2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates22–27 November
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVPBrazil André Nascimento
Official website
FIVB

The 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagano and Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 27 November 2005.

Qualification

Team Qualified as
 Japan Hosts
 Egypt 2005 African Champions
 Italy 2005 European Champions
 United States 2005 NORCECA Champions
 Brazil 2005 South American Champions
 China Wild Card

Competition formula

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

Squads

Main article: 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

Results

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 6 2.500 505 443 1.140
2  United States 5 4 1 9 13 4 3.250 414 356 1.163
3  Italy 5 3 2 8 11 6 1.833 399 358 1.115
4  Japan 5 2 3 7 8 13 0.615 463 469 0.987
5  Egypt 5 1 4 6 5 14 0.357 368 433 0.850
6  China 5 0 5 5 6 15 0.400 405 495 0.818
Source: [citation needed]

Nagano round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Nov 12:00 United States  1–3  Brazil 27–25 22–25 19–25 24–26   92–101 P2
22 Nov 15:00 Italy  3–0  China 25–15 25–15 25–17     75–47 P2
22 Nov 18:00 Egypt  2–3  Japan 16–25 25–23 25–14 23–25 5–15 94–102 P2
23 Nov 12:00 China  2–3  Brazil 25–23 28–26 11–25 18–25 10–15 92–114 P2
23 Nov 15:00 Italy  3–0  Egypt 25–20 25–18 25–19     75–57 P2
23 Nov 18:00 Japan  1–3  United States 22–25 25–22 21–25 23–25   91–97 P2

Tokyo round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Nov 12:00 Egypt  3–2  China 25–23 21–25 21–25 25–21 15–12 107–106 P2
25 Nov 15:00 United States  3–0  Italy 25–23 25–20 25–18     75–61 P2
25 Nov 18:00 Brazil  3–1  Japan 25–21 25–20 23–25 25–18   98–84 P2
26 Nov 12:00 Egypt  0–3  United States 12–25 21–25 15–25     48–75 P2
26 Nov 15:00 Italy  2–3  Brazil 30–32 20–25 25–23 25–22 13–15 113–117 P2
26 Nov 18:00 China  2–3  Japan 14–25 26–24 20–25 37–35 8–15 105–124 P2
27 Nov 12:00 United States  3–0  China 25–16 25–21 25–18     75–55 P2
27 Nov 15:00 Brazil  3–0  Egypt 25–21 25–20 25–21     75–62 P2
27 Nov 18:00 Japan  0–3  Italy 20–25 22–25 20–25     62–75 P2

Final standing

Awards