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

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competition hosted by two nations – Serbia and Montenegro and

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, namely in their respective capitals, Belgrade 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:

, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Final round

*venue:

, Italy * All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

Team Roster

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, Alberto Cisolla,

Mirko Corsano Mirko Corsano (born 28 October 1973 in Casarano) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Playing as a libero, he claimed his first title for the ''Azzurri'' in 1999 a ...

, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Michal Lasko,

Luigi Mastrangelo Luigi Mastrangelo (born August 17, 1975 in Mottola, Italy) is an Italian men's volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team 1999-2012. Mastrangelo with national team winner silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, m ...

, Alessandro Paparoni, Cristian Savani, Giacomo Sintini, Luca Tencati, and Valerio Vermiglio.
Head Coach: Gian Paolo Montali.

Individual awards

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

References

CEV Results
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