| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Italy |
| Dates | 19 April 1999– 24 April 1999 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France |
| Runner-up |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
← 1997 2000 → | |
The 1999 FIRA Women's European Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament; it saw the same format as 1997, but with Germany and Ireland being replaced by Kazakhstan and Wales.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 19 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
 England | 91 | |||||||||
| 21 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
 Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| France | 28 | |||||||||
| 24 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
 Kazakhstan | 0 | |||||||||
| France | 13 | |||||||||
| 19 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| Spain | 14 | |||||||||
| 21 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
 Wales | 8 | |||||||||
| Spain | 11 | |||||||||
| 19 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
 Scotland | 9 | Third place | ||||||||
| Italy | 15 | |||||||||
| 24 April – Belluno | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 43 | |||||||||
| England | 13 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 15 | |||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 21 April – Belluno | ||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||
| 24 April – Belluno | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 24 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 22 | |||||
| 21 April – Belluno | ||||||
| Wales | 11 | |||||
| Italy | 17 | |||||
| Wales | 28 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 April – Belluno | ||||||
| Italy | 50 | |||||
| Netherlands | 18 | |||||
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