FIVB World Grand Prix 2005

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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 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.

Contents 1 Qualification 1.1 Asia 1.2 Europe 1.3 North and South America 2 Teams 3 First Round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 4 Second Round 4.1 Group D 4.2 Group E 4.3 Group F 5 Third Round 5.1 Group G 5.2 Group H 5.3 Group I 6 Preliminary Ranking 7 Final Round 8 Overall Ranking 9 Individual Awards 10 Reference

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Asia

• The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
  •  China
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea
  •  Thailand

[edit] Europe

• European Qualification Tournament in Ankara, Turkey from September 21 to September 26, 2004
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Germany

[edit] North and South America

• Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico from June 18 to June 26, 2004
  •  Cuba
  •  United States
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Brazil

[edit] Teams

Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 Squads

[edit] First Round

[edit] Group A

• June 24 to June 26, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	6	3	3	0	254	216	1.176	9	2	4.500
2.	Japan	5	3	2	1	257	204	1.260	8	3	2.667
3.	Poland	4	3	1	2	174	210	0.829	3	6	0.500
4.	South Korea	3	3	0	3	171	226	0.757	0	9	0.000

[edit] Group B

• June 24 to June 26, 2005 in Reggio Calabria, Italy

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	243	211	1.152	9	0	MAX
2.	Italy	5	3	2	1	223	184	1.212	6	3	2.000
3.	Germany	4	3	1	2	256	242	1.058	3	8	0.375
4.	Dominican R.	3	3	0	3	179	264	0.678	2	9	0.222

[edit] Group C

• June 24 to June 26, 2005 in Ningbo, PR China

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	6	3	3	0	246	174	1.414	9	1	9.000
2.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1	219	194	1.129	7	3	2.333
3.	United States	4	3	1	2	175	197	0.888	3	6	0.500
4.	Thailand	3	3	0	3	150	225	0.667	0	9	0.000

[edit] Second Round

[edit] Group D

• July 1 to July 3, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Japan	5	3	2	1	248	217	1.143	7	3	2.333
2.	United States	5	3	2	1	312	281	1.110	8	6	1.333
3.	South Korea	5	3	2	1	227	234	0.970	6	5	1.200
4.	Dominican R.	3	3	0	3	208	263	0.791	2	9	0.222

[edit] Group E

• July 1 to July 3, 2005 in Macau, China

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	6	3	3	0	225	159	1.415	9	0	MAX
2.	Brazil	5	3	2	1	214	180	1.189	6	3	2.000
3.	Poland	4	3	1	2	200	253	0.791	3	8	0.375
4.	Germany	3	3	0	3	210	257	0.817	2	9	0.222

[edit] Group F

• July 1 to July 3, 2005 in Manila, Philippines

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	276	251	1.100	9	3	3.000
2.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1	255	209	1.220	8	3	2.667
3.	Italy	4	3	1	2	224	210	1.067	4	6	0.667
4.	Thailand	3	3	0	3	140	225	0.622	0	9	0.000

[edit] Third Round

[edit] Group G

• July 8 to July 10, 2005 in Hong Kong, China

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	226	182	1.242	9	0	MAX
2.	China	5	3	2	1	218	200	1.090	6	3	2.000
3.	Dominican R.	4	3	1	2	217	250	0.868	3	8	0.375
4.	Germany	3	3	0	3	226	255	0.886	2	9	0.222

[edit] Group H

• July 8 to July 10, 2005 in Taipei

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	6	3	3	0	295	228	1.294	9	3	3.000
2.	Cuba	5	3	2	1	239	216	1.106	7	3	2.333
3.	Netherlands	4	3	1	2	224	224	1.000	4	6	0.667
4.	South Korea	3	3	0	3	158	248	0.637	1	9	0.111

