2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

2005 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22–27 November
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	André Nascimento
Official website
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The 2005 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagano and Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 27 November 2005.

Qualification[]

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Hosts
Egypt	2005 African Champions
Italy	2005 European Champions
United States	2005 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2005 South American Champions
China	Wild Card

Competition formula[]

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

Squads[]

Venues[]

Nagano White Ring, Nagano, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Results[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	505	443	1.140	15	6	2.500
2	United States	9	4	1	414	356	1.163	13	4	3.250
3	Italy	8	3	2	399	358	1.115	11	6	1.833
4	Japan	7	2	3	463	469	0.987	8	13	0.615
5	Egypt	6	1	4	368	433	0.850	5	14	0.357
6	China	5	0	5	405	495	0.818	6	15	0.400

Nagano round[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	12:00	United States	1–3	Brazil	27–25	22–25	19–25	24–26		92–101	P2
22 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	China	25–15	25–15	25–17			75–47	P2
22 Nov	18:00	Egypt	2–3	Japan	16–25	25–23	25–14	23–25	5–15	94–102	P2
23 Nov	12:00	China	2–3	Brazil	25–23	28–26	11–25	18–25	10–15	92–114	P2
23 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–18	25–19			75–57	P2
23 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	United States	22–25	25–22	21–25	23–25		91–97	P2

Tokyo round[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:00	Egypt	3–2	China	25–23	21–25	21–25	25–21	15–12	107–106	P2
25 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–20	25–18			75–61	P2
25 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–1	Japan	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–18		98–84	P2
26 Nov	12:00	Egypt	0–3	United States	12–25	21–25	15–25			48–75	P2
26 Nov	15:00	Italy	2–3	Brazil	30–32	20–25	25–23	25–22	13–15	113–117	P2
26 Nov	18:00	China	2–3	Japan	14–25	26–24	20–25	37–35	8–15	105–124	P2
27 Nov	12:00	United States	3–0	China	25–16	25–21	25–18			75–55	P2
27 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–20	25–21			75–62	P2
27 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Italy	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	P2