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—―11999 Men's European Volleyball Championship7–12 September 199921999 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship7–12 September 1999 Monterrey21999 Men's South American Volleyball Championship7–11 September 1999 Córdoba21999 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship2–9 September 1999 Tehran21999 Men's African Volleyball Championship1–9 August 1999 Cairo1Wild Cards――2Total12
Results
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
First round
Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Site B Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima
Second round
Site A Location: Hiroshima
Site B Venue: Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Third round
Site A Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka
Site B Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya
Fourth round
Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Site B Venue: Komazawa Gymnasium, Tokyo
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
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
External links Volleybox [http://todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Men_1999.html todor66 FIVB (archive.org)