1999 FIVB Men's World Cup
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The 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 1999 in
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. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the
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. The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel pools (site A and site B). The men played in
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, and Komazawa.


Qualification


Results

All times are
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First round


Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium,
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Site B

Venue: Kagoshima Arena,
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Second round


Site A

Location:
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Site B

Venue: Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium,
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Third round


Site A

Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium,
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Site B

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall,
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Fourth round


Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium,
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Site B

Venue:
Komazawa Gymnasium Komazawa Gymnasium (駒沢オリンピック公園総合運動場体育館) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 3,875 spectators. Designed by Japanese architect Y ...
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Final standing


Awards

* Most valuable player *: Roman Yakovlev * Best scorer *: Rafael Pascual * Best spiker *: Roman Yakovlev * Best blocker *: Bang Sin-bong * Best server *: Osvaldo Hernández * Best digger *: Lee Ho * Best setter *: Lloy Ball * Best receiver *: Lee Ho


References

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