2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix explained

Competition:FIVB World Grand Prix
Gender:women
Year:2005
Host: (Final)
Dates:24 June – 17 July
Teams:12
Venues:10
Cities:10
Champions:Brazil
Second:Italy
Third:China
Fourth:Cuba
Title Number:5
Mvp: Paula Pequeno
Website:Tournament website
Last:2004 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next:2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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.

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

North and South America

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

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

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Second round

Group D

Group E

Group F

Third round

Group G

Group H

Group I

Final round

Final ranking

Overall ranking

Place Team
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Team Roster
Raquel Silva, Sheilla Castro, Paula Pequeno, Caroline Gattaz, Katia Rodrigues, Valeska Menezes, Carolina Albuquerque, Welissa Gonzaga, Marcelle Moraes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Fabiana de Oliveira, Renata Colombo
Head coach
José Roberto Guimarães

Individual awards

References