The 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the

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. It was hosted in

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and Zagreb, Croatia from 17 to 25 September

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Participating teams

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the Final round.

Preliminary round

* All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Pool A

*venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb

Pool B

*venue: Sport Centre,

Final round

*venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb * All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

* Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

* Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final ranking

Individual awards

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament. *MVP: *Best Scorer: *Best Spiker: *Best Server: *Best Blocker: *Best Libero: *Best Setter: *Best Receiver:

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

Official website
(archived)
CEV Results

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