1999 Remixes
1999 Remixes is the third compilation album released by British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai. Released on 20 September 1999, the album features a selection of remixes based on tracks included on the group's fourth studio album, Synkronized. The album was available as a package, containing four 12" records.


1999 Restormel Borough Council election
Elections to Restormel Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council.


1999 Rhein Fire season
The 1999 Rhein Fire season was the fifth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his fifth year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.


1999 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 1999 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh and last season under head coach Floyd Keith, the Rams compiled a 1–10 record (1–7 against conference opponents) and tied for last place in the New England Division of the conference.


1999 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election
The second election to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council was held on 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day there were elections to  the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales and the first elections to the National Assembly for Wales were held.


1999 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Boundary Changes
An additional seat was created in the Pontyclun ward while the Rhydfelen Lower ward was abolished.


1999 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Overview
All 75 council seats were up for election. Plaid Cymru won control of the authority from Labour.


1999 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Ward Results, Gilfach Goch (one seat)
Roberts had been elected as a Residents' candidate in 1995


1999 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election, Ward Results, Talbot Green (one seat)
Thorngate had been elected as a Labour candidate in 1995.


1999 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 15th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 28 May to 30 May 1999.


1999 Rice Owls football team
The 1999 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.


1999 Richmond Kickers season
The 1999 Richmond Kickers season was the Richmond Kickers' seventh season of existence, and their third consecutive season in the A-League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid from 1995 until 2004.


1999 Richmond Kickers season, Roster
The following players played for the Kickers during the 1999 season.


1999 Richmond Kickers season, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999 Richmond Spiders football team
The 1999 Richmond Spiders football team represented Richmond College during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election
The 1999 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election, Election result
Overall turnout at the election was 40.22%, down from 44.59% in 1995.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Colburn
A by-election was held in Colburn on 9 September 1999 after the resignation of independent councillor John Lacey. The seat was won by independent candidate Peter Wood with a majority of 49 votes over Hospital Campaign candidate Peter Fowler.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, St Michael with St Luke
A by-election was held in St Michael with St Luke on 22 February 2001 after the death of independent councillor William Corps. The seat was won by independent candidate Kenneth Smith with a majority of 36 votes over Conservative Michael Godwin.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Middleham and Coverdale
A by-election was held in Middleham and Coverdale on 7 June 2001 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Andrea Robson. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Derek Jarvill with a majority of 373 votes over Liberal Democrat John Weedon.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Catterick with Tunstall
A by-election was held in Catterick with Tunstall on 30 August 2001 after the resignation of Social Democrat councillor Brian Smith. The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Patrick Brennan with a majority of 41 votes over Conservative Melva Steckles.


1999 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Leyburn
A by-election was held in Leyburn on 25 October 2001 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Thomas Forth. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Wendy Morton with a majority of 4 votes over Liberal Democrat John Weedon after a recount.


1999 Rink Hockey World Championship
The 1999 Rink Hockey World Championship was the 34th edition of the Rink Hockey World Championship, held between 4 and 12 June 1999, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. It was disputed by 12 teams.


1999 Rink Hockey World Championship, Format
The competition was disputed by 12 countries, divided in two groups of 6 teams each one.


1999 Rink Hockey World Championship, Format
Every game lasted 40 minutes, divided in 2 parts of 20 minutes.


1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 October 1999 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.


1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
This was the last race without a current or former premier class champion on the grid until the 2020 Aragon Grand Prix.


1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
Valentino Rossi won the 250cc race and the title at this event his 2nd title in his young career


1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.


1999 Riojan regional election
The 1999 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 13 June 1999, to elect the 5th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1999 European Parliament election.


1999 Riojan regional election
In a turnout below 69%, the People's Party (PP) under incumbent President Pedro Sanz was re-elected for a second term in office with an increased absolute majority. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under former president José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz saw a slight increase in support, but the new PP majority meant that the party would remain in opposition. United Left (IU) failed to reach the 5% electoral threshold, resulting in the loss of all its 2 seats, while the Riojan Party (PR) maintained its 2 seats.


1999 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Autonomous Community. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1999 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 33 members of the Parliament of La Rioja were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


1999 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in La Rioja. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1999 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Parliament of La Rioja expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. Legal amendments introduced in 1998 allowed for these to be held together with European Parliament elections, provided that they were scheduled for within a four month-timespan. The previous election was held on 28 May 1995, setting the election date for the Parliament concurrently with a European Parliament election on Sunday, 13 June 1999.


1999 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
After legal amendments earlier in 1999, the President of the Autonomous Community was granted the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of La Rioja and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year has elapsed since a previous dissolution.


1999 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1999 Riojan regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of La Rioja.


1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The PDP nominee Peter Odili won the election, defeating the APP candidate.


1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Rivers State is elected using the plurality voting system.


1999 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,207,000. Total number of votes cast was 747,296, while number of valid votes was 1,580,807. Rejected votes were 7,521.


1999 Robert Morris Colonials football team
The 1999 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris College, now Robert Morris University, as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonials were led by 6th-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Moon Stadium on the campus of Moon Area High School. The Colonials finished the 1999 season with their fourth consecutive NEC championship.


1999 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1999 Rochford District Council election
Elections to Rochford Council, Essex, England, were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1999 Ronde van Nederland
These are the results for the 39th edition of the Ronde van Nederland cycling race, which was held from August 24 to August 28, 1999. The race started in Gouda (South Holland) and finished in Landgraaf (Limburg).


1999 Roscommon County Council election
An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


1999 Rose Bowl
The 1999 Rose Bowl was the 85th Rose Bowl game and was played on Friday January 1, 1999, at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. It was a college football bowl game at the end of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Wisconsin defeated UCLA by a score of 38–31. Ron Dayne of Wisconsin was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game. He tied a modern Rose Bowl record with four touchdowns.


1999 Rose Bowl
This was the first year that the Rose Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series, ending a long-standing agreement between the Big Ten and the "West Representative" (PCC/AAWU) and the first year that the game was branded with corporate sponsorship. Unlike the other bowl games, the sponsor was not added to the title of the game, but instead as a presenter, so it became known as The Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T.


1999 Rose Bowl, Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Coalition was restructured into the Bowl Alliance for the 1995 season, involving five conferences (reduced to four for the 1996 season) and three bowls. The championship game rotated among the three bowls. However, it still didn't include the Pac-10 or Big Ten champs.


1999 Rose Bowl, Bowl Championship Series
Michigan and Nebraska split the National Championship during the 1997 season after never having met on the field. After a protracted round of negotiations, the Bowl Alliance was reconfigured into the Bowl Championship Series for the 1998 season. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses, which operates the Rose Bowl Game, agreed to release the Big Ten or Pac-10 champions if necessary to facilitate a national championship game. In return, the Rose Bowl was added to the yearly national championship game rotation.


1999 Rose Bowl, Teams, UCLA Bruins
Beginning in November, the Bruins were ranked number 2 behind Tennessee. It appeared that they would face the Volunteers in the BCS championship. The UCLA Bruins went undefeated through the 1998 football season until their final game. In late September, Miami had been forced to postpone their game with UCLA due to Hurricane Georges. The game was rescheduled for December 5 and for the #2-ranked Bruins, a trip to the National Championship game was at stake. The Hurricanes put up over 600 yards of total offense and the result was a stunning 49–45 Miami victory. Instead of advancing to the first Bowl Championship series game (the 1999 Fiesta Bowl) as a contender for the national championship, the Bruins "settled" for the Rose Bowl, something that previously had been the ultimate goal of the Pacific-10 conference champion.


1999 Rose Bowl, Teams, Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin ended up in a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten with Michigan and Ohio State. All three teams had 7–1 conference records and were conference co-champions. Michigan had defeated Wisconsin 27–10 in "The Big House". Wisconsin and Ohio State did not meet. At the time, the Big Ten awarded the Rose Bowl invitation to the tied team which had gone the longest period of time without an invitation: Michigan had been in the 1998 Rose Bowl, Ohio State had been in the 1997 Rose Bowl, while Wisconsin had last been in the 1994 Rose Bowl.


1999 Rose Bowl, Teams, Wisconsin Badgers
The circumstances of this selection and the fact that UCLA had so recently fallen from the lofty #2 in the nation status led many to deride and seriously underestimate the Badgers; most notably, ESPN analyst Craig James with his infamous declaration that Wisconsin was "the worst team to ever play in the Rose Bowl".


