2005 Volleyball America's Cup

The 2005 Copa América of Volleyball was the fifth edition of the Men's Volleyball Tournament, the America Cup of Volleyball, and it was played between August 3 and August 7 in the town of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. All matches were played in the Celso Morbach Gimnasium, in São Leopoldo. The competition is not one of the main events in the FIVB international calendar, but it is perceived by the participating countries as an important test for their national teams. Those with a younger group were using the event to provide international experience to their players. The format adopted was very simple. Six teams, divided in two groups of three, played for the berths in the semifinals. That being the case, only the last team of each group failed to qualify, the remaining four advancing to the semifinals in the following system: winner of Group A versus second place of Group B and winner of Group B versus second place of Group A. The winners of the semifinal matches would play for the title, whereas the losers played for the third place. If two or more teams were to have the same number of victories in the first round, the team with more sets won would take precedence, if the tie persisted, then the set average (sets won minus sets lost) would decide the final standing. Squads 2005 Volleyball America's Cup squads First round All times are in the Brazilian official time, which is three hours behind UTC (UTC−3 / GMT−3). Group A TeamMWLSWSLSABrazil220606Argentina21134-1Venezuela 193020216-5August 3, 20:30Brazil3 - 0Argentina25 /21 25 /23 25 /19August 4, 20:30Brazil3 - 0Venezuela 193025 /21 31 /29 25 /19August 5, 18:30Argentina3 - 1Venezuela 193025 /23 20 /25 25 /22 25 /23 Group B TeamMWLSWSLSAUnited States211532Cuba211330Canada21135-2August 3, 18:30Canada3 - 2United States24/26 25 /17 25 /22 22/25 15 /13August 4, 18:30United States3 - 0Cuba25 /17 27 /25 27 /25August 5, 20:30Cuba3 - 0Canada25 /23 25 /17 25 /22 Final round Semi finals August 6 Brazil3 – 0Cuba14:00Match time: 1h0825 /20 25 /21 25 /11　United States3 – 2Argentina16:00 25 /22 21 /25 25 /22 23 /25 15 /10 Third place match August 7 Cuba3 – 0Argentina12:30Match time: 1h0728 /26 25 /20 25 /17 Final August 7 United States3 – 2Brazil10:00Match time: 1h5726 /24 26 /24 21 /25 20 /25 15 /11 Final ranking USA BRA CUB ARG CAN VEN 1930 vb 2005 Men's America's Cup winners USA First Awards Most valuable player: Dante Amaral BRA Best spiker: Riley Salmon USA Best receiver: Leonardo Patti ARG Best attacker: Dante Amaral BRA Best setter: Ricardo Garcia BRA Best blocker: Santiago Darraidou ARG Best libero: Richard Lambourne USA References Sports123 Results CBV A V Category:Volleyball America's Cup V