1999 FIVB Women's World Cup

The 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from November 2 to November 16, 1999 in Japan. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament in Sydney, Australia 2000.

Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa plus two wild-card teams nominated jointly by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played in Tokyo, Kanazawa, Okayama, Sendai, Toyama, Sapporo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since the second edition of the event in 1977.

Teams

*vbw|JPN — hosts
*vbw|TUN — African Champions
*vbw|CHN — Asian Champions
*vbw|RUS — European Champions
*vbw|CUB — NORCECA Champions
*vbw|BRA — South American Champions
*vbw|KOR — Asian Vice-Champions
*vbw|CRO — European Vice-Champions
*vbw|USA — NORCECA Vice-Champions
*vbw|ARG — South American Vice-Champions
*vbw|ITA — wild-card
*vbw|PER — wild-card

quads

*details|1999 FIVB Women's World Cup Squads

First Round

ite A

*Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo
**Tuesday November 2

ite B

*Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium in Okayama
**Tuesday November 2

econd Round

ite A

*Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo
**Saturday November 6
**Sunday November 7
**Friday November 12
**Friday November 12
**Tuesday November 16
**Tuesday November 16

Ranking

* "Cuba, Russia and Brazil qualified for the Women's Volleyball Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia."

Final Ranking

1. vbw|CUB

2. vbw|RUS

3. vbw|BRA

4. vbw|KOR

5. vbw|CHN

6. vbw|JPN

7. vbw|ITA

8. vbw|CRO

9. vbw|USA

10. vbw|PER

11. vbw|ARG

12. vbw|TUN

Individual Awards

*Most Valuable Player: flagathlete|Taismary Agüero|CUB
*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Barbara Jelić|CRO
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Lioubov Sokolova|RUS
*Best Server: flagathlete|Taismary Agüero|CUB
*Best Receiver: flagathlete|Lioubov Sokolova|RUS
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Elena Vassilevskaya|RUS
*Best Digger: flagathlete|Hiroko Tsukumo|JPN
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Mirka Francia|CUB

External links

* [http://todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Women_1999.html Results]
* [http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus/wcup_w99.htm Volleyball Almanac]