The 1999 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from August 28 to September 4, 1999. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Due to hurricane was transferred to Canada.
Qualification process ConfederationMethod of QualificationDate Venue Vacancies QualifiedFIVBHost 1 *NORCECA1998 NORCECA Junior Championship July 22 – 27, 1998 Cuernavaca, Mexico 2 CEV1998 European Junior Championship August 22 – 30, 1998 Vilvoorde, Belgium6 **AVC1998 Asian Junior Championship September 22 – 29, 1998 Trang, Thailand 3 CSV1998 South American Junior Championship September 23 – 28, 1998 Santa Fe, Argentina 3 ***CAVB1998 African Junior Championship 1 Total 16
* Canada replaced Dominican Republic due to hurricane's effects. ** Turkey replaced Belgium. *** Venezuela replaced Peru.
Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
Play off – elimination group
Play off – seeding group
Final round
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
3rd place
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678 9 13
12–woman RosterAnna Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Anjela Gourieva, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Konstantinova, Valeria Pouchnenkova, Tatiana Gorchkova, Olga Konovalova, Olessia Makarova, Anna Velikanova, Ekaterina Shitselova and Evguenia Kuzianina
Individual awards
MVP: Erika Coimbra Best scorer: Ekaterina Gamova Best spiker: Valeria Pouchnenkova Best blocker: Sherisa Livingston Best server: Barbora Novakova Best setter: Song Nina Best receiver: Eun-Young An Best libero: Sun-Ja Son
External links Informative website.