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
The weather was sunny and 74 degrees and the crowd of 93,872 at the Rose Bowl was described by one reporter as a "sea of red […] with a few small breaks of Bruin blue."


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
In the first half, both teams scored three touchdowns, with UCLA answering each of the first two Wisconsin scores and then taking its only lead of the game (21–14) in the second quarter. After re-tying the game, Wisconsin would add a field goal to account for the halftime score of 24–21.


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
All six touchdowns had come on lengthy drives, with UCLA's best starting position being its own 35-yard line and Wisconsin's its own 25. The Badgers' scoring plays were emblematic of their style of play: Relying heavily on the run (running the ball 48 times in the game as opposed to just 17 passing attempts), they scored three times on rushes by Ron Dayne, including a 54-yard run for the first touchdown of the game. UCLA on the other hand, scored its three first-half touchdowns on passing plays, including one thrown by wide receiver Freddie Mitchell on a trick play.


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
On the opening drive of the second half, Wisconsin continued the scoring trend, going ahead 31–21 on Ron Dayne's fourth touchdown run of the game. This would, however, turn out to be the last offensive score by the Badgers.


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
UCLA would then sustain two long drives of its own. However, the Bruins lost the ball on a fumble on the Wisconsin 6-yard line before scoring a touchdown on their next drive on a 10-yard run by Jermaine Lewis to cut the Wisconsin lead to 31–28.


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
The eventual "clinching" play occurred on UCLA's next drive, at the start of the fourth quarter, when Cade McNown threw an interception to Jamar Fletcher, which was returned 47 yards for a Wisconsin touchdown to extend the Badgers' lead to 38–28.


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
On its next possession, UCLA came up short on a fake punt, but subsequently regained possession after a Wisconsin fumble on a bad snap. Starting from the Wisconsin 33, the Bruins went deep on their first play, which resulted in Jamar Fletcher being called for pass interference on Danny Farmer in the endzone. However, UCLA had to settle for a field goal to make the score 38–31 Wisconsin with 6:05 left in the game.


1999 Rose Bowl, Game summary
On their last possession, the Bruins allowed a "sack of McNown on fourth-and-3 at the Wisconsin 47-yard line with 59 seconds remaining." This sealed the victory for the Badgers, who won despite being outgained 538–497 in terms of offensive yards and not scoring an offensive touchdown for the last 26 1/2 minutes of the game.


1999 Rose Bowl, Aftermath, Rose Bowl records
Eight Rose Bowl records were set or tied in the game.


1999 Rose Bowl, Aftermath, Rose Bowl records
With his four touchdowns, Ron Dayne tied three modern Rose Bowl touchdown records: most touchdowns, most rushing touchdowns and most career rushing touchdowns. With 24 points, he also tied most points in game and career. These records are shared along with Eric Ball from the 1986 Rose Bowl and Sam Cunningham from the 1973 Rose Bowl. Vince Young would also join this group following the 2006 Rose Bowl, and the records still stand as of the 2015 Rose Bowl. Dayne was named the Rose Bowl MVP for 1999 and would repeat this feat in the 2000 Rose Bowl, becoming one of only three (now, four) players to ever repeat as a Rose Bowl MVP (and the only player from the Big Ten Conference).


1999 Rose Bowl, Aftermath, Rose Bowl records
For the teams, the following records were broken, but no longer stand.


1999 Rose Bowl, Aftermath, Wisconsin travel budget audit
The University paid for a traveling party of 832 people. This included the football team, marching band, university officials, their spouses, cheerleaders, and three Bucky mascots. A large number stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. In a review by the Wisconsin State Joint Legislative Audit Committee in 1999, the committee found that the University of Wisconsin spent $2,093,500 on the trip, versus a post season revenue share of $1,806,800. Subsequent reviews found a number of areas where expenses could have been reduced substantially.


1999 Rose City Grand Prix
The 1999 Rose City Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1999 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Portland International Raceway, Oregon, on August 1, 1999.


1999 Rose City Grand Prix, Race results
† - #18 Manthey Racing was found to be in violation of PSCR regulations in post-race inspection, the car being below the minimum legal ride height. Manthey Racing and their drivers were penalized by not winning championship points in this round.


1999 Rossendale Borough Council election
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1999 Rossendale Borough Council election
Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


1999 Rother District Council election
The 1999 Rother District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


1999 Rother District Council election, Background
Before the election both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had 16 councillors, while there were 8 independents and 5 from the Labour party. Among the councillors who stood down at the election were the independent councillors, Clifford Jordan and George Shackleton, from Rye and Liberal Democrat Jill Theis of Crowhurst and Catsfield ward.


1999 Rother District Council election, Background
The Conservatives won all 3 seats in Bexhill Collington ward without opposition.


1999 Rother District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Bexhill St Mark's
A by-election was held in Bexhill St Marks on 7 June 2001 after the death of Conservative councillor and leader of Rother council Ivor Brampton.


1999 Rother District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Fairlight
A by-election was held in Fairlight on 1 November 2001 after the Conservative councillor S. Ashworth resigned her seat. It was held for the Conservatives by Roger Bird with a majority of 213 votes.


1999 Rotterdam riots
The 1999 Rotterdam riots refers to serious riots and clashes between Dutch security forces and football hooligans in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 April 1999.


1999 Rotterdam riots, Riots
Feyenoord football club won the Dutch title (1998-99 Eredivisie) on 25 April having beaten NAC Breda in a game. In celebration a large street party ceremony of up to 250,000 people took place in Coolsingel in Rotterdam city centre. Trouble from about 100 to 150 youngsters and hooligans soon broke out who clashed with police on Stadsplein. Shortly after, shops and property were smashed in wide-scale looting in Lijnbaan, with windows of 93 stores smashed.


1999 Rotterdam riots, Riots
Riot police used water cannons to disperse the crowd. Officers were also forced to open fire, shooting four hooligans. Altogether 16 people were injured, whilst 80 were arrested. It is thought hooligans fired back at police.


1999 Rotterdam riots, Riots
These were some of the worst instances of hooligan violence in the country.


1999 Rotterdam riots, Aftermath
The violence caused 10 million guilders in damages. Furthermore, four people were hospitalised, including a Feyenoord supporter who was shot in the stomach. It was later reported that most of the hooligans were simply opportunistic, with only loose connections to the football club.


1999 Rotterdam riots, Aftermath
The riots were yet another troubled event in the lead up of the Netherlands co-hosting UEFA Euro 2000, coming two years after the infamous Battle of Beverwijk, as well as widescale riots and fighting in Rotterdam during the 1998 Dutch cup final between supporters of AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord. Furthermore, a friendly match between the Netherlands and Morocco in Arnhem on 21 April 1999, days before the riots in Rotterdam, involved a group of Moroccan fans invading the pitch and others causing trouble in the city of Rotterdam.


1999 Rotterdam riots, Aftermath
Bild Zeitung, a German tabloid newspaper, made an article at the time asking "Is Holland safe enough for Euro 2000?"


1999 Royal Bank Cup
The 1999 Royal Bank Cup is the 29th Junior "A" 1999 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


1999 Royal Bank Cup
The Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and a host city.


1999 Royal Bank Cup
The tournament was hosted by the Yorkton Terriers and Yorkton, Saskatchewan.


1999 Royal Bank Cup, The playoffs, Round robin
Note: x- denotes teams who have advanced to the semi-final.


1999 Rugby Borough Council election
Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Labour 22, Conservative 11, Liberal Democrat 7, Residents 4 and Independent 4.


1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations
The 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations series was contested by Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand in 1999. It was the first multi-national rugby league tournament to feature the sport's three world powers since the 1989–92 World Cup (the 1995 World Cup featured England and Wales separately). Co -hosts Australia and New Zealand played in the final, which was narrowly won by the Kangaroos. Great Britain didn't win a game of the tournament.


1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations
After the Lions narrowly defeated the Queensland Cup premiers, Burleigh Bears, a poor crowd attended their match against Australia at Suncorp Stadium. Fearing a similar attendance for the series final, the tournament organisers relocated the match to Ericsson Stadium.


1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations
With the Rugby League World Cup to be staged the following year, and tours of Great Britain by Australia in 2001 and 2003 and New Zealand in 2002, the Tri-nations was not held again until 2004.


