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

Squads

• For more details on this topic, see 2005 Men's European Volleyball League Squads.

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

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

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