2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, at South Florida
Steve Slaton rushed for 89 yards and one touchdown for the Mountaineers, and West Virginia's defense limited Big East rushing leader Andre Hall to 75 yards on 20 carries for South Florida.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
The Sugar Bowl, the second BCS bowl, and the final game of six played on January 2, 2006, was contested at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, having been, like the New Orleans Bowl, displaced from the Louisiana Superdome by Hurricane Katrina. West Virginia, representing the Big East as conference champion, upset Georgia, the winner of the SEC championship game, 38–35.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
Georgia was looking for its third straight win in Atlanta in as many appearances, having won its last regular season game (against rival Georgia Tech on the Tech campus) and the SEC championship game (over LSU) at the Georgia Dome, located near the Bulldogs' Athens, Georgia campus, but West Virginia took a 28–0 lead in the game's first 16 minutes and withstood a furious Georgia comeback before scoring late in the fourth quarter to secure the win.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
Mountaineers freshman running back Steve Slaton began a career day early, running for a 52-yard score just 2:48 into the game en route to accumulating 204 yards on 26 carries against a Bulldogs defense that entered the game having allowed only 3.5 yards per carry. On the subsequent West Virginia possession, freshman quarterback Pat White accounted 56 yards of a 64-yard scoring drive, connecting with wide receiver Darius Reynaud for a three-yard touchdown pass; Reynaud caught six passes for 50 yards on the day.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
Just two plays into the next Bulldogs drive, running back Danny Ware lost the first of what would be three Georgia fumbles on the day, and West Virginia took just five plays to go 26 yards, scoring a touchdown on a 13-yard Reynaud run. The Mountaineers defense stymied an additional Georgia drive and forced a fumble by Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley, setting up a 50-yard drive that culminated in Slaton's second touchdown scamper, an 18-yarder that gave West Virginia a 28-point lead just 15:50 into the game.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
Shockley began to have success against the Mountaineers defense in the second quarter, completing three straight passes for a total of 46 yards before running back Kregg Lumpkin, who finished the day with 67 yards on nine carries, scored from 34 yards to put Georgia on the board. After their defense forced a West Virginia punt, the Bulldogs went 91 yards in just six plays, with Thomas Brown's scoring on a 52-yard run; Brown has held largely in check the remainder of the game, totaling only 78 yards on nine carries.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
A long run by West Virginia fullback Owen Schmitt, who finished the day having run for 80 yards on nine carries, set up a 27-yard Pat McAfee field goal, but Shockley, who finished the day having completed 20 of 33 passes for 278 yards and having gained 62 yards on eight carries, drove his team 80 yards in under five minutes and hit wide receiver Leonard Pope, who caught six passes for 52 yards on the day, from four yards to cut the West Virginia halftime lead to 10 points.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
After combining to give up more than 600 yards in total offense in the first half, both defenses tightened in the second half and although Brown lost a fumble to the Mountaineers, neither team managed a score until 1:44 remained in the third quarter when Shockley hit A.J. Bryant for a 34-yard touchdown to bring the Bulldogs to within three points.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
White continued to play well through air and on the ground in the fourth quarter, though, and led his team on an 80-yard drive that ended when Slaton ran for a 52-yard touchdown and once more extended the West Virginia lead to ten. For the game, White completed 11 of 14 passes for 124 yards—completing four passes for 64 yards to senior Brandon Myles, his leading receiver—but also added 79 yards on 24 carries in contributing to his team's 386-yard rushing performance.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
Shockley drove his team once more, connecting with Mohamed Massaquoi, whom he four times for 43 yards on the day, to convert a crucial third down and then finding Bryan McClendon, who caught three balls for 72 yards, on a 43-yard scoring drive.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
The Bulldogs defense held but West Virginia punter Phil Brady successfully carried out a fake punt and ran for a first down, allowing the Mountaineers, behind Slaton and White, to run out the clock, run their season to 11–1, and prevent the Big East from going winless in four bowls; South Florida, Rutgers, and Louisville had all lost earlier.


2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
The game was the final of three games hosted by the Georgia Dome in four days; the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl was held on December 30, and an NFL contest between the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons was played on January 1, which the Panthers won 44–11. The game returned to New Orleans in 2007.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The 2005 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 104th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 15 through August 22, 2005, and the women from August 23 through August 30, 2005.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The men's field was led by World No. 1 Roger Federer. Other top seeded players were Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt, Marat Safin, and home favorite Andy Roddick.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The women's draw featured Patty Schnyder and Vera Zvonareva. Also competing were Jelena Janković, Daniela Hantuchová, and Marion Bartoli.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Max Mirnyi defeated  Wayne Black /  Kevin Ullyett, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Women's Doubles
Laura Granville /  Abigail Spears defeated  Květa Peschke /  María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 6–2, 6–4


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles
Björkman and Mirnyi won the title, defeating Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett 7–6(7–3), 6–2 in the final.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick in the final, 6–3, 7–5, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2005 Cincinnati Masters.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but did not compete.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
This was notably the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament to feature future world No. 1's Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
Jill Craybas and Marlene Weingärtner were the defending champions, but did not compete this year. Weingärtner would eventually retire from professional tennis at the 2005 US Open.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
Laura Granville and Abigail Spears won the title, defeating Květa Peschke and María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 in the final. It was the 1st title for Granville and the 3rd title for Spears, in their respective careers.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but decided not to participate that year.


2005 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
Patty Schnyder won the title, defeating Akiko Morigami 6–4, 6–0 in the final.


2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum
The 2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum was held in Western Australia on 20 February 2005. The referendum failed, with a majority voting against both extended weeknight retail trading and Sunday retail trading.


2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum, Questions
Question 1Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade until 9 pm Monday to Friday?


2005 Western Australian retail trading hours referendum, Questions
Question 2Do you believe that the Western Australian community would benefit if trading hours in the Perth Metropolitan Area were extended to allow general retail shops to trade for 6 hours on Sunday?


2005 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Geoff Gallop, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett.


2005 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
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2005 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
The 2005 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University as a member of the a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Catamounts were led by fourth-year head coach Kent Briggs and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They finished the season 5–4 and 4–3 in SoCon play to place fourth.


2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were coached by David Elson. The Hilltoppers started the season strong, but after being ranked number 1 in Division I-AA, they lost their last four games and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999.


2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The team included future NFL players Curtis Hamilton and Greg Ryan. Erik Losey and Antonio Thomas were named to the AP All American team and Chris James made the 1AA All-Star Team. The All-Conference team included Losey, Thomas, James, Lerron Moore, Marion Rumph, Deion Holts, Dennis Mitchell, and Daniel Williams.


2005 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Schedule
FIU's win was later vacated by the NCAA due to infractions committed by FIU.