1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations, Venues
The games were played at the following venues in Australia and New Zealand. The tournament final was played in Auckland.


1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations, Results, Non-series Test
During the series, New Zealand also played a Test against Tonga. This was the last test match to be held at Auckland's Carlaw Park.


1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations, Results, Non-series Match
As a curtain raiser to the final, New Zealand Māori played Great Britain.


1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professional era.


1999 Rugby World Cup
Although the majority of matches were played outside Wales (shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland) the opening ceremony, the first match and the final were held in Cardiff.


1999 Rugby World Cup
Four automatic qualification places were available for the 1999 tournament; Wales qualified automatically as hosts, and the other three places went to the top three teams from the previous World Cup in 1995: champions South Africa, runners-up New Zealand and third-placed France. Qualification for the final 16 places took place between 63 other nations.


1999 Rugby World Cup
The tournament was expanded to 20 teams (from 16), divided into five pools of four teams, a scenario that necessitated a quarter-final play-off round involving the five runners-up and best third-placed team to decide who would join the pool winners in the last eight. The 1999 tournament saw the introduction of a repechage, effectively a second chance for teams that had finished runners-up in each qualifying zone. Uruguay and Tonga were the first nations to profit from the repechage, and took their places alongside fellow qualifiers Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Argentina, Fiji, Samoa, Romania, Canada, Namibia, Japan, Spain and the United States.


1999 Rugby World Cup
The tournament began with the opening ceremony in the newly built Millennium Stadium, with Wales beating Argentina 23–18, and Colin Charvis scoring the first try of the tournament. Australia won the tournament, becoming the first nation to do so twice and also to date the only team ever to win after having to qualify for the tournament, with a 35–12 triumph over France, who were unable to repeat their semi-final victory over pre-tournament favourites New Zealand.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Qualifying
The following 20 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Of the 20 teams, only four of those places were automatically allocated and did not have to play any qualification matches. These went to the champions, runners-up and the third-placed nations at the 1995 and the tournament host, Wales. A record 65 nations from five continents were therefore involved in the qualification process designed to fill the remaining 16 spots.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Venues
Wales won the right to host the World Cup in 1999. The centrepiece venue for the tournament was the Millennium Stadium, built on the site of the old National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park at a cost of £126 million from Lottery money and private investment. Other venues in Wales were the Racecourse Ground and Stradey Park. An agreement was reached so that the other unions in the Five Nations Championship (England, France, Ireland and Scotland) also hosted matches.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Venues
Venues in England included Twickenham and Welford Road, rugby union venues, as well as Ashton Gate in Bristol and the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield, which normally host football. Scottish venues included Murrayfield Stadium, the home of the Scottish Rugby Union; Hampden Park, the home of the Scottish Football Association; and the smallest venue in the 1999 tournament, Netherdale, in Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Venues in Ireland included Lansdowne Road, the traditional home of the Irish Rugby Football Union; Ravenhill; and Thomond Park. France used five venues, the most of any nation, including the French national stadium, Stade de France, which hosted the final of both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
With the expansion of the Rugby World Cup from 16 to 20 teams an unusual and complex format was used with the teams split into five pools of four teams with each team playing each other in their pool once.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
The points system that was used in the pool stage was unchanged from both 1991 and 1995:


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
The five pool winners qualified automatically to the quarter-finals. The five pool runners-up and the best third-placed side qualified for the quarter-final play-offs.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
The five pool runners-up and the best third-placed team from the pool stage (which was Argentina) contested the quarter-final play-offs in three one-off matches that decided the remaining three places in the quarter-finals, with the losers being eliminated. The unusual format meant that two pool winners in the quarter-finals would have to play each other. From the quarter-final stage it became a simple knockout tournament. The semi-final losers played off for third place. The draw and format for the knock-out stage was set as follows.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
A total of 41 matches (30 pool stage and 11 knock-out) were played throughout the tournament over 35 days from 1 October 1999 to 6 November 1999.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pool stage
The tournament began on 1 October 1999 in the newly built Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Wales beating Argentina in a hard-fought game 23–18 to get their campaign off to a positive start. The Pool stage of the tournament played out as was widely expected with the Tri Nations teams of New Zealand (who inflected a massive 101–3 win against Italy at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield), South Africa and Australia all winning their pools easily without losing a single game.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pool stage
For the then Five Nations Championship teams who all played their pool matches in their own countries it was a case of mixed fortunes with France winning their pool without losing a game. Host Wales also won their pool, though they suffered 31–38 defeat at the hands of Samoa in front of a home crowd at the Millennium Stadium.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pool stage
However, as expected England, Ireland and Scotland all finished second in their pools and were forced to try to qualify for the quarter-finals via the play-offs alongside fellow runners-up Samoa and Fiji, and Argentina as the best third placed side from all five pools, having been the only third-placed side to win two matches (against Samoa and Japan).


1999 Rugby World Cup, Pool stage
Indeed, Argentina had finished level with Wales and Samoa on 7 points each in the group stages, and could only be separated by "total points scored": playing and winning their final match against Japan, they had the chance to overtake either of Samoa or Wales, but were 14 points short of overtaking Samoa's total score and a further 18 points short of Wales.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Play-off stage
The quarter-final play-offs were three one-off knock-out matches between the runners-up of each pool and the best third-placed side from all five pools to decide the remaining three places in the quarter-finals. The matches were played in mid-week between the completion of the pool stage and the start of the quarter-finals. The matches produced fairly easy wins for England, beating Fiji 45–24, and also for Scotland, beating Samoa 35–20. However, the final match produced the shock of the round where Argentina upset Ireland 28–24 in Lens.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Knockout stage
The winners from the quarter-final play-offs, who had played in mid-week, joined the pool winners, who had enjoyed a week long rest, in the quarter-finals. England, hosts Wales and Scotland were all knocked out, and France, who beat Argentina, were the only team left from the Northern Hemisphere.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Knockout stage
The semi-finals, which were both played at Twickenham, produced two of the most dramatic matches of the tournament, with Australia beating South Africa 27–21 in extra-time after normal time ended with the scores locked at 18-18. The second semi-final between favourites New Zealand and underdogs France was an all-time classic, as France overturned a 24–10 half-time deficit to win 43–31 and reach their second World Cup final. France and Australia met at the Millennium Stadium on 6 November 1999, with Australia winning 35–12 to become the first team to win the Webb Ellis Cup twice. The cup was presented by Queen Elizabeth II to Australian captain John Eales.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Statistics
The tournament's top point scorer was Argentina's Gonzalo Quesada, who scored 102 points. Jonah Lomu scored the most tries, eight in total, a rugby world cup record.


1999 Rugby World Cup, Broadcasting
British television rights holders ITV acted as the host broadcaster for the tournament, with coverage shown in 209 countries, to an audience of 3.1 billion viewers. In Australia, the event was broadcast by Seven Network.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final
The 1999 Rugby World Cup Final was the final match in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on 6 November 1999, between Australia and France with 72,500 in attendance.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final
Australia won the game by 35 points to 12, and with it, their second World Cup, having also won the 1991 tournament in England.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half
In front of a capacity crowd of 72,500 at the recently completed Millennium Stadium, Australia met France in the fourth Rugby World Cup Final. For both teams it was their second Final. Australia were resilient in defence throughout the tournament while France promised an attacking back line full of talent. In damp and cold conditions France took an early lead with a Christophe Lamaison penalty after just two minutes. Penalty kicking would be the story of the day and Matt Burke equalled the scores after four minutes with a successful kick.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half
The Australian forwards dominated in the loose and their tactic of continually kicking for territory and position proved effective. Lamaison offered some respite by slotting a 12th-minute penalty to give France a 6–3 lead. Injury and the subsequent substitution of Olivier Magne disrupted the France back row line-up after 20 minutes. Matt Burke, however, showed imperious accuracy as time and again French exuberance in the loose was penalised. By half-time the Australians led 12–6 with all points from the two talented goal kickers.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half
As with the first half Burke and Lamaison traded penalty goals. After an hour the contest was still in the balance with the score at 18–12 to Australia. France continued to look lacklustre as the Wallabies began to mount a series of attacks.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half
A Burke penalty after 64 minutes put Australia more than one score in front, and theoretically clear. With only 15 minutes remaining Ben Tune crashed over for the first try of the contest with Burke again adding the conversion points. The last action of the final was a rolling forward surge and try for Australian second-half substitute Owen Finegan. Inevitably Matt Burke slotted the conversion. Referee André Watson called time on the contest with Australia emphatic winners 35–12.


