2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Pula and Zagreb, Croatia from 17 to 25 September 2005.
Participating teams
| Team | Method of qualification |
| Qualification Category A group 2 second | |
| Qualification Category A group 3 second | |
| Hosts | |
| 2003 edition third place | |
| Qualification Category A group 2 winners | |
| 2003 edition fourth place | |
| 2003 edition first place | |
| Qualification Category A group 1 second | |
| Qualification Category A best third | |
| Qualification Category A group 3 winners | |
| Qualification Category A group 1 winners | |
| 2003 edition second place |
Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position.Pools composition
Squads
Venues
The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the Final round.| Pools A and Final round | Pool B | |
| Zagreb | Pula | |
| Dom Sportova | Sport Centre | |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 2,400 | |
Preliminary round
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
Pool A
- venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Pool B
- venue: Sport Centre, Pula
Final round
- venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
5th–8th place
- Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final
- Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking
| Place | Team |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 9 | |
| 9 | |
| 9 |
Individual awards
Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.- MVP:
- Best Scorer:
- Best Spiker:
- Best Server:
- Best Blocker:
- Best Libero:
- Best Setter:
- Best Receiver: