| Competition: | Men's European Volleyball Championship |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Gender: | men |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Size: | 170 |
| Host: | |
| Dates: | September 2–11 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champions: | ITA |
| Title Number: | 6 |
| Mvp: |  Alberto Cisolla |
| Website: | Official Website |
| Last: | 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship |
| Next: | 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship |
The 24th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental volleyball competition hosted by two nations – Serbia and Montenegro and Italy, namely in their respective capitals, Belgrade and Rome. Championship took place from September 2 to September 11, 2005.
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.
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| September 3, 2005 | |||||||||
| Poland | 3-0 | Croatia | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 | |||||
| Italy | 3-0 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| Ukraine | 0-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 | |||||
| September 4, 2005 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 2-3 | Croatia | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 | |||||
| Italy | 3-0 | Ukraine | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| Poland | 1-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 | |||||
| September 5, 2005 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 2-3 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 | |||||
| Italy | 3-0 | Poland | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| Croatia | 2-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 | |||||
| September 7, 2005 | |||||||||
| Poland | 3-1 | Ukraine | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 | |||||
| Russia | 3-1 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| Italy | 3-1 | Croatia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 | |||||
| September 8, 2005 | |||||||||
| Poland | 3-0 | Portugal | PalaLottomatica | 15:30 | |||||
| Croatia | 3-0 | Ukraine | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| Italy | 1-3 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 | |||||
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| September 2, 2005 | |||||||||
| Greece | 3-2 | Netherlands | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 | |||||
| France | 3-0 | Czech Republic | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 | |||||
| Spain | 0-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 | |||||
| September 3, 2005 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 1-3 | France | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 | |||||
| Spain | 3-1 | Greece | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 | |||||
| September 4, 2005 | |||||||||
| France | 2-3 | Spain | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 3-0 | Netherlands | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 | |||||
| Greece | 0-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 | |||||
| September 6, 2005 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2-3 | Czech Republic | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 | |||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3-0 | Netherlands | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 | |||||
| France | 2-3 | Greece | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 | |||||
| September 7, 2005 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 1-3 | Spain | Belgrade Arena | 15:30 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1-3 | Greece | Belgrade Arena | 18:00 | |||||
| France | 2-3 | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Arena | 21:00 | |||||
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| September 10, 2005 | |||||||||
| Russia | 3-2 | Spain | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| Italy | 3-2 | Serbia and Montenegro | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |
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| September 11, 2005 | |||||||||
| 3°/4° place | |||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3-0 | Spain | PalaLottomatica | 18:00 | |||||
| 1°/2° place | |||||||||
| Italy | 3-2 | Russia | PalaLottomatica | 21:00 |
| Place | Team |
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Team Roster
Matej Černič, Alberto Cisolla, Mirko Corsano, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Michal Lasko, Luigi Mastrangelo, Alessandro Paparoni, Cristian Savani, Giacomo Sintini, Luca Tencati, and Valerio Vermiglio.
Head coach: Gian Paolo Montali.