The 2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in

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from November 15–20, 2005.

Teams

Squads

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2005 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

Nagoya Rainbow Hall , formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall, is an indoor sports arena located in Nagoya, Japan. From April 1, 2007, its name was changed to Nippon Gaishi Hall, to reflect the sponsorship of the NGK Insulators. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people. The ...

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Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium is a sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and hosted the table tennis competition at the 2020 Summe ...

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Results

Tokyo round

Nagoya round

Final standing

Team Roster
Fabiana, Carol, Natália,

Carol Gattaz Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz, better known as Carol Gattaz (born July 27, 1981), is a volleyball player from Brazil. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal. Gattaz won the World Grand Pri ...

Fernanda Fernanda is a Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish and Italian language, Italian feminine equivalent of Fernando, a male given name of Germanic peoples, Germanic origin, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey" ...

, Valeskinha, Sassá, Marcelle, Jaqueline, Sheilla,

Fabi The history of Chinese currency spans more than 3000 years. Currency of some type has been used in China since the Neolithic age which can be traced back to between 3000 and 4500 years ago. Cowry shells are believed to have been the earliest ...

, Renatinha
Head Coach:

Zé Roberto José Roberto da Silva Júnior (born 6 July 1974), commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back or as a midfielder. Currently, he is a technical advisor to Palmeiras, acting directly ...

Awards

*MVP:

Sheilla Castro Sheilla Castro de Paula Blassioli (born 1 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte) is a former volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On both occasions the Brazilian ...

*Best Scorer:

*Best Spiker:

Zhou Suhong Zhou Suhong (; born 23 April 1979 in Changxing County, Changzing, Huzhou, Zhejiang) is a Chinese volleyball player, who was a member of the Chinese women's national team that won the gold medal at both the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup, World Cup ...

*Best Blocker:

Fabiana Claudino Fabiana Marcelino Claudino (born 24 January 1985) is a Brazilian volleyball player who made her debut for the Brazilian national team against Croatia. She captained Brazil to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics. Personal life Claudino was born ...

*Best Receiver:

*Best Server: Welissa Gonzaga *Best Setter:

Feng Kun Feng Kun (; born 28 December 1978 in Beijing) is a retired China women's national volleyball team setter and captain. She was awarded MVP and Best Setter award at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where China won the gold medal in volleyball. ...

*Best Digger:

Yuka Sakurai Yuka Sakurai (櫻井由香 ''Sakurai Yuka'', born September 2, 1974) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. Clubs *Yorojoshi Shogyo High School → Denso Airybees (1993-) National team * 1998-2002,2005,2007- Awards Indiv ...

External links

Official Website of the 2005 Women's World Grand Champions Cup
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