2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as members of the Mid-American Conference in the West Division. The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


2005 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The Broncos won the Michigan MAC Trophy and the WMU–CMU Rivalry Trophy.


2005 Wests Tigers season
The 2005 Wests Tigers season was the 6th in the joint-venture club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership, captained by Mark O'Neill and Scott Prince and coached by Tim Sheens. The Tigers finished the regular season in 4th position before reaching the 2005 NRL grand final, their first. After a Clive Churchill Medal-winning performance by Prince, Wests won and claimed their maiden premiership.


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership
The Tigers started the season at long odds for the 2005 premiership. The team had never qualified for a final series and had a relatively inexperienced squad. The season kicked off with a home game against Parramatta. The game turned when fullback Brett Hodgson had to leave the field with an eye injury. Two late tries allowed the Eels to wrap up the game. For Round 2 the team had a bye. In round 3 against defending premiers, the Bulldogs, the Tigers trailed 0–12 and 6–18 before scoring thirty unanswered points to lead 36–18 with 10 minutes remaining.


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership
The Bulldogs, inspired by Braith Anasta, fought back to tie the game 36–36. With extra time seeming inevitable, a Dogs' error gave the Tigers possession and, with seconds remaining, a Scott Prince field goal gave the side its first win. In Round 4 the Tigers beat the other 2004 grand finalists with a hard fought 26–16 win. A win followed against New Zealand in the rain in Christchurch (a Tigers home game).


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership
In rounds 6–9 the team lost four games in a row despite often being competitive. The losing streak ended against the winless Newcastle Knights. During rounds 11–15 the Tigers remained in the bottom half of the table mixing promising wins with heavy defeats. They then shocked the league by going on a club record eight game winning streak. With victory against the Cowboys they guaranteed their first ever finals appearance. The winning streak included a club record 54–2 win over defending premiers, the Bulldogs. Despite losses in the final two games the Tigers finished in the top four and earned a home semi-final.


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
28 - Eels (Tries: Cannings, Morris, Morrison, Peek, Tahu; Goals: Burt 4)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
37 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Prince 2, Wilson, Harrison, Fitzhenry, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 6; Field Goals: Prince)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
32 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Prince, Richards, Laffranchi, Whatuira, Heighington; Goals: Hodgson 6)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
20 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Wilson, Fitzhenry, Whatuira, Marshall; Goals: Hodgson 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Farah 2, Richards; Goals: Hodgson 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
40 - Dragons (Tries: Gasnier 2, Torrens 2, Hornby, Creagh, Best; Goals: Ennis 4, Head 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
26 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Whatuira, Prince, Rieck, Fulton, Laffranchi; Goals: Hodgson 3)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
32 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Whatuira 2, Reick 2, Richards, Fulton; Goals: Hodgson 4)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
16 - Raiders (Tries: Graham, Withers, Chalk; Goals: Gafa 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
30 - Storm (Tries: Slater 2, Webster, Bell, Geyer; Goals: Orford 3, C Smith 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
18 - Sharks (Tries: Williams, Galloway, Bird; Goals: Covell 3)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
22 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall 2, Fitzhenry, Richards; Goals: Hodgson 3)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
32 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Richards 2, Marshall, Laffranchi, Galea, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 4)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
24 - Sea Eagles (Tries: Harris 2, B Stewart 2; Goals: Witt 4)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
16 - Roosters (Tries: Finch, Monaghan, Roberts; Goals: Fitzgibbon 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
20 - Rabbitohs (Tries: L MacDougall 2, Sutton, Polglase; Goals: Champion 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
46 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Prince 3, Richards, Marshall, Fitzhenry, Halatau, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 7)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
22 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Hodgson 2, Fitzhenry, Farah; Goals: Hodgson 3)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
16 - Cowboys (Tries: Williams, Sargent, M Bowen; Goals: Thurston 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
22 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Fitzhenry 2, Whatuira, Richards; Goals: Hodgson 3)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Minor Premiership, Season results
38 - Panthers (Tries: Howland 2, Waterhouse, Swain, Priddis, Rodney, Clinton; Goals: Campbell 5)


2005 Wests Tigers season, Finals Series
The Tigers played their first ever semi-final against fifth placed North Queensland Cowboys, a team who had played in the 2004 final series. After a tight opening, the Tigers ran riot to score a 50–6 win. Both teams qualified for week two with the Tigers meeting six time premiers the Brisbane Broncos in a knock-out game. The Broncos dominated early possession with Benji Marshall preventing a Darren Smith try before scoring a long range intercept try against the run of the play. Towards the end of the game the Tigers kicked clear to win comfortably.


2005 Wests Tigers season, Finals Series
The win saw the Tigers meet the Dragons in a Grand Final qualifier. In the lead up to the game there was controversy over the venue with calls for the game to be moved from Aussie Stadium to the much larger Telstra Stadium. As the Dragons had qualified for this game after week one their fans had an extra week to buy tickets to the game. As a result, the majority of the capacity crowd were Dragons fans. An early Marshall try gave the Tigers a lead they never gave up. The 20-12 win meant the Tigers qualified for the Grand Final.


2005 Wests Tigers season, Finals Series
16 - Cowboys (Tries: Sing, Norton, M Bowen; Goals: Hannay 2)


2005 Wests Tigers season, 2005 Grand Final
Both the Cowboys and the Wests Tigers were playing in their first ever grand final. The Cowboys scored early and led 6–0. A Cowboys error allowed Bryce Gibbs to score a try to level the game. In a game defining moment, Benji Marshall returned a kick beating several defenders before a flick pass to Pat Richards. Richards, who needed an injection to overcome a leg injury, pushed away from Rod Jensen to score, the Tigers leading 12–6 at the break. After half time Anthony Laffranchi crashed over the try-line for an 18–6 lead before the Cowboys hit back. A Daniel Fitzhenry try gave the Tigers a 24–12 lead. With two minutes to go the Cowboys crossed the try-line wide but the conversion attempt missed, leaving the score at 24–16. A try on full-time to Todd Payten saw a final scoreline of 30–16.


2005 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2005.


2005 Widnes Vikings season
Widnes Vikings competed in their fourth consecutive Super League season in 2005 but would be relegated to the National League One at the end of an extremely disappointing year for the Vikings. In preparation for the start of the 2005 season they had appointed Frank Endacott, who had previously coached the Wigan Warriors, as well as signing former NRL prodigy Owen Craigie to the club. It was hoped that these men could once again lead Widnes to Super League safety once again and bounce back from a dismal 2004 season. While the Vikings managed to finish 11th in the League like last season they were nonetheless relegated due to the pending introduction of the Catalans Dragons in the 2006 season, they would not return to the top flight until 2012.


2005 Wigan Warriors season
This article outlines the 2005 season for the British rugby league club Wigan Warriors. This season saw them compete in the Super League and Challenge Cup.


