2005 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

2005 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 15–20, 2005
Teams	6
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
MVP	Sheilla Castro
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The 2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from November 15–20, 2005.

Teams

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Host Nation
China	2005 Asian Champions
United States	2005 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2005 South American Champions
Poland	2005 European Champions
South Korea	Wild Card

Squads

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2005 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

• Nagoya Rainbow Hall (Nagoya)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Tokyo)

Results

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	398	323	1.232	15	2	7.500
2	United States	9	4	1	379	355	1.068	12	4	3.000
3	China	8	3	2	430	382	1.126	11	8	1.375
4	Poland	6	1	4	431	467	0.923	7	14	0.500
5	Japan	6	1	4	372	418	0.890	6	12	0.500
6	South Korea	6	1	4	340	405	0.840	3	14	0.214

Tokyo round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Nov	12:00	Brazil	3–2	China	15–25	17–25	25–20	25–20	15–8	97–98	P2
15 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62	P2
15 Nov	18:30	Poland	3–2	Japan	25–19	18–25	16–25	26–24	15–12	100–105	P2
16 Nov	12:00	China	0–3	United States	22–25	23–25	24–26			69–76	P2
16 Nov	15:00	Poland	0–3	Brazil	24–26	18–25	21–25			63–76	P2
16 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–23	27–25	25–21			77–69	P2

Nagoya round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	12:00	South Korea	0–3	China	18–25	17–25	19–25			54–75	P2
18 Nov	15:00	United States	3–1	Poland	25–20	21–25	25–20	25–19		96–84	P2
18 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–19	25–15			75–51	P2
19 Nov	12:00	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–16	25–19	25–19			75–54	P2
19 Nov	15:00	Poland	2–3	South Korea	24–26	25–17	18–25	25–15	11–15	103–98	P2
19 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	China	15–25	25–21	15–25	19–25		74–96	P2
20 Nov	12:00	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	19–25	18–25	20–25			57–75	P2
20 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Poland	17–25	25–17	25–19	25–20		92–81	P2
20 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	Japan	28–26	25–23	25–16			78–65	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  United States  China 4  Poland 5  Japan 6  South Korea

2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup Champions  Brazil First title Team Roster Fabiana, Carol, Natália, Carol Gattaz, Fernanda, Valeskinha, Sassá, Marcelle, Jaqueline, Sheilla, Fabi, Renatinha Head Coach: Zé Roberto

Awards

• MVP: Sheilla Castro
• Best Scorer: Sheilla Castro
• Best Spiker: Zhou Suhong
• Best Blocker: Fabiana Claudino
• Best Server: Welissa Gonzaga
• Best Setter: Feng Kun
• Best Libero: Yuka Sakurai

External links

• Official Website of the 2005 Women's World Grand Champions Cup