The 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup

Volleyball World Cup

The FIVB World Cup is a men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1965 and 1973 , it is an international qualification event for the Olympic Games...

was held from November 18 to December 2, 1999 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament

Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 in Sydney, Australia 2000.

The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Kagoshima, Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

, Kumamoto, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Nagoya, Yoyogi

Yoyogi National Gymnasium

is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its suspension roof design.It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games...

, and Komazawa

Komazawa Gymnasium

Komazawa Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Tokyo, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 3,875 spectators. It hosted the wrestling events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-Reference:* Volume 1. pp. 125-6....

. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since it began with the first edition in 1970.

Final ranking

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		20	11	9	2	1003	859	1.168	31	11	1.003
2.		19	11	8	3	890	801	1.111	26	12	2.167
3.		19	11	8	3	935	834	1.121	26	14	1.857
4.		19	11	8	3	1053	1004	1.049	28	17	1.053
5.		18	11	7	4	958	850	1.127	27	15	1.800
6.		18	11	7	4	995	974	1.022	25	19	1.316
7.		17	11	6	5	873	884	0.988	18	21	0.857
8.		16	11	5	6	881	943	0.934	17	24	0.708
9.		15	11	4	7	910	953	0.955	18	23	0.783
10.		14	11	3	8	903	995	0.908	16	27	0.593
11.		12	11	1	10	847	977	0.867	10	31	0.323
12.		11	11	0	11	758	932	0.813	5	33	0.152

• Russia, Cuba and Italy qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition
  Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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   at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  2000 Summer Olympics
  The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
  
   in Sydney, Australia.

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Scorer

• Best Spiker

• Best Blocker

• Best Server

• Best Digger

• Best Receiver

• Best Setter