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.

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 (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Venues
The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the final round.

Preliminary round

 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

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 (UTC+02:00).

5th–8th place

 * Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

Final

 * Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

Individual awards
Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.
 * MVP: 🇵🇱 Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
 * Best scorer: 🇵🇱 Dorota Świeniewicz (POL)
 * Best spiker: 🇷🇺 Elena Godina (RUS)
 * Best server: 🇦🇿 Alla Hasanova (AZE)
 * Best blocker: 🇹🇷 Özlem Özçelik (TUR)
 * Best libero: 🇦🇿 Valeriya Korotenko (AZE)
 * Best setter: 🇮🇹 Eleonora Lo Bianco (ITA)
 * Best receiver: 🇹🇷 Gülden Kayalar (TUR)