1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1999 FIVB Volleyball 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 1977.

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