FIVB World Grand Prix 2005

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.

Qualification

Asia

*The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
**vbw|CHN
**vbw|JPN
**vbw|KOR
**vbw|THA

Europe

*European Qualification Tournament in Ankara, Turkey from September 21 to September 26, 2004
*2004-09-23

North and South America

*Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico from June 18 to June 26, 2004
**vbw|CUB
**vbw|USA
**vbw|DOM
**vbw|BRA

Teams

*See|FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 Squads

First Round

Group A

*June 24 to June 26, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
*June 26
*June 25
*June 24

econd Round

Group D

*July 1 to July 3, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea
*July 3
*July 2
*July 1

Third Round

Group G

*July 8 to July 10, 2005 in Hong Kong, China
*July 10
*July 9
*July 8

Preliminary Ranking

*Thursday July 14
*Monday July 18

Final Ranking

1. vbw|BRA

2. vbw|ITA

3. vbw|CHN

4. vbw|CUB

5. vbw|JPN

6. vbw|NED

7. vbw|POL

8. vbw|USA

9. vbw|KOR

10. vbw|GER

11. vbw|DOM

12. vbw|THA

Individual Awards

*Most Valuable Player:
**flagathlete|Paula Pequeno|BRA
*Best Scorer:
**flagathlete|Miyuki Takahashi|JPN
*Best Spiker:
**flagathlete|Rosir Calderon|CUB
*Best Blocker:
**flagathlete|Nancy Carrillo|CUB
*Best Server:
**flagathlete|Yang Hao|CHN
*Best Digger:
**flagathlete|Elke Wijnhoven|NED
*Best Setter:
**flagathlete|Feng Kun|CHN
*Best Receiver:
**flagathlete|Zhou Suhong|CHN
*Best Libero:
**flagathlete|Zhang Na|CHN

References

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/Worldgrandprix/2005/index.asp?sm=12 FIVB]
* [http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/volleyball/world_qualifications/163/184/5662/index_EN.html CEV Results]