2005 Men's European Volleyball League

The 2005 Men's European Volleyball League was the second edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight European countries from June 3 to July 24, 2005. The Final Four was held in Kazan, Russia from July 23 to July 24.

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Estonia Finland Germany Russia	Czech Republic Slovakia Spain Turkey

League Round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Russia	23	12	11	1	1072	952	1.126	34	11	3.091
2	Finland	18	12	6	6	1007	1015	0.992	22	23	0.957
3	Germany	17	12	5	7	1025	1001	1.024	21	23	0.913
4	Estonia	14	12	2	10	965	1101	0.876	13	33	0.394

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Turkey	20	12	8	4	1094	1000	1.094	30	17	1.765
2	Spain	19	12	7	5	1094	1065	1.027	27	21	1.286
3	Slovakia	17	12	5	7	1008	1080	0.933	19	29	0.655
4	Czech Republic	16	12	4	8	1153	1204	0.958	22	31	0.710

Final four

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

Semi finals

• Saturday July 23

Turkey	1 – 3	Finland	25:18 26:28 23:25 23:25
Russia	3 – 1	Spain	25:18 23:25 25:12 25:20

Finals

• Sunday July 24 — Bronze Medal Match

Turkey	1 – 3	Spain	25:13 22:25 21:25 21:25

• • Sunday July 11 — Gold Medal Match

Finland	0 – 3	Russia	17:25 20:25 16:25

Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	Russia
2.	Finland
3.	Spain
4.	Turkey
5.	Germany
6.	Slovakia
7.	Czech Republic
8.	Estonia

2005 Men's European League Winners
Russia First title

Individual awards

• Topscorer
  • Guillermo Falasca (ESP)

• Best Server
  • Guillermo Falasca (ESP)

References

• CEV Results