{"id":3199,"date":"2021-05-11T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sporthistory.eu\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2021-07-14T21:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:05:00","slug":"greece-2005-volleyball-m-world-league-world-championship-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sporthistory.eu\/en\/2021\/05\/11\/greece-2005-volleyball-m-world-league-world-championship-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece 2005 Volleyball (M) (World League \u2013 European Championship)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Season<\/strong>: 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

Player<\/strong>: Antonis<\/strong> Tsakiropoulos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tournament<\/strong>:\u00a0FIVB World League, European Volleyball Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manufacturer:\u00a0<\/strong>Olympicus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match\u00a0Worn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2005 Greece participated once again in FIVB World League. In a difficult group with Poland, Serbia-Montenegro and Argentina, Greece finished in third place with 17 points (5 wins and 7 losses), behind Poland (21 points) and Serbia-Montenegro (19 points). The teams that won the first place in the groups were Cuba, Brazil and Poland and together with Serbia-Montenegro which was the host of the Final 4 won the trophy. Brazil, after prevailing 3-1 over Cuba in the semifinals, also defeated Serbia-Montenegro in the final 3-1 and won the trophy. Greece in the final ranking was in 7th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n

A few weeks later, Greece also competed in the European Championship, which was co-organized in Rome and Belgrade. Against Spain, Serbia-Montenegro, France, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, Greece had a very good presence that in the end was not crowned with success in the details. The 3-1 defeat by Spain proved to be decisive for Greece and Spain tied at 8 points (behind Serbia-Montenegro which had 10 points) and in the end Spain prevailed in the tie. The winner of the tournament was Italy, which defeated Russia 3-2 in the final in Rome.<\/p>\n

Greece had a very strong roster with the leader, Marios Giourdas, and many stars of that period such as Baev, Tsakiropoulos, Kournetas, Roumeliotis and others. This jersey was worn by the middle-blocker of the national team and Olympiakos, Antonis Tsakiropoulos, in both tournaments of 2005. Greece, as usual, used a white, a dark blue and a light blue shirt while it was one of the few years that it used sleeveless jerseys.<\/p>\n