1999 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half
Again the final was hardly a classic match, though the modern approach of effective defensive lines and an outstanding goal kicking display proved to be rewarded. Australia were rewarded for their efforts with a second World Cup win and captain John Eales accepted the Webb Ellis Cup from Queen Elizabeth.


1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying
The 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically—Wales as tournament hosts, South Africa as reigning champions, New Zealand as runners-up in the previous tournament, and France as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament. Repechage was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying.


1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Automatic qualifiers
Only the tournament hosts, as well as the two finalists and the third-place winner from the previous Rugby World Cup, were automatically qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads
This article lists the official squads for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Scotland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, South Africa
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Spain
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Uruguay
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, England
Leon Lloyd and Martyn Wood were called up on 23 September as injury replacements for Kyran Bracken and David Rees.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, England
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Italy
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
1 Fabien Galthié was called up to the squad to replace Pierre Mignoni after suffering an injury mid-tournament.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Canada
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Wales
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Argentina
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Samoa
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Japan
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool E, Ireland
Gordon D'Arcy replaced the injured Girvan Dempsey on 11 September 1999.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool E, Ireland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool E, United States
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool E, Australia
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool E, Romania
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1999 Rugby World Cup statistics
This article documents statistics from the 1999 Rugby World Cup, principally hosted in Wales from 1 October to 6 November.


1999 Rugby World Cup statistics, Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.


1999 Rugby World Cup statistics, Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification
The Confederation of African Rugby was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Africa 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. This was in addition to the automatic qualifying place granted to South Africa as champions of the 1995 tournament.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification
Nine teams participated in the qualification tournament for Africa which was held in four stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997  and the last two stages (Rounds 3 and 4) were played in 1998.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification
The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two and three were played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away).


1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification
The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Rabat, Morocco. A four team single round robin was played and Namibia secured the (Africa 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with Morocco in second place progressing to the repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Americas were allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
Eleven teams played in the American qualifiers that were held over four stages from 1996 to 1998. Argentina, Canada and United States were the top three sides and secured their places as Americas 1, Americas 2 and Americas 3, respectively, for RWC 99. Uruguay qualified for the repechage tournament.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 4
All round 4 matches were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 4
Argentina, Canada, and United States qualified for RWC 1999, Uruguay qualified for repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
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1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
The Asian Rugby Football Union was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Asia 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. Eight teams participated in the qualification tournament for Asia which was held in three stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997  and the last stage (Round 3) was played in 1998.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two was played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away).


1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Singapore. A four team single round robin was played and Japan secured their (Asia 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with korea in second place progressing to the repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 3
Japan qualified for RWC 1999, South Korea qualified for repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
In the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying, European teams played for six places in the final tournament. Three more places were available in the repechage. France and Wales were automatic qualifiers.


1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification, Round C, Pool 1
Ireland and Romania qualify for RWC 1999, Georgia goes forward to Repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification, Round C, Pool 2
England and Italy qualify for RWC 1999, Netherlands goes forward to Repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification, Round C, Pool 3
Scotland and Spain qualify for RWC 1999, Portugal goes forward to Repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
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1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Oceanian Federation was allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
Seven teams played in the Oceania qualifiers that were held over three stages from 1996 to 1998. Australia, Fiji and Western Samoa were the top three sides and secured their places as Oceania 1, Oceania 2 and Oceania  3, respectively, for RWC 99. Tonga qualified for the repechage tournament.


1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Round 3
Australia, Fiji, and Western Samoa qualified for RWC 1999, Tonga qualified for the repechage.


1999 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification
In the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, there were two repechage positions available to qualify for the final tournament. Seven teams qualified for the repechage, three representing Europe and one each from Africa, Asia, Americas, and Oceania.


1999 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification
The teams were split into two groups and played a knockout format in each group with the African team given a bye into the second round. The two group winners were Uruguay and Tonga who secured the final two berths at RWC 1999.


1999 Runnymede Borough Council election
Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1999 Rushmoor Borough Council election
The 1999 Rushmoor Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1999 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 1999) took place in Moscow from January 4 through 7th, 1999. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were one of the criteria used to pick the Russian teams to the 1999 World Championships and the 1999 European Championships.


1999 Russian First Division
The Russian First Division 1999 was the eighth edition of the Russian First Division.


1999 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
The 1999 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1999) was the 8th edition of the National Championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 18–19 February at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the two-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships.


1999 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 12–14 February in Chelyabinsk at the Ural State University of Physical Culture arena.


1999 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, International team selection
Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships included:


1999 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, International team selection, Women
† Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships ‡ Later withdrew from the international competition


1999 Russian Second Division
The Russian Second Division 1999 was the eighth edition of the Russian Second Division. There were 6 zones with 108 teams starting the competition (1 was excluded before the end of the season).


1999 Russian Second Division, Promotion play-offs
Nosta won 4–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2000 Russian First Division.


1999 Russian Second Division, Promotion play-offs
Spartak-Chukotka won 5–2 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2000 Russian First Division.


1999 Russian Second Division, Promotion play-offs
Lada Togliatti won 3–2 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2000 Russian First Division.


1999 Russian Top Division
In this year, Spartak Moscow won their fourth consecutive Russian title, and seventh overall.


1999 Russian Top Division, Awards
On December 2 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Filimonov (28), Andrei Smetanin (5). Defenders: Dmitri Khlestov (27 / 1), Yuri Kovtun (26 / 2), Eduard Mor (23), Dmytro Parfenov  (17), Vadim Evseev (11 / 1), Yevgeni Bushmanov (9), Dmitri Ananko (7). Midfielders: Andrey Tikhonov (29 / 19), Yegor Titov (29 / 11), Valery Kechinov (26 / 4), Viktor Bulatov (29 / 4), Vasili Baranov  (24 / 4), Artyom Bezrodny (19 / 5), Ilya Tsymbalar (11 / 2), Aleksei Zlydnev (2), Aleksei Melyoshin (2), Peniche  (2). Forwards: Aleksandr Shirko (27 / 9), Luis Robson  (20 / 7), Sergei Yuran (18 / 3), Maksim Buznikin (6 / 1), Anatoli Kanishchev (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
One own goal each scored by Aleksandr Berketov (FC Rotor Volgograd) and Igor Cherevchenko  (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Sergei Yuran (to  SK Sturm Graz), Ilya Tsymbalar (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Maksim Buznikin (to FC Saturn Ramenskoye).


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nigmatullin (29), Aleksey Polyakov  (1). Defenders: Igor Chugainov (29 / 4), Andrei Lavrik  (26), Oleg Pashinin  (25 / 1), Yuri Drozdov (21), Igor Cherevchenko  (20 / 2), Sargis Hovhannisyan  (16 / 2), Aleksei Arifullin (16), Andrei Solomatin (13), Sergei Gurenko  (6 / 2), Semyon Semenenko (6). Midfielders: Alexey Smertin (29 / 6), Dmitri Loskov (28 / 14), Yevgeni Kharlachyov (27 / 9), Albert Sarkisyan  (26 / 4), Vladimir Maminov  (22 / 3), Sergei Neretin (3), Aleksandr Borodyuk (1). Forwards: Dmitri Bulykin (26 / 8), Zaza Janashia  (20 / 6), Ruslan Pimenov (4 / 1), Mikalay Ryndzyuk  (4).


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Sergei Gurenko  (to  A.S. Roma), Mikalay Ryndzyuk  (to  FC BATE Borisov), Aleksandr Borodyuk (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow).


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Dmitri Goncharov (18), Andrei Novosadov (12). Defenders: Maksim Bokov (28 / 1), Valeri Minko (28 / 1), Oleg Kornaukhov (26), Yevgeni Varlamov (21 / 5), Igor Aksyonov (16), Denis Pervushin (4), Ante Pešić  (4), Denis Yevsikov (3). Midfielders: Dmitri Khomukha  (30 / 8), Sergei Semak (29 / 12), Sergei Filippenkov (29 / 6), Andrei Tsaplin (25), Aleksei Savelyev (24 / 2), Oleg Shishkin  (15 / 3), Marek Hollý  (14 / 1), Aleksandr Borodkin (13), Viktor Navochenko (13), Aleksandr Grishin (12), Magomed Adiev (4), Maksim Nizovtsev  (2), Artyom Kovalenko (1), Andrei Krasnopjorov  (1), Aleksandr Lebedev (1). Forwards: Vladimir Kulik (30 / 14), Goran Gutalj  (2 / 1), Sergei Rodin (2), Aleksandr Suchkov (2).