[edit] Group I

• July 8 to July 10, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Poland	6	3	3	0	247	211	1.171	9	1	9.000
2.	Japan	5	3	2	1	266	244	1.090	6	5	1.200
3.	United States	4	3	1	2	253	279	0.907	5	7	0.714
4.	Thailand	3	3	0	3	229	261	0.877	2	9	0.222

[edit] Preliminary Ranking

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	China	17	9	8	1	689	553	1.293	24	4	6.000
2.	Brazil	17	9	8	1	763	624	1.223	24	8	3.000
3.	Cuba	17	9	8	1	758	678	1.118	25	6	4.167
4.	Italy	15	9	6	3	673	576	1.168	19	9	2.111
5.	Japan	15	9	6	3	771	665	1.159	21	11	1.909
6.	Netherlands	14	9	5	4	698	627	1.113	19	12	1.583
7.	Poland	14	9	5	4	621	674	0.921	15	15	1.000
8.	United States	13	9	4	5	740	757	0.978	16	19	0.842
9.	South Korea	11	9	2	7	556	708	0.758	7	23	0.304
10.	Germany	10	9	1	8	692	754	0.918	7	26	0.269
11.	Dominican R.	10	9	1	8	604	777	0.777	7	26	0.269
12.	Thailand	9	9	0	9	519	711	0.730	2	27	0.074

[edit] Final Round

• Hosts Japan and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the Final Round, held from July 13 to July 18, 2005 in Sendai, Japan.

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	9	5	4	1	452	425	1.064	12	8	1.500
2.	Italy	8	5	3	2	461	416	1.108	13	7	1.857
3.	China	8	5	3	2	407	378	1.077	11	7	1.571
4.	Cuba	8	5	3	2	470	487	0.965	12	10	1.200
5.	Japan	6	5	1	4	415	454	0.914	6	13	0.462
6.	Netherlands	6	5	1	4	407	452	0.900	5	14	0.357

• Wednesday July 13

China	2 – 3	Cuba	25-10 25-20 19-25 20-25 13-15
Netherlands	0 – 3	Brazil	22-25 22-25 14-25
Italy	3 – 0	Japan	25-12 25-21 25-14

• Thursday July 14

China	0 – 3	Italy	16-25 21-25 22-25
Cuba	2 – 3	Brazil	16-25 25-21 25-22 21-25 14-16
Japan	3 – 1	Netherlands	22-25 25-20 28-26 25-22

• Saturday July 16

Italy	3 – 1	Cuba	25-18 21-25 32-30 25-15
Netherlands	1 – 3	China	25-21 22-25 20-25 19-25
Brazil	3 – 1	Japan	25-20 25-27 25-20 25-22

• Sunday July 17

Italy	2 – 3	Netherlands	26-24 25-18 24-26 21-25 10-15
China	3 – 0	Brazil	25-18 25-17 25-19
Cuba	3 – 2	Japan	21-25 25-20 20-25 28-26 17-15

• Monday July 18

Netherlands	0 – 3	Cuba	20-25 22-25 20-25
Brazil	3 – 2	Italy	25-20 22-25 25-21 27-29 15-7
Japan	0 – 3	China	23-25 22-25 23-25

[edit] Overall Ranking

1.  Brazil 2.  Italy 3.  China 4.  Cuba 5.  Japan 6.  Netherlands 7.  Poland 8.  United States 9.  South Korea 10.  Germany 11.  Dominican Republic 12.  Thailand

2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners  Brazil Fifth title

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
  •  Paula Pequeno (BRA)

• Best Scorer:
  •  Miyuki Takahashi (JPN)

• Best Spiker:
  •  Rosir Calderon (CUB)

• Best Blocker:
  •  Nancy Carrillo (CUB)

• Best Server:
  •  Yang Hao (CHN)

• Best Digger:
  •  Elke Wijnhoven (NED)

• Best Setter:
  •  Feng Kun (CHN)

• Best Receiver:
  •  Zhou Suhong (CHN)

• Best Libero:
  •  Zhang Na (CHN)

[edit] Reference

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