The 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 1999 in Japan. The winner received a fast lane ticket into the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Twelve women's national teams played at several venues across Japan. the teams were the hosts Japan, continental and vice-champions from Asia, Europe, NORCECA and South America, the African continental champion, and two wild-card teams created by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association.

Teams played a 66-game single-round robin format match, in two groups (site A and site B).

Teams

— Host — African Champions — Asian Champions — European Champions — NORCECA Champions — South American Champions — Asian Vice-champions — European Vice-champions — NORCECA Vice-champions — South American Vice-champions — Wild-card — Wild-card

Squads

Results

First round

Site A Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Site B Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium, Okayama

Second round

Site A Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo

Site B Venue: Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama

Third round

Site A Venue: Sendai City Gymnasium, Sendai

Site B Venue: Synthesis Gymnasium, Kanazawa

Fourth round

Site A Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Site B Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

Final standing

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Team roster Taismary Agüero, Azurima Álvarez, Regla Bell, Marlenis Costa, Mirka Francia, Lilia Izquierdo, Enia Martínez, Liana Mesa, Yoselín Roque Palacios, Yumilka Ruíz, Martha Sánchez, Ana Fernández Head coach Antonio Perdomo

Awards

Most valuable player Taismary Agüero Best scorer Barbara Jelić Best spiker Lioubov Sokolova Best server Taismary Agüero Best receiver Lioubov Sokolova Best digger Hiroko Tsukumo Best blocker Mirka Francia Best setter Taismary Agüero

Best Outside Hitters Yumilka Ruiz Yevgeniya Artamonova Best Middle blockers Mirka Francia Elizaveta Tichtchenko Best Opposite Lioubov Sokolova

Statistics leaders

Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 JELIC Barbara 217 2 WU Yongmei 188 3 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 175 4 GODINA Elena 162 5 PICCININI Francesca 158 6 FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis 149 7 SCOTT Danielle 137 8 CHANG So Hyun 133 9 SOKOLOVA Liubov 127 10 DIAS Virna 118 11 MOSER Ana 109 12 RUIZ Yumilka 105 13 SUN Yue 98 14 BARROS Leila 97 15 SASAKI Miki 93

Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 SOKOLOVA Liubov 39.36 2 GODINA Elena 36.43 3 FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis 35.27 4 TICHTCHENKO Elizaveta 33.18 5 RUIZ Yumilka 32.79

Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 FRANCIA Mirka 1.12 2 WU Yongmei 1.10 3 SCOTT Danielle 1.05 4 FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis 0.97 5 CHANG So Hyun 0.92

Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 AGUERO Taismary 0.36 2 SOKOLOVA Liubov 0.35 3 MOSER Ana 0.32

Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 SOKOLOVA Liubov 68.35 2 CHENG Jin 66.27 3 ETO Naomi 64.32

Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 TSUKOMO Hiroko 3.17 2 WANG Lina 2.69 3 MARINELLIM Evelyn 2.54

Best setters Rank Name Avg 1 AGUERO Taismary 10.91 2 CACCIATORI Maurizia 10.36 3 HE Qi 9.91 4 SOUZA Helia 9.72 5 VASSILEVSKAYA Elena 9.13 6 SANTOS Robyn Ah Mow 7.67 7 GARCIA Rosa 6.37 8 KANG Hye Mi 5.32

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