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
One own goal each scored by Konstantin Golovskoy (FC Dynamo Moscow) and Dmitriy Lyapkin  (FC Saturn Ramenskoye).


1999 Russian Top Division, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Borodkin (to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow), Magomed Adiev (to FC Sokol Saratov), Ante Pešić  (to  NK Vukovar '91), Maksim Nizovtsev  (to FC Baltika Kaliningrad), Goran Gutalj  (to  HIT Gorica), Andrei Krasnopjorov  (to  FC Lantana Tallinn).


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya
The 1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya was Russian Air Force's military operation against the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria that was a prelude to the main part of the Second Chechen War. In late August and September of 1999, Russia mounted a massive air campaign over Chechnya, with the stated aim of wiping out militants who invaded Dagestan the previous month.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya
Russian Air Force commander Anatoly Kornukov suggested there were similarities between the attacks on Chechnya and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Campaign
On August 26, 1999 Russia acknowledged bombing raids in Chechnya. Russian aircraft attacked several targets in Serzhen-Yurt, Benoy and along the Vedeno gorge.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Campaign
To help rally political support for the operation, the FSB released a videotape of Chechen militants committing atrocities against Russian soldiers. "We should hit, hit and once again hit them until Mr. Maskhadov says that there's nobody left except civilians. Then we should get in and see that for ourselves," said  a member of the Duma's defense committee.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Campaign
On September 23, 1999, the first in a series of missile attacks on the Chechen capital Grozny was launched. The first target was the Sheikh Mansur (Severny) Grozny Airport, situated 2 kilometres from the city centre. In the north-east, burning fuel depots and the Grozny oil refinery and enveloping the capital in a cloud of smoke. During the next two days of Russian air attacks on the city at least 31 people were killed and more than 60 injured.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Campaign
On September 27, 1999, at least 42 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the bombing raids on Grozny.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Effects
Until September 25, 1999 Russian warplanes had carried out at least 1,700 sorties since the bombing runs began. Russian command  claimed that a total of 150 military bases have been destroyed, along with 30 bridges, 80 vehicles and six radio transmitters, while 250 kilometers of mountain roads were mined. In early October the Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov said some 60-70 percent of the bridges in Chechnya have been destroyed.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Effects
The air strikes quickly crippled Chechnya's stationary and mobile telephone system and hit the Chechen television station. The electricity supply was also cut; in addition to its other consequences, the loss of electricity further crippled the Chechen administration's ability to compete in the information war.


1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya, Effects
The attacks were reported to have killed hundreds of civilians and forced at least 100,000 Chechens to flee their homes. The neighbouring region of Ingushetia was reported to have appealed for United Nations aid to deal with tens of thousands of refugees. On October 2, 1999 Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations admitted that 78,000 people have fled the air strikes in Chechnya; most of them were heading for Ingushetia, where they are arriving at a rate of 5,000 to 6,000 a day.


1999 Russian legislative election
Legislative election were held in Russia on 19 December 1999 to elect the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Like in the previous elections in 1995, the electoral system resulted in many parties competing for the proportional seats and a significant number of independent deputies elected.


1999 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
According to the 1993 electoral law, 225 members of the house were allocated proportionally, using statewide party lists, while other 225 members were elected in single-member constituencies, using first past the post system.


1999 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
To secure a place on the ballot, parties had to have registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice one year before the election (instead of six months in previous elections). As an alternative to gathering 200,000 signatures, they had the option of paying a deposit of just over two million roubles, returnable if the party won at least 3.0 percent of the list vote.


1999 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
In order to increase proportionality, the law provided that if parties reaching the five per cent threshold got in total 50 per cent or less of the vote, parties with at least 3.0 per cent of the vote would also win seats by declining numbers of votes up to the point at which the total share of vote exceeded 50 per cent. However, if after this procedure the parties winning seats still had less than 50 per cent of the vote, the election was to be deemed invalid.


1999 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
In the single-member district ballots, if votes cast against all exceeded the votes of each candidate, a repeat election had to be held within four months. As a result, repeat elections had to be held in eight districts. Finally, as an alternative to gathering signatures in support of their nomination, single-member district candidates were also given the option of paying a deposit of 83,490 roubles, returnable if she won at least 5.0 percent of the district vote.


1999 Russian legislative election, Campaign
The early election campaign saw the initial surge in popularity of Fatherland-All Russia bloc, led by the Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov and the former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, which tried to capitalize upon the perceived incapacity of President Boris Yeltsin and the weakness of his administration. The tide had turned on 9 August 1999 when Yeltsin designated Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister and his eventual successor. On 24 November, Putin announced that "as a citizen" he will support the recently formed pro-government bloc Interregional Movement "Unity", headed by General Sergei Shoigu, a member of all Russian governments since 1994.


1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Scarlet Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Shea and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–6 in Big East play.


1999 Ryder Cup
The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches, also known as the "Battle of Brookline", were a golf competition held September 24–26, 1999, in the United States at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston.


1999 Ryder Cup
The American team won the competition by a margin of 141⁄2 to 131⁄2, The Europeans, leading 10–6 heading into the final round, needed only 4 points on the final day to retain the cup. The Americans rallied on the Sunday, winning the first 6 matches of the day to surge into the lead. Further wins by Steve Pate and Jim Furyk took them into a 14–12 lead. The Americans recaptured the Ryder Cup when Justin Leonard halved his match with José María Olazábal. With the match all-square Leonard holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole. After controversial premature celebrations on the green, Olazabal then missed his 22-foot birdie putt to leave Leonard one up with just one hole to play, assuring him of a half point and guaranteeing an American victory.


1999 Ryder Cup
The behavior of both U.S. spectators and the U.S. team was criticized by both American and European media. U.S. spectators raucously heckled and abused European players. Allegations were also made regarding cheating on the part of course marshals. Notoriously, the U.S. team raucously invaded the 17th green after Leonard had holed his long putt but before Olazábal had attempted his shorter putt. The incident was viewed by many in both the US and Europe as appalling sportsmanship. Veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke described the last day of the tournament as "a date that will live in infamy" in a Letter from America entitled "The arrival of the golf hooligan".


1999 Ryder Cup
At the time, the American win was the largest final day come-from-behind victory in Ryder Cup history, Europe achieved the same feat in 2012. It is still widely regarded as one of the most impressive come-from-behind victories in recent sports history.


1999 Ryder Cup
This was one of the last public appearances of Payne Stewart, who died in a plane crash less than a month later.


1999 Ryder Cup, Pre-match comments
In the lead-up to the Ryder Cup, Payne Stewart said of the European team, "On paper, they should be caddying for us." Jeff Maggert echoed the sentiment in a press conference prior to the matches, saying, "Let's face it, we've got the 12 best players in the world." Colin Montgomerie declined to react, saying, "You want someone to bite. Well, I'm not going to."


1999 Ryder Cup, The course
The Country Club, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States. It was one of the five charter clubs which founded the United States Golf Association, and has hosted numerous USGA tournaments including the U.S. Open in 1913, won by then-unknown Francis Ouimet. The club is one of the largest of its kind in the northeastern U.S., with about 1300 members.


1999 Ryder Cup, Television
The 33rd Ryder Cup Matches were covered live in the United States for all five sessions. USA Network covered the Friday action, with Bill Macatee and Peter Kostis in the 18th tower. The weekend was covered live by  NBC Sports, with Dick Enberg and Johnny Miller in the 18th tower, Dan Hicks calling holes, and on-course reporters Gary Koch, Mark Rolfing, Roger Maltbie, and John Schroeder. Jim Gray conducted interviews, and on the final day was also used as a fifth on-course reporter. On the weekend, former European Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher was brought in as a guest analyst to provide a European perspective.


1999 Ryder Cup, Television
In the UK, BBC and Sky Sports both had a presence, with Peter Alliss and Ewen Murray being the lead broadcaster for each with contributions from Butch Harmon, Bernard Gallacher, Peter Oosterhuis and Tony Jacklin


1999 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format used from 1991 to 2002 was as follows:


1999 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.


