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1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

Field	Value
competition	Women's World Cup
continent	World
year	1999
size	150
host
dates	2–16 November
teams	12
cities	8
champions	Cuba
title_number	3
second	Russia
third	Brazil
fourth	South Korea
mvp	CUB Taismary Aguero
setter	RUS Elena Vassilevskaya
outside_spikers
middle_blockers
opposite_spiker	RUS Lioubov Sokolova
last	1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
next	2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

The 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 1999 in Japan. The winner received a fast lane ticket into the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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 Japan Volleyball Association.

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, Tokyo

Site B

Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium, Okayama

Second round

Site A

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo

Site B

Venue: Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama

Third round

Site A

Venue: Sendai City Gymnasium, Sendai

Site B

Venue: Synthesis Gymnasium, Kanazawa

Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Site B

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Awards

Most valuable player
: CUB Taismary Agüero
Best scorer
: CRO Barbara Jelić
Best spiker
: RUS Lioubov Sokolova
Best server
: CUB Taismary Agüero
Best receiver
: RUS Lioubov Sokolova
Best digger
: JPN Hiroko Tsukumo
Best blocker
: CUB Mirka Francia
Best setter
: RUS Elena Vassilevskaya
Best Outside Hitters
: CUB Yumilka Ruiz
: RUS Yevgeniya Artamonova
Best Middle blockers
: CUB Mirka Francia
: RUS Elizaveta Tichtchenko
Best Opposite
: RUS Lioubov Sokolova

Statistics leaders

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	CRO JELIC Barbara	217
2	CHN WU Yongmei	188
3	RUS ARTAMONOVA Evguenia	175
4	RUS GODINA Elena	162
5	ITA PICCININI Francesca	158
6	CUB FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis	149
7	USA SCOTT Danielle	137
8	KOR CHANG So Hyun	133
9	RUS SOKOLOVA Liubov	127
10	BRA DIAS Virna	118
11	BRA MOSER Ana	109
12	CUB RUIZ Yumilka	105
13	CHN SUN Yue	98
14	BRA BARROS Leila	97
15	JPN SASAKI Miki	93

Best spikers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	RUS SOKOLOVA Liubov	39.36
2	RUS GODINA Elena	36.43
3	CUB FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis	35.27
4	RUS TICHTCHENKO Elizaveta	33.18
5	CUB RUIZ Yumilka	32.79

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	CUB FRANCIA Mirka	1.12
2	CHN WU Yongmei	1.10
3	USA SCOTT Danielle	1.05
4	CUB FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis	0.97
5	KOR CHANG So Hyun	0.92

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	CUB AGUERO Taismary	0.36
2	RUS SOKOLOVA Liubov	0.35
3	BRA MOSER Ana	0.32

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	RUS SOKOLOVA Liubov	68.35
2	CHN CHENG Jin	66.27
3	JPN ETO Naomi	64.32

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	JPN TSUKOMO Hiroko	3.17
2	CHN WANG Lina	2.69
3	ITA MARINELLIM Evelyn	2.54

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	RUS VASSILEVSKAYA Elena	10.84
2	ITA CACCIATORI Maurizia	10.36
3	CHN HE Qi	9.91
4	BRA SOUZA Helia	9.72
5	CRO LIKTENCHTEIN Maria	9.13
6	USA SANTOS Robyn Ah Mow	7.67
7	PER GARCIA Rosa	6.37
8	KOR KANG Hye Mi	5.32

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