2005 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2005 Men's European Volleyball League was the second edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The final Four was held in Kazan, Russia from 23 to 24 July 2005.

2005 Men's European Volleyball League

Tournament details
Host nation	Russia
Dates	June 3 – July 10 (qualification) July 23/24 (final four)
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Pavel Abramov
Official website
2005 European League

Competing nations

• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Finland
• Germany
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Turkey

Squads

Further information: 2005 Men's European Volleyball League Squads

League round

Pool 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	12	11	1	23	34	11	3.091	1072	952	1.126	Final Four
2	Finland	12	6	6	18	22	23	0.957	1007	1015	0.992	Final Four
3	Germany	12	5	7	17	21	23	0.913	1025	1001	1.024
4	Estonia	12	2	10	14	13	33	0.394	965	1101	0.876

Source:
(H) Host
Notes:

Pool 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	12	8	4	20	30	17	1.765	1094	1000	1.094	Final Four
2	Spain	12	7	5	19	27	21	1.286	1094	1065	1.027
3	Slovakia	12	5	7	17	19	29	0.655	1008	1080	0.933
4	Czech Republic	12	4	8	16	22	31	0.710	1153	1204	0.958

Source:

Final four

	Semi-finals				Final
	2005-07-23 – Kazan
	Turkey	1
					2005-07-24 – Kazan
	Finland	3
					Finland	0
	2005-07-23 – Kazan
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Spain	1
					3rd place
					2005-07-24 – Kazan
					Turkey	1
					Spain	3

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	15:30	Turkey	1–3	Finland	25–18	26–28	23–25	23–25		97–96	Report
23 Jul	18:30	Russia	3–1	Spain	25–18	23–25	25–12	25–20		98–75	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	15:00	Turkey	1–3	Spain	25–13	22–25	21–25	21–25		89–88	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	17:30	Finland	0–3	Russia	17–25	20–25	16–25			53–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Finland
	Spain
4	Turkey
5	Germany
6	Slovakia
7	Czech Republic
8	Estonia

2005 European League champions
Russia 1st title

12-man Roster for Final Round

Pavel Abramov, Sergey Baranov, Yury Berezhko, Andrey Egorchev, Alexey Kazakov, Taras Khtey, Alexey Kuleshov, Sergey Makarov, Vladimir Melnik, Semen Poltavskiy, Konstantin Ushakov, Alexey Verbov

Head coach

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Pavel Abramov

• Best scorer

  Mikko Oivanen

• Best spiker

  Mikko Oivanen

• Best blocker

  José Luis Moltó

• Best server

  Taras Khtey

• Best setter

  Simo-Pekka Olli

• Best libero

  Ali Peçen

References

• Official website