2005 Wigan Warriors season, League Table
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2005 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season
The 2005 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's fifth season as a member of the af2 and the second under head coach Les Moss. The team ended with a 9–7 record and qualified for the playoffs, but the Pioneers fell to the Florida Firecats for the second straight year. Following the season, Moss left the team to be an assistant coach with the Orlando Predators, leaving the team looking for its fifth head coach for its fifth season.


2005 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2005 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of South Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 26th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 5–6 and a mark of 3–5 in A-10 play, tying for third place in the South Division.


2005 Wiltshire County Council election
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, with the whole council up for election. They proved to be the last to the original county council, as the elections four years later were the first to its successor, the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.


2005 Wiltshire County Council election
Most electoral divisions had boundary changes, and several were new, including three new two-member divisions, in Salisbury and Trowbridge.


2005 Wiltshire County Council election
As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. The previous 2001 Wiltshire Council election, had also coincided with the 2001 general election.


2005 Wimbledon Championships
The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 119th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2005. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


2005 Wimbledon Championships
Roger Federer successfully defended the men's singles crown defeating Andy Roddick in the final for the second consecutive year. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in her 2004 title defence, being defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Venus Williams. Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in history.


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize distribution
The total prize money for 2005 championships was £10,085,510. The winner of the men's title earned £630,000 while the women's singles champion earned £600,000.


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Stephen Huss /  Wesley Moodie defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Cara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Svetlana Kuznetsova /  Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–1


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mary Pierce defeated  Paul Hanley /  Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 6–2


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Jesse Levine /  Michael Shabaz defeated  Sam Groth /  Andrew Kennaugh, 6–4, 6–1


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Victoria Azarenka /  Ágnes Szávay defeated  Marina Erakovic /  Monica Niculescu, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Other events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Michaël Jeremiasz /  Jayant Mistry defeated  David Hall /  Martin Legner, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's singles
The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's singles
The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's doubles
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2005 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's doubles
The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Brendan Evans and Scott Oudsema were the defending champions, but both were ineligible to compete in the juniors this year.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Jesse Levine and Michael Shabaz defeated Samuel Groth and Andrew Kennaugh in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Gaël Monfils was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete in the juniors this year.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Jérémy Chardy defeated Robin Haase in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Victoria Azarenka and Olga Govortsova were the defending champions, and decided not to play together. Govortsova competed with Alisa Kleybanova but lost in the semifinals to Azarenka and her partner Ágnes Szávay.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Azarenka and Szávay defeated Marina Erakovic and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Kateryna Bondarenko was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete in the juniors this year.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Tamira Paszek in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the two-time defending champions but did not play together. Björkman partnered with Max Mirnyi and Woodbridge partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi but both pairs lost to Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie, in the semifinals and the second round respectively.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Huss and Moodie defeated Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–7(2), 6–3, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships In doing so, Huss and Moodie became the first qualifiers to win the Men's Doubles title.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Two-time defending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Andy Roddick in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships. It was Federer's third Wimbledon title and fifth major title overall. Federer defeated Roddick in the final for the second consecutive year, and would defeat him again in the 2009 final as well.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
This tournament was the first major tournament in which future world No. 1 and two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray competed in the main draw; and the first Wimbledon for future world No. 1 and six-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic. Both players were defeated in the third round: Djokovic lost to Sébastien Grosjean in four sets, while Murray lost to David Nalbandian after leading two sets to love; to date it remains the only professional match in which Murray has lost from two sets up. By reaching the third round, Djokovic entered the ATP Top 100 rankings for the first time in his career.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Guillermo Cañas withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Olivier Rochus, who became the #33 seed.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Wayne and Cara Black were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Mahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Bhupathi and Pierce defeated  Paul Hanley and Tatiana Perebiynis in the final, 6-4, 6-2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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2005 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Michaël Jeremiasz and Jayant Mistry defeated David Hall and Martin Legner in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 to win the inaugural Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but did not play together. Stubbs partnered with Lisa Raymond but lost in the first round to Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro and Selima Sfar.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Black competed with Liezel Huber and defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez withdrew due to injury for Suárez. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded pair Els Callens and Emmanuelle Gagliardi, who became the #17 seeds.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Venus Williams defeated compatriot and world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 9–7 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships. It was the longest Wimbledon women's final match in history, lasting two hours and 45 minutes, over an hour longer than that year's men's final. She became the first woman since Helen Wills in 1935 and the first in the Open era to win the Wimbledon title after saving a match point against her. This was Venus's third Wimbledon singles title, fifth Grand Slam singles title overall, and her first since the 2001 US Open. Venus dropped only one set the entire tournament, to Davenport in the final. Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost to Venus Williams in the semifinals.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The first week of the tournament was headlined by two major upsets – Justine Henin-Hardenne's first round defeat marked the first time in the Open Era the reigning French Open champion had lost their opening match at Wimbledon, while Serena Williams's loss in the third round was her earliest exit at any Grand Slam tournament since the 1999 French Open.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2005 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 2005 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 5th place in the West Division with a 5–13 record and failed to make the playoffs.


2005 Winston-Salem mayoral election
The 2005 Winston-Salem mayoral election was held on November 8, 2005 to elect the mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of Allen Joines.


2005 Winter Universiade
The 2005 Winter Universiade, the XXII Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck and Seefeld, Austria.


2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2005 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Barry Alvarez, the Badgers completed the season with a 10–3 record, including a 5–3 mark in the Big Ten Conference, good for a third-place tie with Michigan, Northwestern and Iowa.


2005 Wismilak International
The 2005 Wismilak International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Grand Hyatt Bali in Bali, Indonesia, from 12 through 18 September 2005. Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.


2005 Wismilak International, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2005 Wismilak International, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2005 Wismilak International, Finals, Singles
It was the 4th title of the season for Davenport and the 49th title in her singles career.


2005 Wismilak International, Finals, Doubles
It was the 3rd title for Grönefeld and the 12th title for Shaughnessy in their respective doubles careers.


2005 Wismilak International – Doubles
Anastasia Myskina and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but none competed this year, with Myskina competing at the Fed Cup final during the same week.


2005 Wismilak International – Doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2005 Wismilak International – Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but had to withdraw due to a back injury.


2005 Wismilak International – Singles
Lindsay Davenport won the title, defeating Francesca Schiavone 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2005 Wismilak International – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Wizard Home Loans Cup
The 2005 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the name of the AFL pre-season competition for 2005. The attendance for all matches was 317,761, with an average attendance of 21,184 per game. The Michael Tuck medal (awarded to the best & fairest in the pre-season final) was awarded to Brendan Fevola of the Carlton Football Club. Carlton defeated the West Coast Eagles in the final 1.14.18 (111) to 1.11.9 (84). Carlton went on to receive the wooden spoon in the regular home-and-away season.