1999 Ryder Cup, Teams, Team Europe
The 1999 European Team Points Table began in September 1998, and concluded on August 22, 1999, after the BMW International Open. The top 10 players in the Points Table qualified automatically for the team. Captain Mark James then left out the number 11 player Robert Karlsson and the experienced (but out-of-form) Bernhard Langer by instead selecting Andrew Coltart and Jesper Parnevik as the two 'wild card' players to round out the team.


1999 Ryder Cup, Teams, Team Europe
Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1999 Ryder Cup.


1999 Ryder Cup, Teams, Team Europe
As vice-captains, European captain Mark James selected Ken Brown and Sam Torrance, to assist him during the tournament.


1999 Ryder Cup, Teams, Team USA
The 1999 U.S. Ryder Cup Team was chosen on the basis of points compiled by the PGA of America, early 1998, through the 81st PGA Championship, August 12–15, 1999. Points were awarded for top-10 finishes at PGA Tour co-sponsored or sanctioned events, with added emphasis on major championships and events played during the Ryder Cup year. The top 10 finishers on the points list automatically qualified for the 12-member team, and U.S. Captain Ben Crenshaw selected the final two players—Steve Pate and Tom Lehman.


1999 Ryder Cup, Teams, Team USA
Captains picks are shown in yellow; the world rankings and records are at the start of the 1999 Ryder Cup.


1999 Ryder Cup, Teams, Team USA
As vice-captains, United States captain Ben Crenshaw selected Bruce Lietzke and Bill Rogers, to assist him during the tournament.


1999 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Morning foursomes
Paul Lawrie hit the opening tee shot to begin the 33rd Ryder Cup Matches. The Americans got off to a good start when Tom Lehman chipped in at the first hole, but the matches quickly swung toward Europe's favor. With the Americans' top two pairings losing, the Europeans gained confidence, finding a dynamic duo in Jesper Parnevik and Sergio García.


1999 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke defeated Tiger Woods and David Duval, the top two players in the world rankings. Woods missed a short eagle putt at the 14th that would have squared the match, while Westwood hit a fantastic chip shot at the final hole to secure victory. Both Duval and Woods were shut out on day one.


1999 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
The day's best match, and arguably the best team match of the week, pitted Parnevik and García against Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk. Parnevik holed out for eagle at the par-4 eighth, putting him and García a combined 6-under-par for the match, but just 1 up. At the 13th, Furyk chipped in from near a pond to square the match, giving the American fans a chance to go into a frenzy. At the next hole, Garcia pitched in for an eagle from just the right of the green at the par 5, putting Europe back in front.


1999 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
At the 16th hole, with the Americans 1 down, Mickelson hit his tee shot inside of four feet from the hole. He was left with the short putt to square the match, but missed it, and the Americans continued to trail. At the final hole, Mickelson again put the ball within five feet of the hole, but again missed the putt, leaving the Americans with an agonizing 1 down loss, and keeping Parnevik and García unbeaten.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Morning foursomes
Tiger Woods won his first match of the week, teaming with new partner Steve Pate. Woods eagled 14 while Pate hit a shot from the rough at the 18th to within 15 feet to secure the win over Pádraig Harrington and Miguel Ángel Jiménez.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Morning foursomes
Jesper Parnevik and Sergio García won their third straight match, dominating the back nine to handily beat Justin Leonard and Payne Stewart.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Morning foursomes
The final match on the course pitted Jeff Maggert and Hal Sutton against Colin Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie. Maggert took the match into his hands in the final holes, making a long birdie putt at 17 to put the Americans in front, then sealing the win by hitting his approach within 5 feet at the final hole.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
With the Americans desperate to climb back into the contest, Captain Ben Crenshaw changed up some pairings in hope of making up at least two points. After playing with Maggert during the first three sessions, Sutton teamed with Leonard, but could only produce a half against the Spanish duo of Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José María Olazábal.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
Woods and Pate played together again, facing Montgomerie and Lawrie. Pate chipped in for birdie at the first hole, just as Lehman had done the day before, also while playing with Woods. However, the world #1 missed key putts on the back nine and lost for the third time in four matches.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
Phil Mickelson finally found his game, nearing holing out for eagle at the 10th, as he and Tom Lehman defeated Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
The most dramatic finish of the session came in the match pitting Davis Love III and David Duval against García and Parnevik. Love had hit a heroic approach at the 9th from a large rock formation to secure an eagle, followed by a Duval birdie at 10 to go 1 up. Parnevik then responded by pitching in for a par at the 12th to halve the hole, causing García to engage in a large display of emotion, running onto the green pumping his fists, then doing a victory lap.


1999 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon four-ball
However, the Americans were on the verge of handing the European duo their first loss of the week, with Love and Duval still 1 up on the final hole. Both Love and García had birdie opportunities. Love's putt was to win the match, but he missed. García then holed his birdie to salvage a half point, keeping he and Parnevik undefeated for the week, and causing another wild European celebration.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
No team had previously come back from more than two points down on the final day to win the Ryder Cup. Team Europe captain Mark James put most of the team's strength at the back of the lineup. Meanwhile, Ben Crenshaw arranged the American lineup to put most of the strength at the beginning, knowing that a fast start was needed if the Americans were going to recover from the four point deficit. This led to several early mismatches. James had not played three of his rookies during team play: Jarmo Sandelin, Jean van de Velde, and Andrew Coltart. Due to the opposite strategies, this resulted in the three rookies playing their first Ryder Cup matches against the three top American players at that time, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, and Tiger Woods.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
Tom Lehman and Lee Westwood, playing in the lead match, halved the first three holes. However, the Europeans seemed to pick up where they had left off when Darren Clarke chipped in at the opening hole, though Hal Sutton squared the match at the next hole and did not trail again. The matches were close in the early stages, but then Love chipped in at the 5th for a birdie, which seemed to inspire his teammates.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
Woods, looking much more comfortable in individual play, followed with a chip-in of his own a few minutes later at the 8th, which caused an enormous roar from the crowd that could be heard through the course. The Americans now had the lead in the first six matches. Love secured the first point of the day, winning 6 & 5 over Van de Velde, followed quickly by Lehman and Sutton. Mickelson and Sandelin previously had a history with each other, stemming from the 1996 Alfred Dunhill Cup.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
Sandelin drew the ire of the American fans, who were well aware of the incident, which led to a strange exchange at the second hole. Sandelin missed a short putt for birdie, for which the crowd cheered, prompting Sandelin to raise his hands in mock acknowledgement of the cheering. He never looked comfortable and lost to Mickelson 4 & 3. Jesper Parnevik, separated from García, looked out of sorts, losing six of the first eight holes against David Duval, and lost by a five-hole margin. Woods then closed out Coltart to give the U.S. a 12–10 lead, their first lead of the week.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
The Americans had won the first six matches of the day. Pádraig Harrington got the Europeans their first point of the day when his opponent Mark O'Meara could not escape a bunker at the final hole. Steve Pate answered by defeating Miguel Ángel Jiménez. The biggest European win came from the anchor match, with Paul Lawrie winning three of the first eight holes against Jeff Maggert, and going on to win 4 & 3. However, Sergio García lost by the same margin to Jim Furyk, his first loss of the week. Both Parnevik and García lost by large margins in singles after going undefeated in team play.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
The Americans now led 14–12, with two matches on the course. The U.S. now needed just half a point to win, while Europe needed two points to retain the cup in a tie situation. The remaining matches pitted Colin Montgomerie against Payne Stewart, and José María Olazábal against Justin Leonard. Montgomerie and Stewart had gone back and forth for much of the front nine, with both players making several long putts. Montgomerie then won the 12th to move 2 up. Stewart won the 14th, while both players found trouble at 15, and both faced lengthy par putts. Montgomerie missed from 15 feet, while Stewart holed from 35 feet to square the match with three holes to play. Stewart's excited fist pump has been used on many Ryder Cup promotional materials, including NBC's telecast opens, since his death a month later.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
Meanwhile, the other match appeared to be a blowout with Olazábal leading Leonard 4 up with just seven holes to play. However, the Spaniard played the next three holes in 5-6-5, losing all three, to drop his lead to one hole. Leonard then sunk a 40-foot putt at the 15th to square the match, a scene very similar to Stewart's putt at the same green. At the 17th, Leonard had another 40 footer for birdie, with Olazábal about 15 feet closer. Leonard holed the unlikely birdie, sending the American team into a frenzy.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
The team, their wives and NBC cameramen all ran onto the green to hug Leonard, with the cameramen allegedly stepping in Olazábal's line which is considered a breach of golf etiquette. Eventually order was restored, and Olazábal had a 25-foot putt to keep Europe's hope alive. He missed the putt which gave Leonard a 1 up lead with 1 hole to play. This guaranteed the U.S. the half-point they needed to win the Ryder Cup and complete the improbable comeback. Olazábal managed to win the 18th hole with a birdie and the match was halved.


