- 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup
The
1999 FIVB Women's World Cup was held fromNovember 2 toNovember 16 ,1999 inJapan . Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament inSydney, Australia 2000 .Teams were made up as follows: hosts
Japan , continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa plus two wild-card teams nominated jointly by theFIVB and theJapan Volleyball Association . Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played inTokyo ,Kanazawa ,Okayama ,Sendai ,Toyama ,Sapporo ,Nagoya , andOsaka . Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since the second edition of the event in1977 .Teams
*vbw|JPN — hosts
*vbw|TUN — African Champions
*vbw|CHN — Asian Champions
*vbw|RUS — European Champions
*vbw|CUB — NORCECA Champions
*vbw|BRA — South American Champions
*vbw|KOR — Asian Vice-Champions
*vbw|CRO — European Vice-Champions
*vbw|USA — NORCECA Vice-Champions
*vbw|ARG — South American Vice-Champions
*vbw|ITA — wild-card
*vbw|PER — wild-cardquads
*details|1999 FIVB Women's World Cup Squads
First Round
ite A
*Venue:
Yoyogi National Gymnasium inTokyo
**TuesdayNovember 2 ite B
*Venue:
Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium inOkayama
**TuesdayNovember 2 econd Round
ite A
*Venue:
Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center inSapporo
**SaturdayNovember 6
**SundayNovember 7
**FridayNovember 12
**FridayNovember 12
**TuesdayNovember 16
**TuesdayNovember 16 Ranking
* "Cuba, Russia and Brazil qualified for the Women's Volleyball Competition at the
2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, Australia ."Final Ranking
1. vbw|CUB
2. vbw|RUS
3. vbw|BRA
4. vbw|KOR
5. vbw|CHN
6. vbw|JPN
7. vbw|ITA
8. vbw|CRO
9. vbw|USA
10. vbw|PER
11. vbw|ARG
12. vbw|TUNIndividual Awards
*Most Valuable Player: flagathlete|
Taismary Agüero |CUB
*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Barbara Jelić |CRO
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Lioubov Sokolova|RUS
*Best Server: flagathlete|Taismary Agüero |CUB
*Best Receiver: flagathlete|Lioubov Sokolova|RUS
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Elena Vassilevskaya |RUS
*Best Digger: flagathlete|Hiroko Tsukumo |JPN
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Mirka Francia |CUBExternal links
* [http://todor66.com/volleyball/World_Cup/Women_1999.html Results]
* [http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus/wcup_w99.htm Volleyball Almanac]
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