2005 Wizard Home Loans Cup, Goal tally
This table shows how many goals the two grand finalists have scored throughout the entire pre-season competition. The host of the grand final is determined on how many goals a winning semi finalists kicks over the three weeks they've been in the competition for.


2005 Wizard Home Loans Cup, Final Placings
1. Carlton 2. West Coast 3. Western Bulldogs 4. North Melbourne 5. Melbourne  6. St Kilda  7. Port Adelaide  8. Collingwood 9. Richmond 10. Fremantle 11. Hawthorn 12. Adelaide 13. Sydney 14. Essendon 15. Brisbane 16. Geelong


2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship
The 2005 Women's African Nations Championship was the 12th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. It was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8 to 15 September 2005.


2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship
Kenya won the championship defeating Nigeria in the final, while Egypt defeated Tunisia to finish third.


2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament is played in two stages. In the first stage, the participants are divided in two groups. A single round-robin format is played within each group to determine the teams' group position (as per procedure below).


2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Format
The second stage is a knockout format, the top two teams in each group advance to the semifinals, third placed teams in each group play for 5th-6th and fourth placed teams in each group play for 7th-8th place. Winners of the semifinals play the final, while losers play for third and fourth places.


2005 Women's African Volleyball Championship, Pool composition
The drawing of lots was held in Abuja, Nigeria on 7 September 2005.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League
The 2005 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 13th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 25 February – 10 April 2005.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League
QLD Scorchers won the tournament for the second time after defeating WA Diamonds 3–1 in the final. NSW Arrows finished in third place after defeating Adelaide Suns 4–0 in the third and fourth place playoff.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
The 2005 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format
The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures based on aggregate scores to determine point allocation.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format, Point allocation
In the event of a draw, a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point. If a shootout occurred in both instances of a two-legged fixture, a bonus point was awarded to the winner of each shoot-out.


2005 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 230 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.42 goals per match.


2005 Women's British Open
The 2005 Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 29th edition of the Women's British Open, and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


2005 Women's British Open
Jeong Jang led wire-to-wire and won her first LPGA event and only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Sophie Gustafson. Michelle Wie, age 15, tied for third and was the low amateur in her final major before turning professional in the fall.


2005 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 2005 Women's Dunlop British Open Squash Championships was held at the National Squash Centre in Manchester from 9–17 October 2005. The event was won by Nicol David who defeated Natalie Grinham in the final.


2005 Women's County Championship
The 2005 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 9th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 27 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, their third title in three years.


2005 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.


2005 Women's County Championship, Competition format
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2005 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Win: 12 points. Tie:  6 points. Loss : Bonus points. No Result: 11 points. Abandoned: 11 points.


2005 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Up to five batting and five bowling points per side were also available.


2005 Women's County Championship, Teams
The 2005 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of four groups of four teams, on equal standing, with the winners proceeding to a play-off round for promotion to the County Championship.


2005 Women's County Championship, Teams
Teams in the County Championship played each other twice, whilst teams in the Challenge Cup played each other once.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 8th IWCC Women's Cricket World Cup was held in South Africa from 22 March to 10 April 2005.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
Teams from New Zealand, Australia, England, India, Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies played each other once in a round robin format to determine the semifinalists.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
3 centuries were scored during the tournament. 136 by Claire Taylor for England v Sri Lanka in Pretoria, 103 by Lisa Keightley for Australia v South Africa at the LC de Villiers Oval in Pretoria and 107* by Karen Rolton for Australia v India in the final at Centurion Park.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
The highest score in the tournament was the 284 for 4 England compiled against Sri Lanka while Sri Lanka were bowled out for 57 by Australia and 58 by New Zealand.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
Two women took five wicket hauls in the competition, remarkably both in the same game. Pace bowler Louise Milliken took 5 for 25 for New Zealand against India at the Tshwane University of Technology Oval in Pretoria and although slow left armer Neetu David hit back with 5 for 32 for the Indians, New Zealand won the group game by 16 runs.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
Australia defeated England by 5 wickets and India beat New Zealand by 40 runs in the semifinals.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
Australia won the tournament, for the 5th time, beating India by 98 runs in the final. The Australians scored 215 for 4 before bowling India out for 117 in 46 overs.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, then alphabetically by surname.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
The 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a women's One Day International cricket match between Australia and India played on 10 April 2005 at the SuperSport Park in South Africa. It was the culmination of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, the eighth tournament of the series. Australia won by 98 runs, clinching their fifth World Cup title, and their fourth on foreign soil. It was the first time that the Indian team had reached at Final of a women's World Cup.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
Australia won the toss, and their captain Belinda Clark opted to bat first. Her side scored 215 runs with the loss of 4 wickets (215/4) in their 50 overs. Their top scorer was Australian vice-captain Karen Rolton, who scored 107 runs batting at number three. Indian bowler Amita Sharma took two wickets for 39 runs (2/39). In their response, India failed to build a good opening partnership, as opener Jaya Sharma was dismissed for only 5 runs. India continued to score poorly, and the last of their ten wickets fell at the end of their 46th over. Australia bowlers Shelley Nitschke and Cathryn Fitzpatrick each took two wickets. Rolton was named player of the match.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The 2005 Women's World Cup was a round-robin tournament, in which each of the eight teams played all seven others and the top four progressed to the semifinals.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
All of Australia' group stage matches were scheduled at Tshwane University of Technology Oval, Pretoria, except the one against West Indies. Their first match was against England, which "washed out after heavy rain lashed Pretoria". Then, Australia has five consecutive victories, against New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Ireland by 32 runs, 79 runs, 97 runs, eight wickets and ten wickets respectively.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
India' group stage matches were also scheduled at Pretoria, except the one against New Zealand. Their first match was against ri Lanka, which ended with no result. It won its next three matches, against Ireland, South Africa and England by nine wickets, four wicket and seven wickets respectively. It then faced it first loss in the tournament, facing a 16-runs loss from New Zealand.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Both the finalists faced each other in the last match of their group stage, but it was abandoned without a ball being bowled.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Semifinals
Australia played England in the first semifinal of the tournament. Australia won the toss and put England to bat. England finished on 158, with Fitzpatrick taking three wicket for 27 runs. Clark's tally of 62 runs and Sthalekar's 29 runs helped Australia to reach the required 159 in 47 overs to progress to the final. Clarke was named player of the match.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Route to the final, Semifinals
In the second semifinal India played New Zealand, which won the toss and elected to field first. The Indian openers were quickly dismissed, but Chopra scored 44 and Raj 91 not out, helping India to reach a total of 204 runs. New Zealand finished on 164, and Amita Sharma finished with three wicket for 24 runs. India won by 40 runs and progressed to the final, with Raj being the player of the match.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Buildup
Before the tournament, Jenny Thompson of ESPNcricinfo identified Australia, India, England and New Zealand as the most likely winners. Australia were runners-up in the previous tournament in 2000. This was the first time that India had reached the final of a women's World Cup, but the seventh for Australia, and their sixth on foreign soil. Australia was the only team still unbeaten in the tournament. The one change in the Australian team was the inclusion of Clea Smith in place of Emma Liddell. India fielded the same side as in their semifinal win over New Zealand.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Batting conditions were good, and Australia's captain Belinda Clark chose to bat first after winning the toss. The Indian bowlers started well: Clark was caught at wicket by wicket keeper Anju Jain, and in the 11th over, Keightley was caught at second slip by Dhar at second slip. Rolton batted at number three and Jones at number four, taking Australia to 50 runs in the 19th over during their 40-run third-wicket partnership.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Jones was dismissed in the 25th over by David and Sthalekar came in, scoring 55 in a 139-run fourth-wicket stand with Rolton, during which Australia reached 100 runs in the 34th over. Sthalekar was caught and bowled by Dhar in the last over, after which Blackwell made 4 runs in 2 balls, giving Australia a total of 215 runs. Rolton remained not out, making 107 runs after she was dropped by Amita Sharma on 60. Goswami, Amita Sharma, Dhar and David each took one wicket for India.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
India played a poor innings, losing their first wicket in the 8th over, as Jaya Sharma got run out by Sthalekar and Price. Jain, who made 29 runs, got caught by Sthalekar with an easy catch at mid-wicket. Chopra run out by Julie Hayes on ten runs. Then skipper Raj got leg before wicket by Nitschke, playing across the line. Dhar and Kala were run out in consecutive overs, at 6 and 3 runs respectively. Later Amita Sharma and Goswami made 22 and 18 runs respectively.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Amita Sharma got leg before wicket by Sthalekar, and Goswami was caught by substitute Kate Blackwell on backward point. David and Khadeer made ducks. Only four Indian players scored double figures, and the team wa all out for 117 runs in 46 overs. Australia's most successful bowler was Nitschke, who took two wickets for 14 runs.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Rolton was named player of the match and player of the series.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, Reaction
Both teams received enthusiastic welcomes on their return home, but neither the Australian nor the Indian press paid much attention to the match. The Indian side received 10,000 South African rand for being the runners-up.