1999 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
With the crowd in a frenzy, the marshals unable to keep order, and the result already decided, Stewart conceded the putt Montgomerie had to win on the 18th, in a gesture of sportsmanship for the abuse Montgomerie in particular had suffered throughout. This made the final score 141⁄2–131⁄2 officially.


1999 Ryder Cup, Aftermath
Several members of the European team were critical of the actions of the U.S. team and fans. Colin Montgomerie said that his father had left the course due to the amount of abuse that Montgomerie was receiving, and Mark James reported that a fan had spat at his wife. Andrew Coltart's caddy claimed that a course marshal had concealed Coltart's lost ball until five minutes had elapsed, resulting in a one-stroke penalty for Coltart. Vice-captain Sam Torrance stated that many of those who had run onto the green had done so over Olazábal's putting line, and further singled out Tom Lehman's behavior on the final day as "disgusting" for someone who "calls himself a man of God".


1999 Ryder Cup, Aftermath
Some of the American players afterwards apologized for the behavior of their team. American newspapers were also critical of their side: The Washington Post stated that "It seems an American team can't get through an international competition without acting like jackasses at some point" and the Los Angeles Times described the American team as having "violated every principle of proper golf decorum and decent manners."


1999 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


1999 Ryedale District Council election
The 1999 Ryedale District Council election to the Ryedale District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1999 S.League
The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season.


1999 S.League
The 1999 S.League was won by Home United, their first S.League title.


1999 S.League, Teams
The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team, Clementi Khalsa who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the Clementi Stadium. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean Sikh community.


1999 S.League, Foreign players
Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.


1999 S.League, League table
As 1999 S.League champions, Home United qualified to compete in the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. This was their first appearance in continental competition. The club reached the second round of the East Asian half of the competition, defeating Polícia de Segurança Pública of the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Jia-A League.


1999 SANFL Grand Final
The 1999 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Norwood Redlegs by 8 points. The match was played on Sunday 3 October 1999 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 39,135..


1999 SANFL Grand Final
Doug Robertson in The Advertiser described the game as "the most entertaining and skilful SANFL grand final in decades" and "one of its (Port's) most satisfying and remarkable comeback wins".


1999 SANFL Grand Final
This was Port Adelaide's 36th premiership, and ninth in twelve years.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Teams and statistics
For Port Adelaide, Anthony (Tony) Bamford had 31 disposals (21 kicks, 10 handballs), followed by Darryl Poole with 30 (6 kicks, 24 handballs), and David Brown with 25 (13 kicks, 12 handballs). Brett Chalmers took 7 marks.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Teams and statistics
For Norwood, Ben Kemp had 32 disposals (24 kicks, 8 handballs), and Roger James had 29 (19 kick, 10 handballs). Paul McCormack took 5 marks.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Goal Kickers
Port Adelaide: Brett Chalmers 3.0, M. Clayton 2.2, David Brown, P. McGuinness 2.1, S. Tregenza 2.0, A. Bamford 1.2, R. O'Loughlin 1.1, D. Poole 1.0, P. Evans, J. Waite 0.3, Damien Brown, D. Fraser, A. Obst 0.1, (Rushed 0.1). Norwood: E. Warrior 4.2, R. James 2.2, S. Bassett, A. Pascoe 2.1, D. Obst 1.1, S. Direen, A. Harvery, B. Kemp 1.0, (Rushed 0.2).


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Captains, Coaches, and Umpires
Port Adelaide was captained by David Brown and coached by Stephen Williams. Norwood was captained by Anthony Harvey and coached by Peter Rohde.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Captains, Coaches, and Umpires
The game was umpired by Kevin Chambers, Derek Woodcock, and Colin Rowston.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Jack Oatey Medal
The Jack Oatey Medal for best player in the Grand Final was awarded to Darryl Poole of Port Adelaide. Poole had previously missed two grand finals through suspension.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Era of Success 1988–1999
Port Adelaide experienced great success during the years 1988–1999, winning nine SANFL premierships in twelve years. This was a period of much upheaval for the SANFL and Port Adelaide, as the Adelaide Crows were formed and joined the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1991 and the Port Adelaide Football Club moved from the SANFL and joined the AFL in 1997.


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Era of Success 1988–1999
In the 3 years during this period where Port did not win the premiership, they finished 5th (1991), 3rd (1993), and 2nd (1997).


1999 SANFL Grand Final, Era of Success 1988–1999
During this period, the Port Adelaide Magpies lost several of its best players each year to the AFL and retirement yet still managed to dominate the SANFL. Players who joined the AFL from the Port Adelaide Magpies during this period include Nathan Buckley, Andrew McLeod, Gavin Wanganeen, Martin Leslie, Shane Bond, David Brown, Peter Burgoyne, Brett Chalmers, Che Cockatoo-Collins, Roger Delaney, Fabian Francis, Scott Hodges, David Hynes, Brayden Lyle, Darren Mead, Byron Pickett, Darryl Poole, Darren Smith, Warren Tredrea, Simon Tregenza, Darryl Wakelin, Shane Wakelin, Clive Waterhouse, and Michael Wilson.


1999 SANFL season
The 1999 South Australian National Football League season was the 120th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1999 SASF season
The South Australian Soccer Federation 1999 season consisted of two divisions, one of twelve and one of thirteen teams, across the State of South Australia.


1999 SASF season, 1999 SASF Premier League
The 1999 South Australian Premier League season was the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia for 1999. It was contested by 12 teams in a single 22 round league format, each team playing all of their opponents twice.


1999 SASF season, 1999 SASF State League
The 1999 South Australian State League season was the second highest domestic level association football competition in South Australia. It was contested by 13 teams in a 26 round league format, each team playing all of their opponents twice.


1999 SEAT Open
The 1999 SEAT Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg which was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 20 September until 27 September 1999. Qualifier Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1999 SEAT Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 SEAT Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 SEAT Open, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 SEAT Open, Finals, Doubles
Irina Spîrlea /  Caroline Vis defeated  Tina Križan /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–1, 6–2


1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Doubles
The 1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Doubles was the doubles event of the ninth edition of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Luxembourg. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion but she did not compete in this year.


1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Doubles
Irina Spîrlea and Caroline Vis won the title, defeating Slovenians Katarina Srebotnik and Tina Križan in the final.


1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Singles
The 1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Singles was the singles event of the ninth edition of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Luxembourg. Mary Pierce was the defending champion but she did not compete in this year.


1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Singles
Qualifier Kim Clijsters won in the final, 6–2, 6–2, against top playing seed Dominique Van Roost, to win her first WTA title.


1999 SEC Championship Game
The 1999 SEC Championship Game was won by the Alabama Crimson Tide 34–7 over the Florida Gators. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 4, 1999, and was televised to a national audience on ABC.


1999 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1999 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–7, 1999 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team won the tournament and the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks by a score of 76–63.


1999 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Television coverage
The first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals were regionally televised and syndicated by Jefferson Pilot Sports, in its 13th season in syndicating SEC Basketball games. The championship game was televised nationally on CBS.


1999 SFA Season
The 1999 SFA season was the first regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.


1999 SFA Season, Teams
Damage, Inc., Seminoles', Wolf Pack and Vipers are all in their first year of competition.


1999 SFA Season, Regular season
The first year of the SFA consisted of seven weeks from March 13, 1999, to April 30, 1999.


