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The 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from November 18 to December 2, 1999 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament 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, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yoyogi, and Komazawa. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since it began with the first edition in 1970.

Squads

• For more details on this topic, see 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup Squads.

Round robin

Final ranking

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

• Russia, Cuba and Italy qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Final ranking

1.  Russia 2.  Cuba 3.  Italy 4.  United States 5.  Spain 6.  Brazil 7.  South Korea 8.  Canada 9.  Argentina 10.  Japan 11.  China 12.  Tunisia

1999 FIVB Men's World Cup Champions  Russia Fifth title

Awards

References

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