1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

October 2025 Men's World Cup World 1999 18 November – 2 December 12 5 7 6 RUS 1 CUB ITA USA RUS Roman Yakovlev 1995 2003 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 teams played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yoyogi, and Komazawa. Qualification Means of qualificationHostDateVacanciesQualifiedHost country—―1JPN 18701999 Men's European Volleyball Championship7–12 September 19992ITARUS1999 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship7–12 September 1999MEX Monterrey2USACUB1999 Men's South American Volleyball Championship7–11 September 1999ARG Córdoba2BRAARG1999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship2–9 September 1999IRN Tehran2CHNKOR1999 Men's African Volleyball Championship1–9 August 1999EGY Cairo1TUNWild Cards――2SPACANTotal12 Results main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete RUS RUS CUB CUB ITA ITA USA USA BRA BRA ESP ESP KOR KOR CAN CAN ARG ARG JPN JPN CHN CHN TUN TUN 9 2 31 11 1003 859 8 3 26 12 890 801 8 3 26 14 935 834 8 3 28 17 1053 1004 7 4 27 15 958 850 7 4 25 19 995 974 6 5 18 21 873 884 5 6 17 24 881 943 4 7 18 23 910 953 3 8 16 27 903 995 1 10 10 31 847 977 0 11 5 33 758 932 All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). First round Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 18 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–0 KOR 25–23 25–18 25–20 75–61 18 Nov 15:00 ARG 3–0 ESP 25–21 25–20 29–27 79–68 18 Nov 18:15 CAN 3–2 JPN 19–25 25–23 16–25 25–21 15–8 100–102 19 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–0 ARG 25–20 25–20 25–22 75–62 19 Nov 15:00 ESP 3–0 CAN 25–18 25–16 26–24 76–58 19 Nov 18:15 KOR 3–1 JPN 25–19 25–16 22–25 25–20 97–80 20 Nov 12:30 CAN 3–0 KOR 25–23 28–26 25–21 78–70 20 Nov 15:00 CUB 3–1 ESP 24–26 25–21 25–20 25–16 99–83 20 Nov 18:15 JPN 3–1 ARG 25–23 20–25 25–23 25–16 95–87 Site B Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima 18 Nov 13:30 USA 3–2 BRA 25–22 25–18 22–25 20–25 15–13 107–103 18 Nov 16:00 ITA 3–0 TUN 25–21 25–21 25–16 75–58 18 Nov 18:35 RUS 3–0 CHN 25–14 27–25 25–16 77–55 19 Nov 13:30 RUS 3–1 ITA 25–21 29–27 23–25 25–18 102–91 19 Nov 16:00 BRA 3–0 CHN 25–19 25–18 25–15 75–52 19 Nov 18:35 USA 3–1 TUN 23–25 25–21 25–15 25–23 98–84 20 Nov 13:30 ITA 3–0 BRA 25–16 25–19 25–17 75–52 20 Nov 16:00 RUS 3–0 TUN 25–18 25–15 25–21 75–54 20 Nov 18:35 USA 3–1 CHN 23–25 25–21 25–22 25–18 98–86 Second round Site A Location: Hiroshima 22 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–0 CAN 25–17 25–17 26–24 76–58 22 Nov 15:00 KOR 3–2 ARG 25–22 25–19 23–25 17–25 20–18 110–109 22 Nov 18:15 ESP 3–2 JPN 25–13 29–31 17–25 25–16 15–13 111–98 23 Nov 12:30 ARG 3–1 CAN 25–22 20–25 25–19 25–22 95–88 23 Nov 15:00 ESP 3–0 KOR 26–24 25–22 25–23 76–69 23 Nov 18:15 CUB 3–0 JPN 25–21 25–22 25–16 75–59 Site B Venue: Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto 22 Nov 12:30 RUS 3–2 BRA 25–20 21–25 19–25 25–22 15–12 105–104 22 Nov 15:00 USA 3–0 ITA 25–23 25–19 25–22 75–64 22 Nov 18:15 CHN 3–1 TUN 25–23 21–25 25–23 25–18 