The 1999

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was the tenth edition of the annual men's international

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tournament, played by 12 countries from 28 May to 17 July 1999. The Final Round was held in

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Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Final round

*Venue:

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Pool play

Pool D

Pool E

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player **

Osvaldo Hernández Osvaldo Hernández Chambell (born 11 July 1970 in Camagüey) is an Italian volleyball player originally from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the isl ...

*Best Scorer **

Douglas Chiarotti Douglas Chiarotti (born November 10, 1970), known as Douglas, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Douglas was born in Santo André, São Paulo Santo André (, ''Sai ...

*Best Libero **

Mirko Corsano Mirko Corsano (born 28 October 1973 in Casarano) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Playing as a libero, he claimed his first title for the ''Azzurri'' in 1999 a ...

*Best Blocker **

Pavel Pimienta Pavel Pimienta (born 3 August 1976) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A one-time Olympian (2000), he won the bronze medal with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB World Championship. He was a middle blocker. Hono ...

*Best Setter ** Raúl Diago *Best Server **

Luigi Mastrangelo Luigi Mastrangelo (born August 17, 1975 in Mottola, Italy) is an Italian men's volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team 1999-2012. Mastrangelo with national team winner silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, m ...

*Best Receiver **

Enrique de la Fuente Enrique de la Fuente Santos (born August 11, 1975) is a Spanish volleyball player, a member of Spain men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, European Champion 2007, a medalist of the European League (gold ...

External links

1999 World League Results
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FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

1999 in Argentine sport