2005 Women's Cricket World Cup squads
Eight teams participated in the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, the same as at the previous edition in 2000. The only change composition in was that the West Indies qualified in place of the Netherlands.


2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 7th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 14th until the 20th of August 2005 in Dublin, Ireland.


2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Format
The eight teams were be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals in order to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge.


2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
Points obtained in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.


2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
The 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the first edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 5 to 11 September 2005 in Baku, Azerbaijan.


2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
The hosts Azerbaijan won the first EuroHockey Nations Trophy title and were promoted to the 2007 EuroHockey Championship together with the runners-up Italy.


2005 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 4th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tønsberg, Norway from May 8 to 15, 2005. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Competitions took place in 13 weight classes.


2005 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
Russia topped the medals table, as they had done in the three previous editions of these championships. Cecilia Brækhus of Norway was voted best boxer of the tournament.


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.


2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 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.


2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
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).


2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Venues
The tournament was played at two venues in two cities throughout Croatia. Each city hosted a group stage. Zagreb hosted the Final round.


2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship, held in Pula and Zagreb, Croatia from September 17 to September 22, 2005.


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
The 2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge was the third edition of the field hockey championship for women. It was held in Virginia Beach, United States from July 8–16, 2005.


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
New Zealand participate in 2006 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands after defeated South Africa in the final.


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge, Awards
The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 64 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match.


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 13th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 26 November to 4 December 2005 in Canberra, Australia.


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The Netherlands won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Australia 5–4 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams
The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH):


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires
Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 55 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match.


2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 5th edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from 14 to 25 September 2005 in Santiago, Chile.


2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
South Korea won the tournament for the second time after defeating Germany 1–0 in the final. The Netherlands won the third-place match by defeating Australia 2–1 in the third and fourth place playoff.


2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Qualification
Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 16 teams competed in the tournament.


2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Statistics, Final Rankings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 242 goals scored in 62 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.


2005 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup squads
This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2005 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup tournament held in Santiago, Chile, between 14 and 25 September 2005.


2005 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup
The 2005 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup was the 3rd edition of the Indoor Pan American Cup, an indoor hockey competition. The tournament was held in Kitchener, Canada, from 9–11 December.


2005 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup
Canada won the tournament for the first time, defeating the United States 2–1 in the final. Trinidad and Tobago won the bronze medal after defeating Venezuela 8–0 in the third place match.


2005 Women's Indoor Pan American Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 70 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 7 goals per match.


2005 Women's Islamic Games
The fourth edition of the Women's Islamic Games took place in Tehran and Rasht, Iran in September 2005. A total of 45 countries, 200 teams, and 1316 athletes competed at the Games, which featured fifteen separate sports. The competition was overseen by 516 referees, from twelve countries, and 15 international observers. The 2005 event saw many countries competing for the first time, including the United States and numerous East Asian, European and African countries. Iran won the competition with a total of 102 medals.


2005 Women's Islamic Games, Sports
The sports competed at the 2005 Women's Islamic Games were: athletics, badminton, basketball, fencing, futsal, golf, gymnastics, handball, judo, karate, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and volleyball.


2005 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The 2005 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the seventh Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played in Annapolis, Maryland from 23 June – 2 July, 2005. Australia defeated the United States in the final to win the tournament.


2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 6 to September 11, 2005 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The United States won the event over Cuba and qualified for the 2005 Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup, later that year in Japan. Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago were the newcomers to this competition. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal and Nancy Metcalf was awarded Most Valuable Player.


2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, held from September 4 to September 12, 2005 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.


2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2005 Women's NCAA Tournament. It was the eighth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament.


2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The final four of the tournament paired Missouri State against Iowa and West Virginia against Kentucky. Missouri State upended Iowa 89–80. Meanwhile, West Virginia and Kentucky played a double overtime thriller, which ended up with West Virginia winning 80–75.


2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The final pitted Missouri State and West Virginia against each other in Springfield, Missouri, as the Lady Bears hosted at the Hammons Student Center. The game was another close one for both teams, with Missouri State ultimately pulling out the victory for their 1st WNIT Championship, 78–70.


2005 Women's Oceania Cup
The 2005 Women's Oceania Cup was the fourth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held from 30 October to 5 November in Auckland and Sydney.


2005 Women's Oceania Cup
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2006 FIH World Cup.


2005 Women's Oceania Cup
Australia won the tournament for the fourth time, defeating New Zealand in the three–game series, 2–1.


2005 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 7 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.


2005 Women's Oceania Handball Championship
The 2005 Oceania Handball Nations Cup was the second edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, held from 24–28 May in Sydney, Australia. The winner qualified for the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship.


