2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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2005 FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Japan.svg  Japan (Final)
Dates24 June – 17 July
Teams12
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
ChampionsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Third placeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fourth placeFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Tournament awards
MVP Flag of Brazil.svg Paula Pequeno
Official website
Tournament website

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2005, with the final round held at the Sendai Gymnasium in Sendai, Japan. Hosts Japan and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round.

Contents

The competition of the 2005 WGP lasted four weeks with a total number of 69 matches. During the first, second and third week: 18 matches per team were played with a total of 54 matches. Classification in the preliminary rounds was decided by the number of points gained by teams participating in the same group. The classification in the general ranking of the preliminary rounds of the 2005 WGP was decided by the total number of World Grand Prix Points (GPP) gained by the teams in the preliminary matches.

Qualification

Asia

Europe

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 550101527.5004203341.257FIVB Grand Prix 2005
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 53281171.5714173741.115
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53281171.5713943871.018
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 53281071.4293903441.134
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 51463120.2502903620.801
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 50550150.0002653750.707
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total
21 Sep Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23–2525–2725–2123–25 96–98
21 Sep Romania  Flag of Romania.svg0–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15–2519–2519–25  53–75
21 Sep Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 18–2517–2518–25  53–75
22 Sep Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3–0Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25–1825–1425–17  75–49
22 Sep Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 25–2025–1925–17  75–56
22 Sep Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25–1725–1825–23  75–58
23 Sep Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17–2515–2518–25  50–75
23 Sep Romania  Flag of Romania.svg0–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 14–2519–2516–25  49–75
23 Sep Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg1–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–1123–2517–2523–25 88–86
25 Sep Romania  Flag of Romania.svg0–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 17–2523–2522–25  62–75
25 Sep Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–1825–2222–2525–10 97–75
25 Sep Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 20–2517–2525–1916–25 78–94
26 Sep Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23–2513–2520–25  56–75
26 Sep Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25–1820–2515–2523–25 83–93
26 Sep Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg3–0Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25–1625–1825–18  75–52

North and South America

Teams

Preliminary round

Ranking

The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 981172446.0006895331.293Final round
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 981172483.0007636241.223
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 981172564.1677586781.118
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 963151992.1116735761.168
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [a] (H)9631521111.9097716651.159Final round
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 9541419121.5836986271.113Final round
7Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9541415151.0006216740.921
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9451316190.8427407570.978
9Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 927117230.3045567080.785
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 918107260.2696927540.918
11Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 918107260.2696047770.777
12Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 90992270.0745197110.730
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Qualified as hosts

First round

Group A

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
24 Jun Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25–2125–2025–14  75–55 P2
24 Jun Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25–1625–1125–17  75–44 P2
25 Jun Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25–2225–1025–23  75–55 P2
25 Jun Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 26–2425–1425–18  76–56 P2
26 Jun South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21–2521–2518–25  60–75 P2
26 Jun Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25–1725–1717–2521–2518–20106–104 P2

Group B

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
24 Jun Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 29–2727–2527–25  83–77 P2
24 Jun Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–0Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 25–1225–1225–10  75–34 P2
25 Jun Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg0–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 26–2817–2518–25  61–78 P2
25 Jun Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23–2522–2523–25  68–75 P2
26 Jun Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg2–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12–2527–2525–219–2511–1584–111 P2
26 Jun Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–2720–2528–30  73–82 P2

Group C

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
24 Jun United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 17–2514–2517–25  48–75 P2
24 Jun China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 25–2025–1525–18  75–53 P2
25 Jun China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21–2525–1725–2225–5 96–69 P2
25 Jun United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 25–1325–1225–22  75–47 P2
26 Jun Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 25–1925–1725–14  75–50 P2
26 Jun China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25–2225–1525–15  75–52 P2

Second round

Group D

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
1 Jul South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25–2313–2521–2525–1515–1399–101 P2
1 Jul Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg0–3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25–2722–2517–25  64–77 P2
2 Jul United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–2Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 23–2523–2525–1425–1615–6111–86 P2
2 Jul South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22–2518–2513–25  53–75 P2
3 Jul United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25–2325–2121–2529–27 100–96 P2
3 Jul South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–0Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 25–2125–2225–15  75–58 P2

Group E

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
1 Jul Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25–1725–1325–19  75–49 P2
1 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–1725–1925–15  75–51 P2
2 Jul Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–1625–1626–24  76–56 P2
2 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 25–1825–1325–14  75–45 P2
3 Jul Poland  Flag of Poland.svg3–2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22–2525–1826–2418–2515–11106–103 P2
3 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25–2225–2125–20  75–63 P2

Group F

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
1 Jul Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 25–1925–1725–17  75–53 P2
1 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18–2517–2521–25  56–75 P2
2 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 20–2525–1925–2222–2513–15105–106 P2
2 Jul Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12–2510–2518–25  40–75 P2
3 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 25–925–1625–22  75–47 P2
3 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–1924–2623–2521–25 93–95 P2

Third round

Group G

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
8 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–2025–2326–24  76–67 P2
8 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 25–2027–2525–19  77–64 P2
9 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–0Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 25–2125–1025–18  75–49 P2
9 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25–2325–1525–23  75–61 P2
10 Jul Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 25–2120–2525–1821–257–1598–104 P2
10 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 22–2522–2522–25  66–75 P2

Group H

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
8 Jul South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17–2519–2518–25  54–75 P2
8 Jul Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25–2725–1925–2125–17 100–84 P2
9 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–2719–2521–25  65–77 P2
9 Jul Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25–1023–2525–1225–10 98–57 P2
10 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25–1225–2025–15  75–47 P2
10 Jul Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg1–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25–2220–2519–2523–25 87–97 P2

Group I

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
8 Jul Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg1–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14–2520–2525–1322–25 81–88 P2
8 Jul Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22–2523–2522–25  67–75 P2
9 Jul Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19–2523–2520–25  62–75 P2
9 Jul Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 26–2825–2225–1525–18 101–83 P2
10 Jul United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 18–2517–2525–2222–25 82–97 P2
10 Jul Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 23–2525–2225–1725–22 98–86 P2

Final round

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
13 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg2–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–1025–2019–2520–2513–15102–95 P2
13 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22–2522–2514–25  58–75 P2
13 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25–1225–2125–14  75–47 P2
14 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16–2521–2522–25  59–75 P2
14 Jul Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg2–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16–2525–2125–2221–2514–16101–109 P2
14 Jul Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22–2525–2028–2625–22 100–93 P2
15 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–1821–2532–3025–15 103–88 P2
15 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25–2122–2520–2519–25 86–96 P2
15 Jul Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25–2025–2725–2025–22 100–89 P2
16 Jul Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26–2425–1824–2621–2510–15106–108 P2
16 Jul China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25–1825–1725–19  75–54 P2
16 Jul Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21–2525–2020–2528–2617–15111–111 P2
17 Jul Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 20–2522–2520–25  62–75 P2
17 Jul Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25–2022–2525–2127–2915–7114–102 P2
17 Jul Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23–2522–2523–25  68–75 P2

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPR
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54191281.5004524251.064
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53281371.8574614161.108
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53281171.5714073781.077
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 532812101.2004704870.965
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51466130.4624154540.914
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 51465140.3574074520.900
Source: [ citation needed ]

Overall ranking

Individual awards

References