1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Rome and Perugia, Italy from September 20 to September 25, 1999.

Teams

Group A – Rome

• Italy
• Romania
• Netherlands
• Russia

Group B – Perugia

• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Germany
• Poland

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	250	200	1.250	9	1	9.000
2.	Italy	4	3	2	1	289	259	1.116	7	5	1.400
3.	Netherlands	2	3	1	2	238	274	0.869	4	8	0.500
4.	Romania	0	3	0	3	238	276	0.962	3	9	0.333

• Monday September 20

Italy	3 – 1	Romania	21:25 25:20 25:17 25:20
Netherlands	0 – 3	Russia	24:26 11:25 20:25

• Tuesday September 21

Italy	3 – 1	Netherlands	25:17 22:25 25:19 25:17
Romania	0 – 3	Russia	17:25 18:25 20:25

• Wednesday September 22

Russia	3 – 1	Italy	22:25 25:21 27:25 25:19
Netherlands	3 – 2	Romania	17:25 23:25 25:21 25:21 15:09

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Croatia	4	3	2	1	207	204	1.015	6	3	2.000
2.	Germany	4	3	2	1	266	247	1.077	7	5	1.400
3.	Bulgaria	2	3	1	2	267	273	0.978	5	7	0.714
4.	Poland	0	3	0	3	276	293	0.942	5	8	0.625

• Monday September 20

Croatia	3 – 0	Bulgaria	25:21 25:19 25:17
Poland	2 – 3	Germany	25:21 14:25 19:25 25:16 13:15

• Tuesday September 21

Croatia	3 – 0	Poland	26:24 26:24 25:23
Bulgaria	3 – 1	Germany	25:22 25:21 21:25 25:21

• Wednesday September 22

Poland	3 – 2	Bulgaria	25:23 15:25 32:30 22:25 15:11
Germany	3 – 0	Croatia	25:19 25:23 25:13

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	1999-09-24 – Rome
	Croatia	3
					1999-09-25 – Rome
	Italy	2
					Croatia	0
	1999-09-24 – Rome
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Germany	0
					3rd place
					1999-09-25 – Rome
					Italy	3
					Germany	0

• Friday September 24

Croatia	3 – 2	Italy	25:22 16:25 22:25 25:23 15:13
Russia	3 – 0	Germany	25:14 25:9 25:16

• Saturday September 25

Italy	3 – 0	Germany	25:20 25:20 25:19
Croatia	0 – 3	Russia	18:25 19:25 12:25

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	5-8th place				5th place
	1999-09-24 – Rome
	Romania	3
					1999-09-25 – Rome
	Bulgaria	1
					Romania	0
	1999-09-24 – Rome
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	Poland	1
					7th place
					1999-09-25 – Rome
					Bulgaria	3
					Poland	1

• Friday September 24

Romania	3 – 1	Bulgaria	25:22 25:21 21:25 25:22
Netherlands	3 – 1	Poland	29:27 22:25 25:23 25:23

• Saturday September 25

Bulgaria	3 – 1	Poland	25:19 25:22 20:25 25:20
Romania	0 – 3	Netherlands	19:25 22:25 16:25

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Russia
	Croatia
	Italy
4.	Germany
5.	Netherlands
6.	Romania
7.	Bulgaria
8.	Poland

1999 Women's European Champions
Russia 16th title

Team Roster Evgenya Artamonova, Anastasia Belikova, Lioubov Chachkova, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Godina, Natalya Morozova, Elena Plotnikova, Natalia Safronova, Elena Sennikova, Irina Tebenikhina, Elizaveta Tichtchenko, and Elena Vassilevskaya.
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Evgenya Artamonova (RUS)

• Best Scorer: Barbara Jelić (CRO)

• Best Blocker: Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)

• Best Spiker: Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)

• Best Server: Ewa Kowalkowska (POL)

References

• CEV Results
• Results