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.

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

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