Cuba wins team title at the 1999 Concord Cup in Concord, Calif., May 30 
 Cuba won the overall team title at the 1999 Concord Cup in Concord, Calif., May 30. Cuba and USA 1 tied with 95 points, but Cuba won the head-to-head dual match between the two which meant Cuba was the overall team winner.  
 1996 Olympic champion Filiberto Azcuy lead the Cuban team with a 4-0 record and the individual title at 167.5 pounds. Azcuy clinched the title with a 7-3 decision over 1999 U.S. Nationals champion Matt Lindland (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids). Cuba won six of the eight individual titles.  
 Highlights for the U.S. team include a win by Billy Pierce (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at heavyweight when he decisioned 1992 Olympic champion Hector Milian, 3-1, in overtime during session one. Pierce went on to be the co-champion at heavyweight with Matt Ghaffari (Avon Lake, Ohio/Sunkist Kids). Rulon Gardner (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) also defeated the 1992 Olympic champion, Milian, 2-0, in overtime to score a big win.   
 Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) won the title at 127.75 pounds when he decisioned Roberto Monzon of Cuba, 3-2, in overtime. Shawn Sheldon (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) took second place in the individual race at 119 pounds when he lost to the champion, Lazaro Rivas of Cuba, 9-2. 
 The most falls award went to Dan Niebuhr (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) of USA 3 at 187.25 pounds, with three falls in 14:13. The award for the best technical wrestler of the tournament went to Juan Moren of Cuba, the individual champion at 138.75 pounds. 
  Team Scores - 1. Cuba - 95 pts.; 2. USA 1 - 95 pts.; 3. USA 2 - 84 pts.; 4. USA 3 and USA 4 - 78 pts.; 6. Hungary - 61 pts.; 7. France - 60 pts.; 8. Venezuela - 21 pts.; 9. Mexico - 19 pts.; 10. Japan - 17 pts. 
  Individual Champions 
 54 kg/119 lbs. - Lazaro Rivas, Cuba  
 58 kg/127.75 lbs. - Jim Gruenwald, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 
 63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Juan Moren, Cuba 
 69 kg/152 lbs. - Luibal Colas, Cuba 
 76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Filiberto Azcuy, Cuba 
 85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Luis Mendez, Cuba 
 97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Reynaldo Pena, Cuba 
 130 kg/286 lbs. - Co-champions: Billy Pierce, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm) and Matt Ghaffari, Avon Lake, Ohio (Sunkist Kids) 
  Session Four 
 France 18, USA 2  12   
 54 kg/119 lbs. -  Salah Belguidoum, France won by forfeit 
 58 kg/127.75 lbs. -  Djamel Ainaoui, France dec. Darnell Lollis, Colorado Springs, Colo., 7-0 
 63 kg/138.75 lbs. -  Kevin Bracken, Colorado Springs, Colo., dec. Philipe Bendjoudi, France, 3-0, ot, 6:30 
 69 kg/152 lbs. - Christian Eyer, France dec. Marcel Cooper, Woodbridge, Va., 3-2 
 76 kg/167.5 lbs. -Ghani Yalouz, France pin Keith Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo., 4:15 
 85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo., David Millien, France 
 97 kg/213.75 lbs. -  Jason Klohs, Maple Grove, Minn., dec. Cedric Theval, France, 2-1, ot, 9:00 
 130 kg/286 lbs. - Rulon Gardner, Colorado Springs, Colo., won by forfeit 
  USA 1  32, Japan 0 
 54 kg/119 lbs. - Shawn Sheldon, Colorado Springs, Colo., won by tech. fall over Yasuhara Takashi, Japan, 10-0, 4:29 
 58 kg/127.75 lbs. -Jim Gruenwald, Colorado Springs, Colo., won by tech. fall over Tomiya Mitsuo, Japan, 12-0, 2:36 
 63 kg/138.75 lbs. -Glenn Nieradka, Colorado Springs, Colo., won by tech. fall over Teto Nishida, Japan, 14-0, 1:16 
 69 kg/152 lbs. - Dave Zuniga, New Brighton, Minn., won by tech. fall over Miyamoto Taiji, Japan, 10-0, 1:32 
 76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Matt Lindland, Lincoln, Neb., pin Yoshida Tadasuke, Japan, 1:31 
 85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Quincey Clark, New Brighton, Minn., pin Ota Noriaki, Japan, 2:36 
 97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Dan Hicks, Fredricksburg, Va., pin Shuhei Taniguchi, Japan, 2:04 
 130 kg/286 lbs. - Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo., won by forfeit 
  USA 4  20, Hungary 12 
 54 kg/119 lbs. - Justin Weber, Colorado Springs, Colo., won by forfeit 
 58 kg/127.75 lbs. - Balasz Nagy, Hungary, pin Jacob Hey, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3:14 
 63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Peter Ronai, Hungary, pin Scott Munsey, Quantico, Va., 2:10