1999 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1999 FIVB Volleyball World League was the tenth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 28 May to 17 July 1999. The Final Round was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Australia Italy Poland Russia	Brazil Canada Netherlands Spain	Argentina Cuba France Portugal

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	10	2	32	14	22
Italy	12	9	3	31	14	21
Poland	12	5	7	21	25	17
Australia	12	0	12	5	36	12

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	10	2	34	14	22
Spain	12	7	5	26	23	19
Canada	12	5	7	19	25	17
Netherlands	12	2	10	15	32	14

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Cuba	12	11	1	33	15	23
France	12	5	7	25	26	17
Argentina	12	4	8	22	26	16
Portugal	12	4	8	17	30	16

Final round

• Venue: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Pool play

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool D

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jul	Spain	0–3	Cuba	17–25	19–25	17–25			53–75
13 Jul	Cuba	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–16	20–25	25–23	11–15	104–104
14 Jul	Russia	3–2	Spain	25–17	24–26	26–28	25–20	15–12	115–103

Pool E

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jul	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	18–25	15–25	19–25			52–75
13 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Italy	18–25	25–22	25–20	18–25	15–13	101–105
14 Jul	Italy	3–1	Argentina	25–22	25–18	18–25	25–23		93–88

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	16 July
	Russia	1
					17 July
	Italy	3
					Italy	3
	16 July
					Cuba	1
	Brazil	0
	Cuba	3
					3rd place match
					17 July
					Russia	1
					Brazil	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Russia	1–3	Italy	25–18	19–25	24–26	20–25		88–94
16 Jul	Brazil	0–3	Cuba	20–25	25–27	19–25			64–77

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Russia	1–3	Brazil	25–17	23–25	20–25	19–25		87–92

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Italy	3–1	Cuba	25–21	23–25	25–19	26–24		99–89

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Cuba
	Brazil
4	Russia
5	Spain
6	Argentina
7	France
8	Canada
	Poland
10	Australia
	Netherlands
	Portugal

1999 World League Champions
Italy 7th title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Scorer
  • Douglas Chiarotti
• Best Libero
  • Mirko Corsano
• Best Blocker
  • Pavel Pimienta
• Best Setter
  • Raúl Diago
• Best Server
  • Luigi Mastrangelo
• Best Receiver
  • Enrique de la Fuente

External links

• 1999 World League Results
• Sports123