1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

1999 Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	2–16 November
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 8 host cities)
Champions	Cuba (3rd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Taismary Aguero
Best Setter	Elena Vassilevskaya
Best OH	Yumilka Ruiz Yevgeniya Artamonova
Best MB	Wu Yongmei Mirka Francia
Best OPP	Lioubov Sokolova
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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

•   Japan — Host
•   Tunisia — African Champions
•   China — Asian Champions
•   Russia — European Champions
•   Cuba — NORCECA Champions
•   Brazil — South American Champions
•   South Korea — Asian Vice-champions
•   Croatia — European Vice-champions
•   United States — NORCECA Vice-champions
•   Argentina — South American Vice-champions
•   Italy — Wild-card
•   Peru — Wild-card

Squads

Further information: 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Cuba	11	11	0	22	33	5	6.600	944	729	1.295
2	Russia	11	10	1	21	30	9	3.333	930	766	1.214
3	Brazil	11	9	2	20	29	8	3.625	903	741	1.219
4	South Korea	11	7	4	18	24	14	1.714	851	771	1.104
5	China	11	7	4	18	24	15	1.600	888	819	1.084
6	Japan	11	7	4	18	22	18	1.222	888	845	1.051
7	Italy	11	5	6	16	19	21	0.905	883	833	1.060
8	Croatia	11	4	7	15	15	24	0.625	873	890	0.981
9	United States	11	3	8	14	17	26	0.654	895	952	0.940
10	Peru	11	2	9	13	11	28	0.393	827	929	0.890
11	Argentina	11	1	10	12	7	30	0.233	709	891	0.796
12	Tunisia	11	0	11	11	0	33	0.000	400	825	0.485

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First round

Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–0	United States	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56
2 Nov	15:00	Italy	0–3	South Korea	23–25	12–25	19–25			54–75
2 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–1	Argentina	23–25	25–15	25–13	25–19		98–72
3 Nov	12:30	South Korea	1–3	Russia	16–25	20–25	25–23	23–25		84–98
3 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Argentina	22–25	25–14	25–19	25–9		97–67
3 Nov	18:15	United States	2–3	Japan	25–20	25–23	23–25	17–25	13–15	103–108
4 Nov	12:30	Argentina	0–3	United States	25–27	22–25	17–25			64–77
4 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–22	27–25	25–23			77–70
4 Nov	18:15	Japan	0–3	South Korea	17–25	19–25	19–25			55–75

Site B

Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium, Okayama

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Croatia	25–21	25–16	25–22			75–59
2 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–0	Tunisia	25–13	25–8	25–8			75–29
2 Nov	18:15	China	3–1	Peru	27–29	25–15	25–20	25–18		102–82
3 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Peru	25–17	25–15	25–16			75–48
3 Nov	16:00	Tunisia	0–3	Croatia	7–25	15–25	10–25			32–75
3 Nov	18:35	Cuba	3–1	China	27–25	25–18	21–25	25–21		98–89
4 Nov	13:30	Brazil	0–3	Cuba	27–29	21–25	14–25			62–79
4 Nov	16:00	Croatia	3–1	Peru	25–18	25–21	22–25	25–23		97–87
4 Nov	18:35	China	3–0	Tunisia	25–9	25–12	25–17			75–38

Second round

Site A

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Nov	12:30	South Korea	3–2	United States	16–25	25–13	25–21	24–26	18–16	108–101
6 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–1	Argentina	25–12	25–19	31–33	25–14		106–78
6 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–2	Italy	18–25	25–16	25–23	21–25	15–11	104–100
7 Nov	12:30	South Korea	3–0	Argentina	25–19	25–20	25–21			75–60
7 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	United States	25–21	25–21	25–19			75–61
7 Nov	18:15	Russia	3–1	Japan	25–15	25–22	23–25	25–18		98–80

Site B

Venue: Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–1	China	23–25	25–16	25–22	25–23		98–86
6 Nov	16:00	Peru	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–11	25–15			75–43
6 Nov	18:35	Cuba	3–1	Croatia	25–20	25–19	21–25	28–26		99–90
7 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–10	25–14	25–16			75–40
7 Nov	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Peru	25–19	25–23	25–18			75–60
7 Nov	18:35	China	3–0	Croatia	25–22	27–25	26–24			78–71

Third round

Site A

Venue: Sendai City Gymnasium, Sendai

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–0	Peru	25–19	25–17	25–21			75–57
10 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–11	25–13	25–3			75–27
10 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–1	Croatia	27–25	25–19	34–36	25–22		111–102
11 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–13	25–18	25–12			75–43
11 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Croatia	25–23	25–19	18–25	25–23		93–90
11 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	Peru	25–22	25–19	25–13			75–54
12 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–10	25–17			75–49
12 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Peru	25–17	25–14	23–25	25–15		98–71
12 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	25–10	25–12	25–12			75–34

Site B

Venue: Synthesis Gymnasium, Kanazawa

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–15	25–17			75–54
10 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	19–25	35–33	25–19	25–15		104–92
10 Nov	18:15	China	3–0	United States	29–27	25–23	25–18			79–68
11 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–19	20–25	25–15	25–14		95–73
11 Nov	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	25–14	25–18	25–14			75–46
11 Nov	18:35	China	3–1	South Korea	25–23	25–22	16–25	25–17		75–61
12 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–23	25–12			75–56
12 Nov	16:00	Cuba	3–1	United States	25–12	26–24	21–25	25–13		97–74
12 Nov	18:35	China	3–0	Argentina	25–17	25–15	25–16			75–48

Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–22	25–12	25–17			75–51
14 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–1	China	25–23	15–25	25–13	25–17		90–78
14 Nov	18:15	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–14	25–17			75–54
15 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–2	Brazil	21–25	25–20	25–17	22–25	15–9	108–96
15 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–1	Italy	25–17	25–21	17–25	25–17		92–80
15 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	China	25–17	25–22	25–18			75–57
16 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Russia	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53
16 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Italy	25–20	26–24	18–25	25–21		94–90
16 Nov	18:15	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–11	25–20			75–53

Site B

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Nov	12:30	United States	3–2	Peru	22–25	25–22	29–27	17–25	15–12	108–111
14 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	25–9	25–23	25–11			75–43
14 Nov	18:15	South Korea	3–0	Croatia	25–20	25–20	25–22			75–62
15 Nov	13:30	Croatia	3–2	United States	19–25	19–25	25–21	25–20	15–8	103–99
15 Nov	16:00	Peru	3–1	Argentina	20–25	25–16	25–18	25–20		95–79
15 Nov	18:35	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	25–8	25–14	25–12			75–34
16 Nov	13:30	United States	3–0	Tunisia	25–13	25–11	25–13			75–37
16 Nov	16:00	Croatia	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66
16 Nov	18:35	South Korea	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–20	25–15			75–53

Final standing

Rank Team   Cuba   Russia   Brazil 4   South Korea 5   China 6   Japan 7   Italy 8   Croatia 9   United States 10   Peru 11   Argentina 12   Tunisia Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

1999 Women's World Cup champions  Cuba 4th title 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

  Elena Vassilevskaya

• 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 VASSILEVSKAYA Elena 10.84 2 CACCIATORI Maurizia 10.36 3 HE Qi 9.91 4 SOUZA Helia 9.72 5 LIKTENCHTEIN Maria 9.13 6 SANTOS Robyn Ah Mow 7.67 7 GARCIA Rosa 6.37 8 KANG Hye Mi 5.32

External links

• Results