1999 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1999 FIVB Volleyball World League was the tenth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 28 May to 17 July 1999. The Final Round was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Australia  Italy  Poland  Russia	Brazil  Canada  Netherlands  Spain	Argentina  Cuba  France  Portugal

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	10	2	32	14	22
Italy	12	9	3	31	14	21
Poland	12	5	7	21	25	17
Australia	12	0	12	5	36	12

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	10	2	34	14	22
Spain	12	7	5	26	23	19
Canada	12	5	7	19	25	17
Netherlands	12	2	10	15	32	14

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Cuba	12	11	1	33	15	23
France	12	5	7	25	26	17
Argentina	12	4	8	22	26	16
Portugal	12	4	8	17	30	16

Final round

• Venue: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Pool play

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	4	2	0	6	4	1.500	219	207	1.058
2	Cuba	3	1	1	5	3	1.667	179	157	1.140
3	Spain	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	156	190	0.821

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jul	Spain	0–3	Cuba	17–25	19–25	17–25			53–75
13 Jul	Cuba	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–16	20–25	25–23	11–15	104–104
14 Jul	Russia	3–2	Spain	25–17	24–26	26–28	25–20	15–12	115–103

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	176	157	1.121
2	Italy	3	1	1	5	4	1.250	198	189	1.048
3	Argentina	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	140	168	0.833

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jul	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	18–25	15–25	19–25			52–75
13 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Italy	18–25	25–22	25–20	18–25	15–13	101–105
14 Jul	Italy	3–1	Argentina	25–22	25–18	18–25	25–23		93–88

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	16 July
	Russia	1
	Italy	3
					17 July
					Italy	3
					Cuba	1
					3rd place match
	16 July			17 July
	Brazil	0		Russia	1
	Cuba	3			Brazil	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Russia	1–3	Italy	25–18	19–25	24–26	20–25		88–94
16 Jul	Brazil	0–3	Cuba	20–25	25–27	19–25			64–77

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Russia	1–3	Brazil	25–17	23–25	20–25	19–25		87–92

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Italy	3–1	Cuba	25–21	23–25	25–19	26–24		99–89

Final standing

Rank Team  Italy  Cuba  Brazil 4  Russia 5  Spain 6  Argentina 7  France 8  Canada  Poland 10  Australia  Netherlands  Portugal

1999 World League Champions  Italy 7th title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Scorer
  • Douglas Chiarotti
• Best Libero
  • Mirko Corsano
• Best Blocker
  • Pavel Pimienta
• Best Setter
  • Raúl Diago
• Best Server
  • Luigi Mastrangelo
• Best Receiver
  • Enrique de la Fuente

External links

• 1999 World League Results
• Sports123