1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1999 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	18 November – 2 December
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Russia (5th title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Roman Yakovlev
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The 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 1999 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel pools (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yoyogi, and Komazawa.

Results[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	20	9	2	31	11	2.818	1003	859	1.168
2	Cuba	19	8	3	26	12	2.167	890	801	1.111
3	Italy	19	8	3	26	14	1.857	935	834	1.121
4	United States	19	8	3	28	17	1.647	1053	1004	1.049
5	Brazil	18	7	4	27	15	1.800	958	850	1.127
6	Spain	18	7	4	25	19	1.316	995	974	1.022
7	South Korea	17	6	5	18	21	0.857	873	884	0.988
8	Canada	16	5	6	17	24	0.708	881	943	0.934
9	Argentina	15	4	7	18	23	0.783	910	953	0.955
10	Japan	14	3	8	16	27	0.593	903	995	0.908
11	China	12	1	10	10	31	0.323	847	977	0.867
12	Tunisia	11	0	11	5	33	0.152	758	932	0.813

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round[]

Site A[]

Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–18	25–20			75–61
18 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–0	Spain	25–21	25–20	29–27			79–68
18 Nov	18:15	Canada	3–2	Japan	19–25	25–23	16–25	25–21	15–8	100–102
19 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–20	25–22			75–62
19 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–16	26–24			76–58
19 Nov	18:15	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–19	25–16	22–25	25–20		97–80
20 Nov	12:30	Canada	3–0	South Korea	25–23	28–26	25–21			78–70
20 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–1	Spain	24–26	25–21	25–20	25–16		99–83
20 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–1	Argentina	25–23	20–25	25–23	25–16		95–87

Site B[]

Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	13:30	United States	3–2	Brazil	25–22	25–18	22–25	20–25	15–13	107–103
18 Nov	16:00	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–21	25–21	25–16			75–58
18 Nov	18:35	Russia	3–0	China	25–14	27–25	25–16			77–55
19 Nov	13:30	Russia	3–1	Italy	25–21	29–27	23–25	25–18		102–91
19 Nov	16:00	Brazil	3–0	China	25–19	25–18	25–15			75–52
19 Nov	18:35	United States	3–1	Tunisia	23–25	25–21	25–15	25–23		98–84
20 Nov	13:30	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–16	25–19	25–17			75–52
20 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–15	25–21			75–54
20 Nov	18:35	United States	3–1	China	23–25	25–21	25–22	25–18		98–86

Second round[]

Site A[]

Location: Hiroshima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–17	26–24			76–58
22 Nov	15:00	South Korea	3–2	Argentina	25–22	25–19	23–25	17–25	20–18	110–109
22 Nov	18:15	Spain	3–2	Japan	25–13	29–31	17–25	25–16	15–13	111–98
23 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–1	Canada	25–22	20–25	25–19	25–22		95–88
23 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–0	South Korea	26–24	25–22	25–23			76–69
23 Nov	18:15	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–22	25–16			75–59

Site B[]

Venue: Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–20	21–25	19–25	25–22	15–12	105–104
22 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–19	25–22			75–64
22 Nov	18:15	China	3–1	Tunisia	25–23	21–25	25–23	25–18		96–89
23 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–20	25–17			75–57
23 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–2	United States	25–22	25–19	20–25	30–32	15–11	115–109
23 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–1	China	23–25	25–16	25–14	25–21		98–76

Third round[]

Site A[]

Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	China	25–18	25–16	25–17			75–51
26 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–0	Tunisia	25–16	25–16	25–18			75–50
26 Nov	18:15	United States	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–23	25–23	25–23		97–94
27 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–1	Tunisia	25–18	22–25	25–23	26–24		97–90
27 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–1	United States	25–22	21–25	25–21	25–21		96–89
27 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	China	25–22	25–22	29–27			79–71
28 Nov	12:30	United States	3–2	Cuba	25–19	20–25	20–25	25–20	15–11	105–100
28 Nov	15:00	Spain	3–2	China	25–22	21–25	25–21	22–25	19-17	112-110
28 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–2	Tunisia	25–21	24–26	19–25	25–17	15–12	108–101

Site B[]

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	13:30	Canada	3–2	Brazil	22–25	16–25	25–22	25–22	15–13	103–107
26 Nov	16:00	South Korea	3–2	Russia	18–25	15–25	25–23	25–22	15–11	98–106
26 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–2	Argentina	22–25	25–12	19–25	25–18	15–11	106–91
27 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–14	26–24	25–18			76–56
27 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56
27 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–0	Canada	27–25	25–19	25–14			77–58
28 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	23–25	25–17	25–15	25–19		98–76
28 Nov	16:00	Russia	3–0	Canada	25–19	30–28	25–21			80–68
28 Nov	18:35	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–20	25–23			75–65

Fourth round[]

Site A[]

Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–1	Spain	25–18	20–25	25–17	25–20		95–80
30 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–0	Cuba	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56
30 Nov	18:15	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–18	25–12			75–49
1 Dec	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63
1 Dec	15:00	Italy	3–2	Spain	25–18	22–25	30–32	25–23	15–12	117–110
1 Dec	18:15	Russia	3–0	Japan	33–31	25–20	25–12			83–63
2 Dec	12:30	Cuba	3–1	Italy	25–18	23–25	25–23	25–16		98–84
2 Dec	15:30	Spain	3–2	Russia	25–22	18–25	25–23	25–27	15–13	108–110
2 Dec	18:15	Brazil	3–1	Japan	25–16	23–25	25–19	25–16		98–76

Site B[]

Venue: Komazawa Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Nov	13:30	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–23	38–36			88–82
30 Nov	16:00	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–17	25–20			75–55
30 Nov	18:35	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–17	25–19			75–58
1 Dec	13:30	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	25–10	25–23	29–27			79–60
1 Dec	16:00	Canada	3–2	China	22–25	25–23	18–25	25–23	15–13	105–109
1 Dec	18:35	South Korea	3–1	United States	19–25	25–23	25–22	25–21		94–91
2 Dec	13:30	United States	3–1	Canada	25–21	20–25	26–24	25–20		96–90
2 Dec	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	25–15	28–26	25–19			78–60
2 Dec	18:35	Argentina	3–1	China	25–22	25–20	19–25	25–23		94–90

Final standing[]

Awards[]

References[]