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| Spain initialy played in the Preliminary Round of the European Qualification, but later received a Wild Card to World Cup Men 1999. |  | After failing to qualify via World Cup received a place in this Qualification Round as Host. |   
|  Quotas for Intercontinetal Rounds |  | Europe (4+1): Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, France |  | Asia (3): Japan, China, Taiwan |  | Norceca (2): Canada |  | South America (2): Argentina, Venezuela |  | Africa (1): Tunisia |   
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| Group A | w | l | gf | ga | ratio |  | 1. Argentina | 3 | 0 | 9: | 1 | 1.181  |  | 2. Japan | 2 | 1 | 6: | 3 | 1.116  |  | 3. Venezuela | 1 | 2 | 4: | 8 | 0.886  |  | 4. Portugal | 0 | 3 | 2: | 9 | 0.891  |   
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| Team | Ar | Ja | Ve | Po |  | Argentina | --- | 3:0 | 3:1 | 3:0 |  | Japan |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | Venezuela |   |   | --- | 3:2 |  | Portugal |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur | att. |  |  played at Matosinhos (POR) |  | 21.07 |   Argentina | 3-0 |   Japan | 75-62 | 25-20 | 25-21 | 25-21 |   | 1:13 | 910 |  | 21.07 |   Venezuela | 3-2 |   Portugal | 112-106 | 25-19 | 25-23 | 22-25 | 25-27 | 15-12 | 2:03 | 1,260 |  | 22.07 |   Argentina | 3-1 |   Venezuela | 100-84 | 25-17 | 25-27 | 25-20 | 25-20 |   | 1:34 | 820 |  | 22.07 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Portugal | 75-62 | 25-21 | 25-20 | 25-21 |   | 1:20 | 2,130 |  | 23.07 |   Japan | 3-0 |   Venezuela | 75-53 | 25-18 | 25-15 | 25-20 |   | 1:08 | 810 |  | 23.07 |   Argentina | 3-0 |   Portugal | 79-69 | 25-21 | 25-21 | 29-27 |   | 1:22 | 1,780 |   
| Group B | w | l | gf | ga | ratio |  | 1. Spain | 3 | 0 | 9: | 0 | 1.281  |  | 2. China | 2 | 1 | 6: | 5 | 1.016  |  | 3. Greece | 1 | 2 | 3: | 7 | 0.943  |  | 4. Tunisia | 0 | 3 | 3: | 9 | 0.853  |   
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| Team | Sp | Ch | Gr | Tu |  | Spain | --- | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | China |   | --- | 3:0 | 3:2 |  | Greece |   |   | --- | 3:1 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur | att. |  |  played at Piraeus (GRE) |  | 24.07 |   Spain | 3-0 |   China | 76-60 | 26-24 | 25-19 | 25-17 |   | 1:16 | 1,500 |  | 24.07 |   Greece | 3-1 |   Tunisia | 90-75 | 25-15 | 20-25 | 25-18 | 25-17 |   | 1:21 | 4,200 |  | 25.07 |   Spain | 3-0 |   Tunisia | 75-56 | 25-19 | 25-17 | 25-20 |   | 1:10 | 550 |  | 25.07 |   China | 3-0 |   Greece | 75-62 | 25-18 | 25-22 | 25-22 |   | 1:18 | 5,300 |  | 26.07 |   China | 3-2 |   Tunisia | 113-106 | 25-21 | 25-21 | 23-25 | 25-27 | 15-12 | 1:59 | 1,500 |  | 26.07 |   Spain | 3-0 |   Greece | 77-62 | 27-25 | 25-17 | 25-20 |   | 1:10 | 2,000 |   
| Group C | w | l | gf | ga | ratio |  | 1. Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 9: | 1 | 1.245  |  | 2. France | 2 | 1 | 7: | 5 | 1.133  |  | 3. Canada | 1 | 2 | 5: | 6 | 1.004  |  | 4. Taiwan | 0 | 3 | 0: | 9 | 0.649  |   
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| Team | Ne | Fr | Ca | Ta |  | Netherlands | --- | 3:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 |  | France |   | --- | 3:2 | 3:0 |  | Canada |   |   | --- | 3:0 |  | Taiwan |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | pts | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | g5 | dur | Att. |  |  played at Castelnau (FRA) |  | 25.07 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Taiwan | 75-42 | 25-17 | 25-10 | 25-15 |   | 0:52 | 1,500 |  | 25.07 |   France | 3-2 |   Canada | 108-103 | 22-25 | 25-23 | 21-25 | 25-21 | 15- 9 | 2:09 | 2,600 |  | 26.07 |   Netherlands | 3-0 |   Canada | 75-57 | 25-21 | 25-18 | 25-18 |   | 1:04 | 1,550 |  | 26.07 |   France | 3-0 |   Taiwan | 75-53 | 25-23 | 25-14 | 25-16 |   | 1:01 | 1,540 |  | 27.07 |   Canada | 3-0 |   Taiwan | 75-51 | 25-19 | 25-18 | 25-14 |   | 0:59 | 1,800 |  | 27.07 |   Netherlands | 3-1 |   France | 84-89 | 25-20 | 19-25 | 25-23 | 25-21 |   | 1:38 | 3,500 |   
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