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 1
March 13, 1999Vipers 21 - Damage Inc. 12Seminoles 33 - Wolf Pack 30


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 2
March 20, 1999Seminoles 38 - Damage Inc. 8Wolf Pack 20 - Vipers 19


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 3
March 27, 1999Wolf Pack 20 - Damage Inc. 0Seminoles 45 - Vipers 0


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 4
April 10, 1999Seminoles 33 - Wolf Pack 20Damage Inc. 25 - Vipers 19


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 5
April 17, 1999Seminoles 32 - Damage Inc.0Wolf Pack 50 - Vipers 0


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 6
April 24, 1999Seminoles 39 - Vipers 6Wolf Pack 30 - Damage Inc. 7


1999 SFA Season, Regular season, Week 7
April 30, 1999Seminoles 39 - Wolf Pack 6Damage Inc. 40 - Vipers 36


1999 SFA Season, Playoffs
The first year of playoffs for the SFA consisted of all the teams making it with 1 round of play before the Epler Cup championship game.


1999 SFA Season, Playoffs, Round 1
May 2, 1999Wolf Pack 34 - Damage Inc. 18Seminoles 1 - Vipers 0 (Forfeit)


1999 SFA Season, Regular Season Awards
SFA Offensive Player of the Year: Chris Jones - #3 Wolf PackSFA Defensive Player of the Year: Oscar Valdez - #99 SeminolesSFA Regular Season MVP: Ray Garcia - Seminoles


1999 SFA Season, All-SFA Team, 1st Team, Offense
QB: Ray Garcia - SeminolesWR: Chris Jones - #3 Wolf PackWR: Jay - #10 Damage Inc.C: Fred Garcia - SeminolesRB: Lydell Bradshaw - #1 Wolf PackRB: Angel Marty - Seminoles


1999 SFA Season, All-SFA Team, 1st Team, Defense
LB: Sean Berry - #40 Wolf PackDE: Rudy Garcia - SeminolesDE: Santos Fabela - SeminolesDB: Ronald Gonzalez - SeminolesDB: Willie Garcia - SeminolesDB: Marcus Patin - Vipers


1999 SFA Season, All-SFA Team, 2nd Team, Offense
QB: Shane - Damage IncC: Ken Torres - #88 Wolf PackWR: Eddie Trejo - SeminolesWR: Manuel Garcia - SeminolesRB: Mario Reyes - SeminolesRB: David McNeal - Wolf Pack


1999 SFA Season, All-SFA Team, 2nd Team, Defense
LB: Oscar Valdez - #99 SeminolesLB: Lawrence Marion III - #17 Wolf PackDE: Nick Valdez - SeminolesDB: Albert Delgado - #2 Wolf PackDB: Thomas Griffen - VipersDB: Chris Jones - #3 Wolf Pack


1999 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1999 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1999 college football season.


1999 Saarland state election
The 1999 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Reinhard Klimmt was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a narrow majority of one seat. CDU leader Peter Müller was subsequently elected Minister-President.


1999 Saarland state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.


1999 Sabah state election
The 1999 Sabah state election was held between Friday, 12 March and Saturday, 13 March 1999. The election was won by Barisan Nasional increasing the number of seats it won in the 1994 election from 23 to 31.


1999 Sabarimala stampede
Sabarimala stampede is a human crowd crush that occurred at Sabarimala temple in the Indian state of Kerala in 1999. On 14 January 1999, (the Makara Jyothi Day), 53 people, the majority of them from outside Kerala, died in the crowd crush at the Pamba base camp caused by, among other things, the collapse of the sides of a hillock.


1999 Sabarimala stampede, Justice Chandrasekhara Menon Committee
A Judicial commission headed by Justice Chandrasekhara Menon, was constituted to investigate the tragedy. Justice Chandrasekhara Menon, in his report found the State Government guilty of "negligence in ensuring the safety of the pilgrims coming from different parts of the country". The report pointed out the need to provide basic amenities on the Pullumedu route through which a large number of pilgrims from Tamil Nadu travel.


1999 Sabarimala stampede, Justice Chandrasekhara Menon Committee
Since over 60% of devotees coming to Sabarimala during the pilgrimage season are from other states and this route provides them easy access to temple towns like Madurai on their return journey, the report said. Most of the proposals of the committee were not enacted and led to huge public outcry after 2011 Sabarimala stampede.


1999 Sacramento Monarchs season
The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs made their first postseason appearance but lost to the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round.


1999 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 1999 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


1999 Sacramento State Hornets football team
Sacramento State competed in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets were led by fifth-year head coach John Volek and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. They finished with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 3–5 Big Sky). Sacramento State outscored its opponents 414–310 for the season.


1999 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL
No Sacramento State players were selected in the 2000 NFL Draft.


1999 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1999, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1999 Saga gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 11 April 1999 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Incumbent Isamu Imoto was re-elected.


1999 Sai Kung District Council election
The 1999 Sai Kung District Council election was held on 28 November 1999 to elect all 17 elected members to the 24-member District Council.


1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The 1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 1999 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 2nd year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Cougar Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 1st place in the MSFA MEL division, receiving an automatic bid to the 1999 postseason NAIA playoffs.


1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The Cougars completed the season with an overall record of 8-3, the first winning season in school history. The three losses were at the hands of a Division-I program and against two NAIA ranked opponents. With their success in the regular season, the Cougars participated in their first-ever NAIA postseason playoff. They traveled to then #1-ranked Georgetown, where a 38-0 loss to the Tigers ended the Cougars' playoffs and season.


1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
09/11/1999 - With a 42-38 victory over Saint Xavier, the Cougars picked up their first home win in program history today.


1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/9/1999 - The Cougars traveled to Tiffin, OH to play the 18th-ranked Tiffin Dragons. The Cougars returned home with a 21-14 victory. It was the first time in Cougars' football history that they defeated a ranked opponent.


1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/23/1999 - A 54-36 victory at home against the Trinity International Trojans marked the 4th consecutive win for the Cougars. Their success was noted in the 10/26/1999 Coaches Poll. The Cougars were ranked 25th, marking the first time a Cougars football team had appeared in the NAIA football polls.


1999 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
11/13/1999 - The Cougars traveled to North Canton, OH to play the 19th-ranked Walsh Cavaliers. The Cougars returned home with a 40-21 victory. It was the Cougars' second consecutive win over a ranked team. The victory completed a perfect 6-0 conference schedule and brought the Cougars their first-ever MSFA MEL title.


1999 Salem Open
The 1999 Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Hong Kong that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the twenty-fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 April – 12 April.


1999 Salem Open, Champions, Doubles
James Greenhalgh /  Grant Silcock def. Andre Agassi /  David Wheaton, walkover.


1999 Salem Open – Doubles
The 1999 Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Hong Kong that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the twenty-fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 April – 12 April.


1999 Salem Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 Salem Open – Singles
The 1999 Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Hong Kong that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the twenty-fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 April – 12 April.


1999 Salem Open – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 Salford City Council election
Elections to Salford Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election. The Labour Party kept overall control of the councill. Overall turnout was 21.85%.


1999 Salt Lake City tornado
The 1999 Salt Lake City tornado was a relatively rare tornado that occurred in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, on August 11, 1999. It was among the most notable tornadoes to hit west of the Great Plains in the 20th century and the second tornado to hit in Utah that resulted in a fatality (the other occurring in 1884). This was the sixth significant tornado in Utah since June 1963, and one of only two F2 tornadoes to have hit Salt Lake County since 1950 (the other occurring on February 9, 1965 in Magna).


1999 Salt Lake City tornado, Meteorological synopsis
In Salt Lake Valley, the day began with calm but cloudy weather. As the day progressed, the clouds became steadily darker until nearly all light was obscured. Winds were still nearly calm, with the exception of a few microbursts. Hail preceded and followed this tornado, which was rated a strong F2 on the Fujita scale. At 12:41 p.m., 1+1⁄2 inches (3.8 cm) diameter hail was reported near the town of Herriman. Afterwards, the storm started rotating, and at around 1:00 pm, many people reported seeing the storm rotate (forming a mesocyclone) as it moved into downtown Salt Lake City. A non-descending funnel cloud developed and traveled from western downtown toward the northeast before terminating near Memory Grove Park upon reaching the base of the Wasatch Mountains. The tornado remained on the ground for about 14 minutes over the span of about 4.25 miles (6.84 km).


1999 Salt Lake City tornado, Damage
The tornado damaged or destroyed approximately 800-1,000 trees and destroyed temporary tents set up for the Outdoor Retailers Association convention, claiming the life of one booth set-up supervisor, Allen Crandy, 38, of Las Vegas. In The Avenues, over 154 homes were severely damaged, about 120 of which had roofs blown off. Over 100 people were reported injured and a dozen critically. In total, 300 buildings were damaged or destroyed.