2005 Women's Oceania Handball Championship
Australia and New Zealand played a two-game series to determine the winner.


2005 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
The 2005 Women's Junior Pan-Am Championship was the 5th edition of the Women's Pan American Junior Championship. It was held from 16 – 27 March 2005 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2005 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2005 Junior World Cup, held in Santiago, Chile in September 2005.


2005 Women's Pan-Am Junior Championship
Argentina won the tournament for the 5th time, defeating the United States 3–1 in the final. Chile won the bronze medal by defeating Canada 2–1 in the third and fourth place playoff.


2005 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2005 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was held from 8 to 19 June 2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was the fourth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament and was attended by twelve countries. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2005 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, Final ranking
Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Brazil and the United States qualified for the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix.


2005 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2005 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from June 8 to June 19, 2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.


2005 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2005 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2005 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fourth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by France, who achieved their second successive Grand Slam.


2005 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
The 2005 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in La Paz, Bolivia from September 17 to 23, 2005.


2005 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Competition System
The competition system for the 2005 Women's South American Championship was a single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 6 remaining teams with one team having a break each date. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.


2005 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Competition System
Round 1: Top 3 teams (Brazil, Peru and Argentina according to FIVB Ranking) will play against the 4 remaining teams.


2005 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Competition System
Round 2: Top 3 teams will play against each other, the 4 remaining teams will play against each other too.


2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by Russia from September 25 to October 2, 2005 in Podolsk. It was the 3rd championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.


2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
The World Championship was contested in 13 weight disciplines by 152 amateur woman boxers from 28 countries.


2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
Russia won seven gold, one silver and four bronze medals, while Canada finished second with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals, followed by India with a tally of 1-0-4. The Canadian, Mary Spencer (66 kg) was awarded "Best Boxer of the Competition".


2005 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 2005 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2005 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Hong Kong from 29 November to 4 December 2005. Nicol David won her first World Open trophy, beating Rachael Grinham in the final.


2005 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results
Note: * Q = Qualifier, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race
The 2005 race saw 20 doubles, 4 fours and 2 solos depart La Gomera on 30 November 2005 to race to Antigua. The start was originally scheduled for 27 November but Tropical Storm Delta, and its accompanying bad weather, delayed the start. Unprecedented bad weather during the event led to 6 boats retiring from the race.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Bad weather
The late-November start date was chosen as the hurricane season is normally all but finished for the year; unfortunately 2005's season lasted for an unusually long time.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Bad weather
A majority of the crews had completed between a quarter and a third of the race when there was a prolonged spell of unfavourable rowing conditions. Rather than the typical trade winds, that would have been helping the fleet, there were strong westerly winds caused mainly by Hurricane Epsilon. These forced many of the crews to stop rowing completely and to deploy a sea anchor to prevent them from drifting backwards.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Bad weather
In early January many of the fleet ended up passing through the southern edge of Tropical Storm Zeta, which raised high seas and created more adverse wind conditions. The bad weather all but prevented most crews from any attempt at a world record for the crossing.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
First to finish was the boat "All Relative", crewed by Justin Adkin, Robert Adkin, Martin Adkin and James Green from Beer, Devon. They had managed a fast start and were able to get clear of much of the bad weather that dogged other crews. Their lead had stretched to several hundred nautical miles before the other crews were able to start moving again.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
"All Relative" crossed the finish line in Antigua at 15:37:47 UTC on 8 January 2006; a crossing time of 39 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes and 47 seconds which broke the race record by just over 22 hours but fell 3 days outside the World Record. The crew also included the youngest ever person to complete the row across the Atlantic, who was 19 when the race began, and turned 20 on 7 January 2006.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
Second to finish was the four-man boat "Atlantic-4", crewed by David Martin, Neil Wightwick, Glynn Coupland and George Simpson, who crossed the finish line at 02:26 UTC on 19 January 2006, a crossing time of 49 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
The third boat to finish was "Spirit of EDF Energy", crewed by double Olympic champion oarsman James Cracknell OBE and Ben Fogle, a UK TV presenter. They crossed the finish at 07:13 UTC on 19 January 2006, a crossing time of 49 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes. They were eventually placed second in the doubles division due to a time penalty, issued for using their emergency water ration. A BBC television programme on their experience, Through Hell and High Water, was aired in February 2006.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
The fourth boat to finish, and winner of the Doubles division, was "C2", crewed by Britons Chris Andrews and Clint Evans, who crossed the line at 14:15 UTC on 20 January 2006, a crossing time of 51 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes. "C2" were the first crew to finish the race without incurring any penalty and therefore declared overall race winners.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
In fifth place overall, and third in the doubles division, was the crew "Boat de Vie". They were the first non-United Kingdom residents to finish the race, both crew members being residents of France. Both rowers were also leg-amputees and competed on equal terms with everyone else. They crossed the finish line at 15:36 UTC on 23 January 2006, a time of 54 days, 3 hours, 31 minutes.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
In sixth place overall, and fourth in the doubles division, was the crew of "Atlantic Prince". They finished at 00:21 UTC on 28 January 2006, a time of 58 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes. Their boat had the distinction that this was its fourth successful Atlantic crossing. The two crew were also former captains of First and Third Trinity Boat Club who had broken the world record for a "two-man 1,000,000-metres on a rowing machine" by about 4.5 hours only a couple of weeks prior to the race.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
In seventh place overall, and fifth in the doubles division, was the crew "Team Scandines" crewed by Søren Sprogøe and Christian Petersen. They were the second crew of non-UK residents to finish, both crew members being from Denmark. They crossed the finish line at 21:11 UTC on 28 January 2006 – a time of 59 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
In eighth place overall, and sixth in the doubles division, was "Row4Cancer" crewed by Liz O'Keeffe and Richard Mayon-White. They were the first mixed crew to finish and Liz was the first woman to reach Antigua, over a week ahead of the next woman. They crossed the finish line at 07:01 UTC on 30 January 2006 – a time of 60 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes. They had also suffered four complete capsizes during the race and lost much of their kit.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
Mission Atlantic, crewed by four women from Guernsey ( Kathy Tracey, Sarah Day, Paula Evemy and Lois Rawlins-Duquemin) finished the race in 67 days, 7 hours and 20 minutes and they became the first Women's Fours ever to cross an ocean – any ocean – and therefore held the world record for the fastest Ladies Fours across the Atlantic. They also were the only fours boat to complete the race without using any of their emergency water ballast.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Line Honours
The first solo to cross the finish line was Chris Martin in the boat "Pacific Pete". He crossed the finish at 03:24 UTC on 7 February 2006 – a crossing time of 68 days, 15 hours, 19 minutes. Martin had rowed for Great Britain in six consecutive World Championships – at junior, under 23 and senior levels.


