2005 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

2005 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nationJapan
DatesNovember 15–20, 2005
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPSheilla Castro

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

Teams

Team Qualified as
 Japan Host Nation
 China 2005 Asian Champions
 United States 2005 NORCECA Champions
 Brazil 2005 South American Champions
 Poland 2005 European Champions
 South Korea Wild Card

Squads

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

Results

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 2 7.500 398 323 1.232
2  United States 5 4 1 9 12 4 3.000 379 355 1.068
3  China 5 3 2 8 11 8 1.375 430 382 1.126
4  Poland 5 1 4 6 7 14 0.500 431 467 0.923
5  Japan 5 1 4 6 6 12 0.500 372 418 0.890
6  South Korea 5 1 4 6 3 14 0.214 340 405 0.840
Source: [citation needed]

Tokyo round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Nov 12:00 Brazil  3–2  China 15–25 17–25 25–20 25–20 15–8 97–98 P2
15 Nov 15:00 United States  3–0  South Korea 25–20 25–22 25–20     75–62 P2
15 Nov 18:30 Poland  3–2  Japan 25–19 18–25 16–25 26–24 15–12 100–105 P2
16 Nov 12:00 China  0–3  United States 22–25 23–25 24–26     69–76 P2
16 Nov 15:00 Poland  0–3  Brazil 24–26 18–25 21–25     63–76 P2
16 Nov 18:00 Japan  3–0  South Korea 25–23 27–25 25–21     77–69 P2

Nagoya round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Nov 12:00 South Korea  0–3  China 18–25 17–25 19–25     54–75 P2
18 Nov 15:00 United States  3–1  Poland 25–20 21–25 25–20 25–19   96–84 P2
18 Nov 18:00 Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–17 25–19 25–15     75–51 P2
19 Nov 12:00 Brazil  3–0  United States 25–16 25–19 25–19     75–54 P2
19 Nov 15:00 Poland  2–3  South Korea 24–26 25–17 18–25 25–15 11–15 103–98 P2
19 Nov 18:00 Japan  1–3  China 15–25 25–21 15–25 19–25   74–96 P2
20 Nov 12:00 South Korea  0–3  Brazil 19–25 18–25 20–25     57–75 P2
20 Nov 15:00 China  3–1  Poland 17–25 25–17 25–19 25–20   92–81 P2
20 Nov 18:00 United States  3–0  Japan 28–26 25–23 25–16     78–65 P2

Final standing

Awards