2005 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup explained

Competition:	World Grand Champions Cup
Continent:	World
Gender:	women
Year:	2005
Size:	200px
Host:	Japan
Dates:	November 15–20, 2005
Teams:	6
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champions:	Brazil
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Sheilla Castro
Last:	2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
Next:	2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from November 15–20, 2005.

Teams

width=180	Team	width=250	Qualified as
	Host Nation
	2005 Asian Champions
	2005 NORCECA Champions
	2005 South American Champions
	2005 European Champions
	Wild Card

Squads

See main article: 2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup squads.

Competition formula

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

Venues

• Nagoya Rainbow Hall (Nagoya)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Tokyo)

Results

Nagoya round

Final standing

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6

Team Roster
Fabiana, Carol, Natália, Carol Gattaz, Fernanda, Valeskinha, Sassá, Marcelle, Jaqueline, Sheilla, Fabi, Renatinha
Head Coach: Zé Roberto

Awards

• MVP: Sheilla Castro
• Best scorer: Sheilla Castro
• Best spiker: Zhou Suhong
• Best blocker: Fabiana Claudino
• Best receiver: Zhou Suhong
• Best server: Welissa Gonzaga
• Best setter: Feng Kun
• Best digger: Yuka Sakurai

External links

• Official Website of the 2005 Women's World Grand Champions Cup