The 2005 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 6th edition of the
Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship
The Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship is a volleyball competition for men's national teams with players under the age of 18 years, currently held biannually and organized by the European Volleyball Confederation, the volleyball federati ...
, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the
CEV. It was held in
Riga
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Latvia
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from March 29 to April 3, 2005.
Poland
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won their 1st title in the tournament by defeating
France
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Jakub Jarosz was elected the Most Valuable Player.
Participating teams
* Host
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* Qualified through
2005 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification
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Pool composition
Pool standing procedure
# Match points
# Numbers of matches won
# Sets ratio
# Points ratio
# Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Squads
Preliminary round
*All times are
Eastern European Time
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A number of African countries use UTC ...
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UTC+03:00)
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round
*All times are
Eastern European Time
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A number of African countries use UTC ...
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UTC+03:00)
Quarterfinals
9th to 12th place
9th–12th place playoff
11th place
9th place
5th to 8th place
5th–8th place playoff
7th place
5th place
Final round
Semifinal
3rd place
Final
Final standing
Individual awards
*Most valuable player
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Jakub Jarosz
*Best spiker
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Bartosz Kurek
*Best blocker
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Michele Parusso
*Best server
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Emmanuel Ragondet
*Best setter
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Davide Saitta
*Best receiver
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Raphaël Mrozek
*Best libero
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References
{{CEV Youth European Volleyball Championship
European Boys' Youth Championship
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
CEV U18 Volleyball European Championship
International volleyball competitions hosted by Latvia