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

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competition hosted by two nations –

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and

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, namely in their respective capitals,

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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:

, Serbia and Montenegro

Final round

*venue:

, Italy * All times are

( UTC+02:00).

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

Team Roster
Matej Černič,

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Mirko Corsano Mirko Corsano (born 28 October 1973) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially br ...

, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Michal Lasko,

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Alessandro Paparoni Alessandro Paparoni (born 17 August 1981) is an Italian volleyball player. He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2005. Paparoni competed for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has been playing for Lube Banca Macerata since 2013. C ...

, Cristian Savani, Giacomo Sintini, Luca Tencati, and

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.
Head coach:

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Individual awards

*MVP: *Best server: *Best libero: *Best setter: *Best spiker: *Best blocker: *Best receiver:

References

CEV Results
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