2005 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

2005 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesNovember 15–20, 2005
Teams6
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place China
Tournament awards
MVPSheilla Castro
← 2001
2009 →

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

Results

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 2 7.500 398 323 1.232
2  United States 5 4 1 9 12 4 3.000 379 355 1.068
3  China 5 3 2 8 11 8 1.375 430 382 1.126
4  Poland 5 1 4 6 7 14 0.500 431 467 0.923
5  Japan 5 1 4 6 6 12 0.500 372 418 0.890
6  South Korea 5 1 4 6 3 14 0.214 340 405 0.840
Source:

Tokyo round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Nov12:00Brazil 3–2 China15–2517–2525–2025–2015–897–98P2
15 Nov15:00United States 3–0 South Korea25–2025–2225–20  75–62P2
15 Nov18:30Poland 3–2 Japan25–1918–2516–2526–2415–12100–105P2
16 Nov12:00China 0–3 United States22–2523–2524–26  69–76P2
16 Nov15:00Poland 0–3 Brazil24–2618–2521–25  63–76P2
16 Nov18:00Japan 3–0 South Korea25–2327–2525–21  77–69P2

Nagoya round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Nov12:00South Korea 0–3 China18–2517–2519–25  54–75P2
18 Nov15:00United States 3–1 Poland25–2021–2525–2025–19 96–84P2
18 Nov18:00Brazil 3–0 Japan25–1725–1925–15  75–51P2
19 Nov12:00Brazil 3–0 United States25–1625–1925–19  75–54P2
19 Nov15:00Poland 2–3 South Korea24–2625–1718–2525–1511–15103–98P2
19 Nov18:00Japan 1–3 China15–2525–2115–2519–25 74–96P2
20 Nov12:00South Korea 0–3 Brazil19–2518–2520–25  57–75P2
20 Nov15:00China 3–1 Poland17–2525–1725–1925–20 92–81P2
20 Nov18:00United States 3–0 Japan28–2625–2325–16  78–65P2

Final standing

Awards