96–89 23 Nov 13:30 BRA 3–0 TUN 25–20 25–20 25–17 75–57 23 Nov 16:00 RUS 3–2 USA 25–22 25–19 20–25 30–32 15–11 115–109 23 Nov 18:35 ITA 3–1 CHN 23–25 25–16 25–14 25–21 98–76 Third round Site A Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka 26 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–0 CHN 25–18 25–16 25–17 75–51 26 Nov 15:00 ESP 3–0 TUN 25–16 25–16 25–18 75–50 26 Nov 18:15 USA 3–1 JPN 22–25 25–23 25–23 25–23 97–94 27 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–1 TUN 25–18 22–25 25–23 26–24 97–90 27 Nov 15:00 ESP 3–1 USA 25–22 21–25 25–21 25–21 96–89 27 Nov 18:15 JPN 3–0 CHN 25–22 25–22 29–27 79–71 28 Nov 12:30 USA 3–2 CUB 25–19 20–25 20–25 25–20 15–11 105–100 28 Nov 15:00 ESP 3–2 CHN 25–22 21–25 25–21 22–25 19-17 112-110 28 Nov 18:15 JPN 3–2 TUN 25–21 24–26 19–25 25–17 15–12 108–101 Site B Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya 26 Nov 13:30 CAN 3–2 BRA 22–25 16–25 25–22 25–22 15–13 103–107 26 Nov 16:00 KOR 3–2 RUS 18–25 15–25 25–23 25–22 15–11 98–106 26 Nov 18:35 ITA 3–2 ARG 22–25 25–12 19–25 25–18 15–11 106–91 27 Nov 13:30 BRA 3–0 KOR 25–14 26–24 25–18 76–56 27 Nov 16:00 RUS 3–0 ARG 25–20 25–17 25–19 75–56 27 Nov 18:35 ITA 3–0 CAN 27–25 25–19 25–14 77–58 28 Nov 13:30 BRA 3–1 ARG 23–25 25–17 25–15 25–19 98–76 28 Nov 16:00 RUS 3–0 CAN 25–19 30–28 25–21 80–68 28 Nov 18:35 ITA 3–0 KOR 25–22 25–20 25–23 75–65 Fourth round Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 30 Nov 12:30 BRA 3–1 ESP 25–18 20–25 25–17 25–20 95–80 30 Nov 15:00 RUS 3–0 CUB 25–15 25–23 25–18 75–56 30 Nov 18:15 ITA 3–0 JPN 25–19 25–18 25–12 75–49 1 Dec 12:30 BRA 3–0 CUB 25–23 25–20 25–20 75–63 1 Dec 15:00 ITA 3–2 ESP 25–18 22–25 30–32 25–23 15–12 117–110 1 Dec 18:15 RUS 3–0 JPN 33–31 25–20 25–12 83–63 2 Dec 12:30 CUB 3–1 ITA 25–18 23–25 25–23 25–16 98–84 2 Dec 15:30 ESP 3–2 RUS 25–22 18–25 23-25 27-25 15–13 108–110 2 Dec 18:15 BRA 3–1 JPN 25–16 23–25 25–19 25–16 98–76 Site B Venue: Komazawa Gymnasium, Tokyo 30 Nov 13:30 USA 3–0 ARG 25–23 25–23 38–36 88–82 30 Nov 16:00 CAN 3–0 TUN 25–18 25–17 25–20 75–55 30 Nov 18:35 KOR 3–0 CHN 25–22 25–17 25–19 75–58 1 Dec 13:30 ARG 3–0 TUN 25–10 25–23 29–27 79–60 1 Dec 16:00 CAN 3–2 CHN 22–25 25–23 18–25 25–23 15–13 105–109 1 Dec 18:35 KOR 3–1 USA 19–25 25–23 25–22 25–21 94–91 2 Dec 13:30 USA 3–1 CAN 25–21 20–25 26–24 25–20 96–90 2 Dec 16:00 KOR 3–0 TUN 25–15 28–26 25–19 78–60 2 Dec 18:35 ARG 3–1 CHN 25–22 25–20 19–25 25–23 94–90 Final standing Rank Team RUS CUB ITA 4 USA 5 BRA 6 ESP 7 KOR 8 CAN 9 ARG 10 JPN 11 CHN 12 TUN Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics vb 1999 Men's World Cup champions RUS 5th 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 18em Most valuable player RUS Roman Yakovlev Best scorer ESP Rafael Pascual Best spiker RUS Roman Yakovlev Best blocker KOR Bang Sin-bong Best server CUB Osvaldo Hernández Best digger KOR Lee Ho Best setter USA Lloy Ball Best receiver KOR Lee Ho References External links Volleybox [http://todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Men_1999.html todor66 FIVB (archive.org) 1999 Men's W V V