2005 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, Results, Adjusted Final Positions
The final positions were adjusted from the Line Honours due to the ballast rule, which penalises the use of emergency drinking water as it makes the boat lighter and therefore faster. Due to the bad weather four boats were forced to use this supply. The positions were not adjusted until the last boat had finished, leading to accusations of favouritism for the celebrities and some confusion as to who had "won"; as the penalties were applied per finishing order across all classes.


2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Moscow, Russia, on 5 and 6 February 2005.


2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
German Anni Friesinger and American Shani Davis became the world champions.


2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not started


2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, China, from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing  AIBA.


2005 World Aquatics Championships
The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (French: Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island.


2005 World Aquatics Championships, Bidding for and organizing the event
Montreal became the first city in North America to hold the FINA World Aquatics Championships.


2005 World Aquatics Championships, Bidding for and organizing the event
The venue for the games was itself controversial. The games were awarded initially to Montreal, and then taken away again in February 2005 when the city was unable to raise sufficient funding, with other cities indicating their willingness to take the games on. However following promises of funding from various levels of government, Montreal re-bid for the games and they were re-awarded to the city.


2005 World Aquatics Championships, Bidding for and organizing the event
On July 16, before the start of the 2005 event, FINA selected the host city for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships — Rome, Italy.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids
Montreal became the first city in North America to hold the FINA World Aquatics Championships. (2005 World Aquatics Championships)


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, First awarding, First awarding winner: Montreal
The venue for the games was itself controversial. The games were awarded initially to Montreal, and then taken away again in February 2005 (leading to the suicide of organizing-committee head Yvon Desrochers) when the city was unable to raise sufficient funding, with other cities indicating their willingness to take the games on. However, following promises of funding from various levels of government, Montreal re-bid for the games and they were re-awarded to the city.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, First awarding, First awarding winner: Montreal
The championships were the first major international sporting competition hosted solely by Montreal since the 1976 Summer Olympics, a gap of nearly 30 years. The bid for the event was started by former Montreal mayor Pierre Bourque, who was a critic of the way the administration of Gérald Tremblay handled the event, and warned about massive losses which would be carried by Montreal taxpayers.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, First awarding, First awarding winner: Montreal
The games were awarded to Montreal in part as an experiment to see if it is possible to hold the championships in North America. The lack of exposure for these sports in North America resulted in very low sponsorship rates. The organizing committee could not meet basic levels of commercial sponsorship in the year before 2005, resulting in lack of government funding that depended on commercial sponsorship levels. In the end, although basic planning had been completed, and some construction was underway, FINA determined that the organizing committee was unable to meet the commitment to host the games.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Revocation of award
FINA revoked the award, and set about on a second round of bidding. Many candidate cities lined up to have a chance at hosting the championships, while Montreal campaigned vigorously to keep the games. All seemed lost when statements by FINA officials seemed to indicate that Montreal would be excluded. Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay made a bold move and guaranteed that any loss coming from the event would be covered by the city of Montreal.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Second awarding, Second awarding winner: Montreal
When the second vote and awarding took place, Montreal's planning, and the commitment of the city were enough to win the second bid. The organizing committee was revamped with Norman Legault as director, and construction ramped up rapidly to finish the venues.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Event logistics
Sponsorship by the STM, Montreal's public transit commission, allowed competitors to take public transit for free. This allowed competitors to enjoy the lively city of festivals. The recommended way to reach the event site was by Montreal Metro. Coincident with the championships were the Montreal Fireworks Festival (visible from the event site), Just for Laughs comedy festival, and Fantasia Festival of genre film.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Event logistics
The event featured new outdoor diving and long-course (50m) swimming pools, to the delight of many, instead of indoor pools, on Saint Helen's Island. The open water swimming events took place in the Olympic rowing basin, legacy of Montreal's 1976 Summer Olympics, on the neighbouring Notre Dame Island. Both islands are part of Parc Jean-Drapeau.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Event logistics
The opening ceremony was created by the Cirque du Soleil, whose home base is Montreal, and was a water show.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Event logistics
In the end, a total of 160,000 spectators attended, short of the 200,000 projected to break even on the event. This resulted in a $4,000,000 loss, about $1.10 per resident of Montreal.


2005 World Aquatics Championships bids, Post-event
The well-planned-and-executed event has made the Montreal civic administration plan for future world-class games. Anticipation, from comments by the mayor, are that Montreal will bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, to take place 40 years after the last one. The next major games event in Montreal will be the 2006 World Outgames, the first World Outgames, which also has controversy around it, with the revocation of the awarding of the 2006 World Gay Games from Montreal.


2005 World Archery Championships
The 2005 World Archery Championships was the 43rd edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Madrid from 20–26 June 2005 and was organized by World Archery Federation (FITA).


2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound
The men's individual compound competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 129 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round on 22 June, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 27 June.


2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
The men's individual recurve competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 143 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round on 22 June, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 27 June.


2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound
The men's team compound competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 129 archers took part in the men's compound qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 31) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores.


2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve
The men's team recurve competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 143 archers took part in the men's recurve qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 31) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. .


2005 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2005 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound
The women's individual compound competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 87 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round on 22 June, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 27 June.


2005 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve
The women's individual recurve competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 109 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round on 22 June, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 27 June.


2005 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound
The women's team compound competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 87 archers took part in the women's compound qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 20) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores.


2005 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2005 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve
The women's team recurve competition at the 2005 World Archery Championships took place in June 2005 in Madrid, Spain. 109 archers took part in the women's recurve qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 23) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores. .


2005 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 38th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia from 21 to 27 November 2005. Only the all-around and event finals were contested at this meet. There was no team competition; nations were permitted to bring up to six Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) and up to four Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) athletes to compete.


2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic events, some of which were included as exhibition events. Much of the event was played in extremely heavy rainfall.


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Background, Bidding
The original winning bid for the competition was for London but the cost to build the required stadium at Picketts Lock and host the event was deemed too expensive by the government. UK Athletics suggested to move the host city to Sheffield (using Don Valley Stadium), but the IAAF stated that having London as the host city was central to their winning the bid. The championships bidding process was reopened as a result. The United Kingdom's withdrawal as host was the first case for a major sporting event in a developed country since Denver's withdrawal as host of the 1976 Winter Olympics.


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Background, Bidding
Helsinki was considered by many to be the outsider in the race to host the games with rival bids being presented by Berlin in Germany; Brussels in Belgium, Budapest in Hungary, Moscow in Russia and Rome in Italy.


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Background, Opening ceremony
Apocalyptica and Nightwish performed at the opening ceremony of the event over a heavy rainfall. Geir Rönning, Finland's Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entrant, sang "Victory" the official song of the 2005 IAAF World Championships.


