6	0,461	0,938

• September 17

Croatia	1-3	Romania	24-26 18-25 25-20 25-27
Poland	3-0	Azerbaijan	26-24 25-20 25-23
Germany	1-3	Serbia & M.	22-25 25-17 13-25 16-25

• September 18

Azerbaijan	3-1	Romania	26-24 23-25 25-17 25-19
Serbia & M.	1-3	Croatia	25-16 19-25 23-25 16-25
Poland	3-2	Germany	25-22 23-25 19-25 28-26 15-13

• September 19

Romania	2-3	Serbia & M.	15-25 25-19 14-25 26-24 13-15
Germany	0-3	Azerbaijan	24-26 14-25 21-25
Croatia	1-3	Poland	16-25 21-25 25-22 20-25

• September 21

Azerbaijan	3-1	Serbia & M.	18-25 25-19 25-20 28-26
Poland	3-0	Romania	25-13 25-19 25-16
Germany	0-3	Croatia	21-25 22-25 23-25

• September 22

Serbia & M.	1-3	Poland	14-25 23-25 25-23 21-25
Romania	1-3	Germany	25-20 18-25 21-25 17-25
Croatia	0-3	Azerbaijan	23-25 16-25 22-25

Group B

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Italy	5	5	0	15	3	429	366	10	5,000	1,172
Russia	5	4	1	14	6	447	409	9	2,333	1,093
Netherlands	5	2	3	11	10	473	467	7	1,100	1,013
Turkey	5	2	3	7	10	395	391	7	0,700	1,010
Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	11	372	406	7	0,636	0,916
Spain	5	0	5	1	15	324	401	5	0,067	0,808

• September 17

Netherlands	2-3	Bulgaria	25-17 18-25 22-25 25-17 14-16
Italy	3-0	Spain	25-21 29-27 25-21
Turkey	0-3	Russia	23-25 24-26 20-25

• September 18

Bulgaria	0-3	Italy	23-25 14-25 20-25
Russia	3-1	Spain	25-11 25-23 22-25 25-18
Turkey	1-3	Netherlands	22-25 30-28 21-25 23-25

• September 19

Spain	0-3	Bulgaria	22-25 12-25 23-25
Italy	3-0	Turkey	25-21 25-21 25-20
Netherlands	2-3	Russia	25-18 25-21 20-25 26-28 9-15

• September 21

Turkey	3-0	Spain	25-22 25-13 25-21
Netherlands	1-3	Italy	23-25 18-25 26-24 18-25
Russia	3-0	Bulgaria	25-23 25-17 25-21

• September 22

Spain	0-3	Netherlands	23-25 20-25 22-25
Italy	3-2	Russia	22-25 25-14 25-16 14-25 15-12
Bulgaria	1-3	Turkey	25-20 14-25 19-25 23-25

Final Round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb
	Poland	3
					2005-09-25 – Zagreb
	Russia	2
					Poland	3
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb
					Italy	1
	Azerbaijan	0
	Italy	3
					3rd place
					2005-09-25 – Zagreb
					Azerbaijan	0
					Russia	3

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	5-8th place				5th place
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb
	Croatia	1
					2005-09-25 – Zagreb
	Turkey	3
					Turkey	1
	2005-09-24 – Zagreb
					Netherlands	3
	Serbia & M.	0
	Netherlands	3
					7th place
					2005-09-25 – Zagreb
					Serbia & M.	3
					Croatia	0

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• September 24 – Classification Matches (5th-8th place)

Croatia	1-3	Turkey	25-18 22-25 23-25 22-25
Serbia & M.	0-3	Netherlands	15-25 11-25 21-25

• September 24 – Semi Finals (1st-4th place)

Poland	3-2	Russia	26-24 25-22 26-28 20-25 22-20
Italy	3-0	Azerbaijan	25-19 25-19 25-22

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• September 25 – Classification Match (7th-8th place)

Croatia	0-3	Serbia & M.	22-25 21-25 14-25

• September 25 – Classification Match (5th-6th place)

Turkey	1-3	Netherlands	18-25 25-12 21-25 20-25

• September 25 – Bronze Medal Match (3th-4th place)

Russia	3-0	Azerbaijan	25-20 25-10 25-21

• September 25 – Gold Medal Match (1st-2nd place)

Poland	3-1	Italy	25-23 27-25 21-25 25-18

Final Ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Poland
	Italy
	Russia
4.	Azerbaijan
5.	Netherlands
6.	Turkey
7.	Serbia and Montenegro
8.	Croatia
9.	Bulgaria
—	Romania
—	Germany
—	Spain

2005 Women's European Champions Poland Second Title

Polish team: 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

• MVP: Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
• Best Spiker: Elena Godina (RUS)
• Best Server: Alla Hasanova (AZE)
• Best Blocker: Özlem Özçelik (TUR)
• Best Libero: Valeriya Korotenko (AZE)
• Best Setter: Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA)
• Best Receiver: Gülden Kayalar (TUR)

Reference

• CEV Results

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