1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship
# 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.

## 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1999-09-11 – Vienna | 1999-09-11 – Vienna |
| Russia | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | 1999-09-12 – Vienna | 1999-09-12 – Vienna |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1999-09-12 – Vienna | 1999-09-12 – Vienna |
| Czech Republic | 0 | Italy | 3 |
| 1999-09-11 – Vienna | 1999-09-11 – Vienna | | Italy | 3 |
| 1999-09-11 – Vienna | 1999-09-11 – Vienna | Russia | 1 |
| Italy | 3 | Russia | 1 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 1 | | |
| FR Yugoslavia | 1 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 1999-09-12 – Vienna | 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 |
| 5-8th place | 5-8th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| 1999-09-11 – Vienna | 1999-09-11 – Vienna |
| Bulgaria | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1999-09-12 – Vienna | 1999-09-12 – Vienna |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1999-09-12 – Vienna | 1999-09-12 – Vienna |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 3 |
| 1999-09-11 – Vienna | 1999-09-11 – Vienna | | Netherlands | 3 |
| 1999-09-11 – Vienna | 1999-09-11 – Vienna | France | 2 |
| France | 3 | France | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | | |
| Austria | 0 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 1999-09-12 – Vienna | 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 |

## 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.
