1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held from November 18 to December 2, 1999 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament in Sydney, Australia 2000.

The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yoyogi, and Komazawa. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since 1977.

Squads

Main article: 1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads

Final standing

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	20	11	9	2	1003	859	1.168	31	11	1.003
2.	Cuba	19	11	8	3	890	801	1.111	26	12	2.167
3.	Italy	19	11	8	3	935	834	1.121	26	14	1.857
4.	United States	19	11	8	3	1053	1004	1.049	28	17	1.053
5.	Brazil	18	11	7	4	958	850	1.127	27	15	1.800
6.	Spain	18	11	7	4	995	974	1.022	25	19	1.316
7.	South Korea	17	11	6	5	873	884	0.988	18	21	0.857
8.	Canada	16	11	5	6	881	943	0.934	17	24	0.708
9.	Argentina	15	11	4	7	910	953	0.955	18	23	0.783
10.	Japan	14	11	3	8	903	995	0.908	16	27	0.593
11.	China	12	11	1	10	847	977	0.867	10	31	0.323
12.	Tunisia	11	11	0	11	758	932	0.813	5	33	0.152

1999 Men's World Cup Champions
Russia 5th title

• Russia, Cuba and Italy qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Round One

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–18	25–20			75–61
18 Nov	13:30	United States	3–2	Brazil	25–22	25–18	22–25	20–25	15–13	107–103
18 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–0	Spain	25–21	25–20	29–27			79–68
18 Nov	16:00	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–21	25–21	25–16			75–58
18 Nov	18:15	Canada	3–2	Japan	19–25	25–23	16–25	25–21	15–8	100–102
18 Nov	18:35	Russia	3–0	China	25–14	27–25	25–16			77–55
19 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–20	25–22			75–62
19 Nov	13:30	Russia	3–2	Italy	25–21	29–27	23–25	25–18		102–91
19 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–16	26–24			76–58
19 Nov	16:00	Brazil	3–0	China	25–19	25–18	25–15			75–52
19 Nov	18:15	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–19	25–16	22–25	25–20		97–80
19 Nov	18:35	United States	3–0	Tunisia	23–25	25–21	25–15	25–23		98–84
20 Nov	12:30	Canada	3–0	South Korea	25–23	28–26	25–21			78–70
20 Nov	13:30	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–16	25–19	25–17			75–52
20 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–1	Spain	24–26	25–21	25–20	25–16		99–83
20 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–15	25–21			75–54
20 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–1	Argentina	25–23	20–25	25–23	25–16		95–87
20 Nov	18:35	United States	3–1	China	23–25	25–21	25–22	25–18		98–86

Round Two

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–17	26–24			76–58
22 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–20	21–25	19–25	25–22	15–12	105–104
22 Nov	15:00	South Korea	3–2	Argentina	25–22	25–19	23–25	17–25	20–18	110–109
22 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–19	25–22			75–64
22 Nov	18:15	Spain	3–2	Japan	25–13	29–31	17–25	25–16	15–13	111–98
22 Nov	18:15	China	3–1	Tunisia	25–23	21–25	25–23	25–18		96–89
23 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–1	Canada	25–22	20–25	25–19	25–22		95–88
23 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–20	25–17			75–57
23 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–0	South Korea	26–24	25–22	25–23			76–69
23 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–2	United States	25–22	25–19	20–25	30–32	15–11	115–109
23 Nov	18:15	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–22	25–16			75–59
23 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–1	China	23–25	25–16	25–14	25–21		98–76

Round Three

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	China	25–18	25–16	25–17			75–51
26 Nov	13:30	Canada	3–2	Brazil	22–25	16–25	25–22	25–22	15–13	103–107
26 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–0	Tunisia	25–16	25–16	25–18			75–50
26 Nov	16:00	South Korea	3–2	Russia	18–25	15–25	25–23	25–22	15–11	98–106
26 Nov	18:15	United States	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–23	25–23	25–23		97–94
26 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–2	Argentina	22–25	25–12	19–25	25–18	15–11	106–91
27 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–1	Tunisia	25–18	22–25	25–23	26–24		97–90
27 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–14	26–24	25–18			76–56
27 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–1	United States	25–22	21–25	25–21	25–21		96–89
27 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56
27 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	China	25–22	25–22	29–27			79–71
27 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–0	Canada	27–25	25–19	25–14			77–58
28 Nov	12:30	United States	3–2	Cuba	25–19	20–25	20–25	25–20	15–11	105–100
28 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	23–25	25–17	25–15	25–19		98–76
28 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–2	China	25–22	21–25	25–21	22–25	19-17	112-110
28 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–0	Canada	25–19	30–28	25–21			80–68
28 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–2	Tunisia	25–21	24–26	19–25	25–17	15–12	108–101
28 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–20	25–23			75–65

Round Four

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–1	Spain	25–18	20–25	25–17	25–20		95–80
30 Nov	13:30	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–23	38–36			88–82
30 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–0	Cuba	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56
30 Nov	16:00	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–17	25–20			75–55
30 Nov	18:15	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–18	25–12			75–49
30 Nov	18:35	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58
01 Dec	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63
01 Dec	13:30	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	25–10	25–23	29–27			79–60
01 Dec	15:00	Italy	3–2	Spain	25–18	22–25	30–32	25–23	15–12	117–110
01 Dec	16:00	Canada	3–2	China	22–25	25–23	18–25	25–23	15–13	105–109
01 Dec	18:15	Russia	3–0	Japan	33–31	25–20	25–12			83–63
01 Dec	18:35	South Korea	3–1	United States	19–25	25–23	25–22	25–21		94–91
02 Dec	12:30	Cuba	3–1	Italy	25–18	23–25	25–23	25–16		98–84
02 Dec	13:30	United States	3–1	Canada	25–21	20–25	26–24	25–20		96–90
02 Dec	15:30	Spain	3–2	Russia	25–22	18–25	25–23	25–27	15–13	108–110
02 Dec	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	25–15	28–26	25–19			78–60
02 Dec	18:15	Brazil	3–1	Japan	25–16	23–25	25–19	25–16		98–76
02 Dec	18:35	Argentina	3–1	China	25–22	25–20	19–25	25–23		94–90

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Roman Yakovlev (RUS)

• Best Scorer
  • Rafael Pascual (ESP)

• Best Spiker
  • Roman Yakovlev (RUS)

• Best Blocker
  • Bang Sing-Bong (KOR)

• Best Server
  • Osvaldo Hernández (CUB)

• Best Digger
  • Ho Lee (KOR)

• Best Receiver
  • Ho Lee (KOR)

• Best Setter
  • Lloy Ball (USA)

References

• results
• Stats