2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship Explained

Competition:Women’s European Volleyball Championship
Continent:Europe
Gender:women
Year:2005
Size:170
Host: Croatia
Dates:17 – 25 September
Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champions:Poland
Title Number:2
Mvp: Dorota Świeniewicz
Website:Website
Last:2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship
Next:2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Pula and Zagreb, Croatia from 17 to 25 September 2005.

Participating teams

TeamMethod of qualification
Qualification Category A group 2 second
Qualification Category A group 3 second
Hosts
2003 edition third place
Qualification Category A group 2 winners
2003 edition fourth place
2003 edition first place
Qualification Category A group 1 second
Qualification Category A best third
Qualification Category A group 3 winners
Qualification Category A group 1 winners
2003 edition second place

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Venues

The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the final round.

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ZagrebPula
Dom SportovaSport Centre
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 2,400

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

5th–8th place

5th place match

Final

Final

Final ranking

Place Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
Team Roster:
Katarzyna Skowrońska, Mariola Zenik, Izabela Bełcik, Magdalena Śliwa, Małgorzata Glinka, Dorota Świeniewicz, Agata Mróz, Joanna Mirek, Sylwia Pycia, Natalia Bamber, Milena Rosner, Aleksandra Przybysz. Head coach: Andrzej Niemczyk

Individual awards

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.[1]

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004/2005 European Championships (Individual Awards) . . 14 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227123851/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/competition.aspx?ID=144&PID=-2 . 27 December 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2004/2005 European Championships Women . . 14 April 2017 . 10 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410071701/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/Competition.aspx?ID=144&PID=334 . dead .