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Background, Events
With the addition of the women's 3000 metres steeplechase to the schedule, that year's program of events was closer to parity for women and men. With the exception of the 50 km walk the women competed in practically the same events as the men. Two differences remaining from before, though, were the short hurdles race (100 metres for women vs. 110 metres for men), and the multi-event competition (heptathlon for women vs. decathlon for men).


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Background, Events
Since the first World Championships in Helsinki 1983, seven new events have been added for women:


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Drug testing
The IAAF conducted their largest ever anti-doping program at an athletics event for the championships, with 705 athletes subjected to a total 884 of tests. There were two athletes who failed drugs tests: Indian discus thrower Neelam Jaswant Singh tested positive for the stimulant pemoline, and Vladyslav Piskunov, a Ukrainian hammer thrower, tested positive for the steroid drostanolone. Singh received a two-year ineligibility ban, while Piskunov received a life ban from athletics as this was his second offence.


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Drug testing
In March 2013, the IAAF announced that re-testing of samples taken during these championships revealed that five medal winners had proved positive for banned substances. The athletes involved were Belarusian Nadzeya Ostapchuk (shot put gold),  Belarusian Ivan Tsikhan (hammer throw gold), Russian Olga Kuzenkova (hammer throw gold), Russian Tatyana Kotova (long jump silver) and Belarus's Vadim Devyatovskiy (men's hammer silver). Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich (shot put 6th) had also tested positive and was disqualified.


2005 World Championships in Athletics, Commemorative coin
To commemorate the 2005 World Championships in Athletics the Finnish government issued a high-value commemorative euro coin, the €20 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics commemorative coin, minted in 2005. The obverse of the coin features Helsinki Olympic Stadium and above the stadium random waves express the feeling of the games.


2005 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards
Qualifying standards for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics can be found here -


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The final was held on 8 August 2005.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The top three runners in each of the initial 8 heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next ten fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the single next fastest runner qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area recordNR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10, 11 and 12.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The top three runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were three semifinal heats, and only the top two from each heat plus the next two fastest runners advanced to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area recordNR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6, 8 and 10 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
With the retirement of defending champion, reigning Olympic Champion and World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj and Olympic silver medalist Bernard Lagat involved in citizenship issues as he moved to the United States, the role of favorite opened up to another Moroccan, Rashid Ramzi who had transplanted his citizenship to Bahrain while continuing to train in Morocco. Returning silver medalist Mehdi Baala didn't make it out of the semi-final round.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The race was led from the start, as it had been two years earlier, by Reyes Estévez who was known as a kicker, leading the field though a casual 60+ second first lap. Alan Webb marked Estévez, nervously trying to figure out a way to take the kick out of the faster runners. Rams added to his tension by coasting up to Webb's shoulder as the second lap began with the rest of the field bunching up behind. Just after the end of the second lap, Webb took off sprinting, timed in 12.3 between 800 and 900 meters.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
He opened up a four mere lead but Alex Kipchirchir and Ramzi followed by the rest of the field were in hot pursuit. Webb was unable to maintain his breakaway. In the penultimate turn he was passed by Ramzi who did have a breakaway, chased most closely by returning bronze medalist Ivan Heshko. Down the final backstretch Kipchirchir went by on the outside and Olympic bronze medalist Rui Silva squeezed by on the inside, Webb was cooked. From 9th place, deep in the field, Adil Kaouch began a final sprint, passing three as the slowing Webb was an obstacle.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
Continuing through the final turn, Kaouch passed everybody except Ramzi. Down the final stretch Ramzi's lead looked like it might not be enough but Ramzi was able to hold on for the win. Following Kaouch, Silva was also sprinting, after passing Heshko the medalists were decided. As Kaouch's gaining diminished he continued at his same pace, but Silva finished with an all out rush to the line missing the silver medal by a mere .02 of a second.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
Lagat would return to competition to beat Ramzi to silver in 2007. But Ramzi took the Olympic gold medal in 2008. That gold was short lived as Ramzi was disqualified for having CERA in his system. While Ramzi's World Championship medals have not been disqualified, the Olympic disqualification puts a taint on Ramzi's accomplishments.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The Men's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 18:40h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9, 10 and 11 August.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
At 18 years, 355 days old, Usain Bolt is the youngest ever finalist for the men's 200 m.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area recordNR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7 and August 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The first three of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The Men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13. Great Britain just beat Jamaica (38.28, SB) and Australia (38.32, SB) to bronze medal position. The United States' team did not participate in the final, having bungled their first relay stick handoff in their qualification heat the previous day.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Qualifying
From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Qualifying
From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 9, 10 and 12 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6, 7 and 9.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
The final was run in wet conditions following a rain story. Running in lane 2, defending champion Félix Sánchez was out with the field. Just after clearing the first hurdle, he pulled up, grabbing his right hamstring. By the third hurdle Bershawn Jackson in lane 6 had a slight lead. By the fifth, the lead had evaporated and James Carter in lane 3 had edged ahead. As Jackson continued to fade back, Dai Tamesue, to his outside in lane 7 began to separate.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
Tamesue assumed the lead through the final turn, entering the final straight with almost 2 metres on the Americans. Jackson put on a burst of speed, catching Tamesue over the ninth hurdle and never looking back. Deflated Tamesue was trying to hold on as Jackson and then Carter pulled away. Jackson's burst put him in first place to stay, beating Carter with a lean by over a meter. Sensing Kerron Clement gaining across the track in lane 1, Tamesue began leaning for the finish 5 metres out, falling across the finish line ahead of Clement for bronze.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area recordNR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The Men's 50 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The 5000 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 11 and August 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 11, 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Belal Mansoor Ali took the field through the first 400 in 52.48. Kicker Yuriy Borzakovskiy went to the back of the pack, but uncharacteristically moved to the front near the end of the first lap. But the entire field was jostling for position, with Wilfred Bungei elbowing his way to the lead and the entire field scrambling for position, and suddenly Borzakovskiy found himself in seventh place again after expending the effort to get a better position. Djabir Saïd-Guerni led the chase through the final turn, with William Yiampoy on his heels.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Through the turn, Rashid Ramzi went around the outside, passing Saïd-Guerni as they hit the home stretch. Saïd-Guerni faded allowing Yiampoy to pass him on the inside. Further back Borzakovskiy was dealing with traffic of Mehdi Baala and Ali still in sixth place coming off the final turn. Ramzi easily sprinted past Bungei and on to victory. Bungei was struggling to hold on to second with Yiampoy sneaking through, again on the inside. Borzakovskiy's late rush caught everybody else, passing Yiampoy just before the line but was too late to catch Ramzi. Three years later Ramzi was disqualified from the Olympics on a doping violation, but to date has been allowed to keep his previous medals.


2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon competition at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Tuesday 9 August and Wednesday 10 August.