The 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 1999 in

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. The winner received a fast lane ticket into the

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. Twelve women's national teams played at several venues across Japan. the teams were the hosts Japan, continental and vice-champions from Asia, Europe, NORCECA and South America, the African continental champion, and two wild-card teams created by the FIVB and the

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. Teams played a 66-game single-round robin format match, in two groups (site A and site B).

Teams

* — Host * — African Champions * — Asian Champions * — European Champions * — NORCECA Champions * — South American Champions * — Asian Vice-champions * — European Vice-champions * — NORCECA Vice-champions * — South American Vice-champions * — Wild-card * — Wild-card

Squads

Results

First round

Site A

Venue:

Yoyogi National Gymnasium Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its Suspended structure, suspension roof design. The arena holds 13,291 people (9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena sea ...

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Site B

Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium,

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Second round

Site A

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center,

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Site B

Venue:

Toyama City Gymnasium Toyama City Gymnasium is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Toyama, Toyama, Toyama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. It hosted some of the group games for the 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup. Facilities *N ...

, Toyama

Third round

Site A

Venue: Sendai City Gymnasium,

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Site B

Venue: Synthesis Gymnasium,

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Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall,

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Site B

Venue:

Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is the venue of a professional sumo tournament ( honbasho) held in March every year. The capacity of the ...

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Final standing

Awards

* Most valuable player *:

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* Best scorer *: Barbara Jelić * Best spiker *: Lioubov Sokolova * Best server *:

* Best receiver *: Lioubov Sokolova * Best setter *: Elena Vassilevskaya * Best digger *: Hiroko Tsukumo * Best blocker *: Mirka Francia

External links

Results
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