The 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagano and

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from 22 to 27 November 2005.

Qualification

Competition formula

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

Squads

Venues

* Nagano White Ring, Nagano,

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Results

*All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

Nagano round

Tokyo round

Final standing

Team Roster

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Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

*MVP:

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*Best scorer:

*Best spiker: Alessandro Fei *Best blocker:

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*Best server: Abdalsalam Abdallah *Best setter: Ricardo Garcia *Best libero:

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External links

Official website
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