The 24th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental

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competition hosted by two nations –

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and

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, namely in their respective capitals,

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and

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. Championship took place from September 2 to September 11, 2005.

Qualification

Teams

Preliminary competitions consisted of two groups with six teams each, based in Rome and Belgrade, with first two teams from each groups progressing to semi-finals. ;Group A – Rome (

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) * * * * * * ;Group B – Belgrade (

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) * * * * * *

Preliminary round

* All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

*venue:

, Italy

Pool B

*venue:

, Serbia and Montenegro

Final round

*venue:

, Italy * All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

Team Roster

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, Alessandro Fei,

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Cristian Savani Cristian Savani (born 22 February 1982) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 2001–2013 and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a medalist of the Olympic Games (silver in 2004, bronze in 2012), 2012 Ita ...

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, and

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.
Head Coach:

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Individual awards

*MVP: *Best Server: *Best Libero: *Best Setter: *Best Spiker: *Best Blocker: *Best Receiver:

References

CEV Results
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