Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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 qualification for 2000 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 12 June 1999 to 27 July 2000.

Means of qualification[]

	Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Host country[]

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2000 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

Australia

1999 World Cup[]

Venues: Japan
Dates: 18 November – 2 December 1999
The top three teams qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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	Pts	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[]

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Cuba
	Italy
4	United States
5	Brazil
6	Spain
7	South Korea
8	Canada
9	Argentina
10	Japan
11	China
12	Tunisia

	Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

1999 Men's World Cup Champions
Russia 5th title

Team roster

Aleksey Kazakov, Ruslan Olikhver, Stanislav Dineykin, Konstantin Ushakov, Vadim Khamuttskikh, Roman Yakovlev, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Igor Shulepov, Ilya Savelev, Sergey Tetyukhin, Valeri Goryushev, Evgeni Mitkov

Head coach

Gennady Shipulin

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player

Roman Yakovlev

Best Scorer

Rafael Pascual

Best Spiker

Roman Yakovlev

Best Blocker

Bang Sin-bong

Best Server

Osvaldo Hernández

Best Digger

Lee Ho

Best Setter

Lloy Ball

Best Receiver

Lee Ho

References[]

Continental qualification tournaments[]

The winners in each tournament qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Africa[]

Host: Cairo, Egypt
Dates: 25–30 January 2000

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Egypt	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	375	266	1.410
2	Tunisia	9	4	1	12	8	1.500	439	404	1.087
3	Algeria	8	3	2	11	8	1.375	408	386	1.057
4		7	2	3	8	11	0.727	400	418	0.957
5	Cameroon	6	1	4	8	12	0.667	420	454	0.925
6	South Africa	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	261	375	0.696

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Jan	Tunisia	3–1	Cameroon	25–13	18–25	29–27	25–18		97–83
25 Jan	Algeria	3–0		25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59
25 Jan	Egypt	3–0	South Africa	25–20	25–16	25–22			75–58
26 Jan	Tunisia	3–2		23–25	26–24	25–22	23–25	15–8	112–104
26 Jan	Algeria	3–0	South Africa	25–15	25–15	25–17			75–47
26 Jan	Egypt	3–0	Cameroon	25–15	25–21	25–22			75–58
27 Jan	Cameroon	3–0	South Africa	25–23	25–21	25–20			75–64
27 Jan	Egypt	3–0		25–21	25–18	25–17			75–56
27 Jan	Tunisia	3–2	Algeria	20–25	25–17	19–25	25–17	18–16	107–100
29 Jan		3–2	Cameroon	25–22	24–26	16–25	25–19	16–14	106–106
29 Jan	Tunisia	3–0	South Africa	25–14	25–11	25–17			75–42
29 Jan	Egypt	3–0	Algeria	25–15	25–19	25–12			75–46
30 Jan		3–0	South Africa	25–11	25–20	25–19			75–50
30 Jan	Algeria	3–2	Cameroon	26–28	25–14	21–25	25–22	15–9	112–98
30 Jan	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–19	25–12			75–48

Asia and Oceania[]

Host: Shanghai, China
Dates: 27–29 December 1999

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	246	207	1.188
2	Japan	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	275	285	0.965
3	China	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	254	243	1.045
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	240	280	0.857

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Dec	South Korea	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–18	21–25	25–20	25–19		96–82
27 Dec	Japan	3–2	China	20–25	29–27	18–25	25–23	15–13	107–113
28 Dec	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–21	25–17			75–61
28 Dec	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–19	25–18			75–59
29 Dec	Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei	29–27	29–27	26–28	25–15		109–97
29 Dec	South Korea	3–0	China	25–23	25–21	25–22			75–66

Europe[]

Venue: Spodek, Katowice, Poland
Dates: 3–9 January 2000

Rank	Team
1	FR Yugoslavia
2	Bulgaria
3	Netherlands
4	Poland
5	Czech Republic
6	Latvia

North America[]

Host: Winnipeg, Canada
Dates: 5–8 January 2000

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Canada
3	Puerto Rico
4	Mexico

South America[]

Host: São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Dates: 7–9 January 2000
All times are Brasília Official Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	276	219	1.260
2	Argentina	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	297	269	1.104
3	Venezuela	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	219	221	0.991
4	Colombia	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	142	225	0.631

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Jan	09:00	Brazil	3–0	Colombia	25–13	25–11	25–13			75–37
7 Jan	11:00	Argentina	3–1	Venezuela	25–22	22–25	25–19	25–21		97–87
8 Jan	11:00	Argentina	3–0	Colombia	25–19	25–16	25–21			75–56
8 Jan	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	25–18	25–18			75–57
9 Jan	11:00	Brazil	3–2	Argentina	21–25	32–30	25–22	33–35	15–13	126–125
9 Jan	14:00	Venezuela	3–0	Colombia	25–14	25–17	25–18			75–49

World qualification tournaments[]

The winners in each tournament qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

1st tournament[]

Host: Matosinhos, Portugal
Dates: 21–23 July 2000

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	254	215	1.181
2	Japan	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	212	190	1.116
3	Venezuela	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	249	281	0.886
4	Portugal	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	237	266	0.891

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Argentina	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–21	25–21			75–62
21 Jul	Venezuela	3–2	Portugal	25–19	25–23	22–25	25–27	15–12	112–106
22 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Venezuela	25–17	25–27	25–20	25–20		100–84
22 Jul	Japan	3–0	Portugal	25��21	25–20	25–21			75–62
23 Jul	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–15	25–20			75–53
23 Jul	Argentina	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–21	29–27			79–69

2nd tournament[]

Host: Piraeus, Greece
Dates: 24–26 July 2000

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Spain	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	228	178	1.281
2	China	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	248	244	1.016
3	Greece	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	219	227	0.965
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	237	283	0.837

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Jul	Spain	3–0	China	26–24	25–19	25–17			76–60
24 Jul	Greece	3–1	Tunisia	25–15	20–25	25–18	25–17		95–75
25 Jul	Spain	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–17	25–20			75–56
25 Jul	China	3–0	Greece	25–18	25–22	25–22			75–62
26 Jul	China	3–2	Tunisia	25–21	25–21	23–25	25–27	15–12	113–106
26 Jul	Spain	3–0	Greece	27–25	25–17	25–20			77–62

3rd tournament[]

Host: Castelnau-le-Lez, France
Dates: 25–27 July 2000

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	244	188	1.298
2	France	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	272	250	1.088
3	Canada	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	235	234	1.004
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	146	225	0.649

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–10	25–15			75–42
25 Jul	France	3–2	Canada	22–25	25–23	21–25	25–21	15–9	108–103
26 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	25–21	25–18	25–18			75–57
26 Jul	France	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–14	25–16			75–53
27 Jul	Canada	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	25–14			75–51
27 Jul	Netherlands	3–1	France	25–20	19–25	25–23	25–21		94–89

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