2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2005, with the final round held at the Sendai Gymnasium in Sendai, Japan. Hosts Japan and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round.

The competition of the 2005 WGP lasted four weeks with a total number of 69 matches. During the first, second and third week: 18 matches per team were played with a total of 54 matches. Classification in the preliminary rounds was decided by the number of points gained by teams participating in the same group. The classification in the general ranking of the preliminary rounds of the 2005 WGP was decided by the total number of World Grand Prix Points (GPP) gained by the teams in the preliminary matches.

Asia

 * The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings

Europe

 * European Qualification Tournament in Ankara, Turkey, from September 21 to September 26, 2004.


 * Romania replaced ; received a wild card

North and South America

 * Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico, from June 18 to June 26, 2004.

Ranking
The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

Group A

 * Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Group B

 * Venue: Reggio Calabria, Italy

Group C

 * Venue: Ningbo, China

Group D

 * Venue: Seoul, South Korea

Group E

 * Venue: Macau

Group F

 * Venue: Manila, Philippines

Group G

 * Venue: Hong Kong

Group H

 * Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Group I

 * Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

Final round

 * Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai, Japan

Individual awards

 * Most valuable player:
 * 🇧🇷 Paula Pequeno (BRA)
 * Best scorer:
 * 🇯🇵 Miyuki Takahashi (JPN)
 * Best spiker:
 * 🇨🇺 Rosir Calderón (CUB)
 * Best blocker:
 * 🇨🇺 Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
 * Best server:
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Hao (CHN)
 * Best digger:
 * Elke Wijnhoven
 * Best setter:
 * 🇨🇳 Feng Kun (CHN)
 * Best receiver:
 * 🇨🇳 Zhou Suhong (CHN)
 * Best libero:
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Na (CHN)