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 12102321422
 Italy 1293311421
 Poland 1257212517
 Australia 1201253612

Pool B

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Brazil 12102341422
 Spain 1275262319
 Canada 1257192517
 Netherlands 12210153214

Pool C

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Cuba 12111331523
 France 1257252617
 Argentina 1248222616
 Portugal 1248173016

Final round

Pool play

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool D

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 4 2 0 6 4 1.500 219 207 1.058
2  Cuba 3 1 1 5 3 1.667 179 157 1.140
3  Spain 2 0 2 2 6 0.333 156 190 0.821
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

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 4 2 0 6 2 3.000 176 157 1.121
2  Italy 3 1 1 5 4 1.250 198 189 1.048
3  Argentina 2 0 2 1 6 0.167 140 168 0.833
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  
  Italy  3  
 
17 July
      Italy  3
    Cuba  1
3rd place match
16 July 17 July
  Brazil  0   Russia  1
  Cuba  3     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
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Cuba
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil
4  Russia
5  Spain
6  Argentina
7  France
8  Canada
 Poland
10  Australia
 Netherlands
 Portugal

 1999 World League Champions 

Italy
7th title

Awards

External links

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