1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship

The 1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in two cities in Austria – Wiener Neustadt and Vienna – from September 7 to September 12, 1999.

1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Austria
Dates	September 7–12
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (4th title)
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Teams

Group A – Wiener Neustadt   Czech Republic   France   Netherlands   FR Yugoslavia

Group B – Vienna   Austria   Bulgaria   Italy   Russia

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	FR Yugoslavia	5	3	2	1	288	247	1.166	7	5	1.400
2.	Czech Republic	5	3	2	1	295	314	0.940	7	7	1.000
3.	France	4	3	1	2	262	286	0.916	6	6	1.000
4.	Netherlands	4	3	1	2	278	276	1.007	5	7	0.714

• Tuesday September 7

FR Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Czech Republic	25-20 • 25-14 • 24-26 • 25-22
France	3 – 0	Netherlands	26-24 • 27-25 • 30-28

• Wednesday September 8

Czech Republic	3 – 2	Netherlands	19-25 • 25-20 • 17-25 • 25-23 • 18-16
FR Yugoslavia	3 – 1	France	25-12 • 25-17 • 25-27 • 25-17

• Thursday September 9

Czech Republic	3 – 2	France	26-24 • 25-19 • 20-25 • 23-25 • 15-13
Netherlands	3 – 1	FR Yugoslavia	17-25 • 25-21 • 25-21 • 25-22

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	266	216	1.232	9	2	4.500
2.	Italy	5	3	2	1	233	209	1.115	7	3	2.333
3.	Bulgaria	4	3	1	2	219	229	0.956	4	6	0.666
4.	Austria	3	3	0	3	161	225	0.716	0	9	0.000

• Tuesday September 7

Italy	3 – 0	Austria	25-12 • 25-16 • 25-19
Russia	3 – 1	Bulgaria	27-25 • 17-25 • 25-13 • 25-16

• Wednesday September 8

Italy	3 – 0	Bulgaria	25-21 • 25-21 • 25-23
Austria	0 – 3	Russia	19-25 • 13-25 • 22-25

• Thursday September 9

Bulgaria	3 – 0	Austria	25-22 • 25-23 • 25-15
Russia	3 – 1	Italy	25-20 • 22-25 • 25-18 • 25-20

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	1999-09-11 – Vienna
	Russia	3
					1999-09-12 – Vienna
	Czech Republic	0
					Italy	3
	1999-09-11 – Vienna
					Russia	1
	Italy	3
	FR Yugoslavia	1
					3rd place
					1999-09-12 – Vienna
					FR Yugoslavia	3
					Czech Republic	0

• Saturday September 11

Russia	3 – 0	Czech Republic	25-21 • 25-15 • 25-13
Italy	3 – 1	FR Yugoslavia	25-15 • 25-22 • 24-26 • 25-22

• Sunday September 12

Czech Republic	0 – 3	FR Yugoslavia	17-25 • 19-25 • 23-25
Russia	1 – 3	Italy	25-19 • 17-25 • 22-25 • 27-29

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	5-8th place				5th place
	1999-09-11 – Vienna
	Bulgaria	0
					1999-09-12 – Vienna
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	1999-09-11 – Vienna
					France	2
	France	3
	Austria	0
					7th place
					1999-09-12 – Vienna
					Bulgaria	3
					Austria	0

• Saturday September 11

Bulgaria	0 – 3	Netherlands	17-25 • 19-25 • 18-25
France	3 – 0	Austria	25-15 • 25-23 • 27-25

• Sunday September 12

Bulgaria	3 – 0	Austria	25-23 • 25-19 • 25-15
Netherlands	3 – 2	France	25-21 • 23-25 • 22-25 • 25-23 • 24-22

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Final ranking

Place Team     Italy     Russia     FR Yugoslavia 4.   Czech Republic 5.   Netherlands 6.   France 7.   Bulgaria 8.   Austria

1999 Men's European champions    Italy Fourth title Team Roster Marco Bracci, Mirko Corsano, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Leondino Giombini, Pasquale Gravina, Marco Meoni, Luigi Mastrangelo, Samuele Papi, Simone Rosalba, Andrea Sartoretti, and Paolo Tofoli. Head coach: Andrea Anastasi.

References

• CEV Results
• Results^{[dead link]}