1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 3 to 12 November 1998 in Tokyo, Tokuyama, Matsumoto, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Osaka, Japan.

1998 FIVB Women's World Championship

バレーボール女子世界選手権 日本 1998
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	3–12 November
Teams	16
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Officially opened by	Akihito
Champions	Cuba (3rd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP	Regla Torres
Official website
1998 World Championship
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Qualification

Main article: 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship Qualification

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Appearance in finals
Japan	AVC	Host		11th
China	AVC	AVC Pool B Winner	29 June 1997	9th
South Korea	AVC	AVC Pool C Winner	6 July 1997	8th
Russia	CEV	CEV Pool D Winner	14 September 1997	12th^1
Bulgaria	CEV	CEV Pool H Winner	14 September 1997	9th
Thailand	AVC	AVC Playoff Winner	18 September 1997	1st
Netherlands	CEV	CEV Pool E Winner	21 September 1997	9th
Brazil	CSV	CSV Pool K Winner	2 November 1997	11th
Peru	CSV	CSV Pool K Runner-up	2 November 1997	10th
Cuba	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool I Winner	9 November 1997	8th
Germany	CEV	CEV Pool G Winner	4 January 1998	10th^2
Croatia	CEV	CEV Pool F Winner	11 January 1998	1st
Italy	CEV	CEV Playoff Winner	1 February 1998	6th
United States	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool J Winner	1 February 1998	11th
Kenya	CAVB	CAVB Pool A Winner	1 March 1998	2nd
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	NORCECA Playoff Winner	14 March 1998	3rd

1.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 2nd appearance as Russia.

2.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 2nd appearance as Germany.

Source:Official website^[1]

Squads

Main article: 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Fukuoka   Kagoshima   Matsumoto   Nagoya   Osaka   Tokuyama   Tokyo class=notpageimage| Host cities in Japan
Tokyo
National Yoyogi Stadium
Capacity: 12,000
Final round	Pool E	Pool C
Osaka	Nagoya	Matsumoto
Osaka Chuo Gymnasium	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Matsumoto City Gymnasium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 6,000
Pool D	Pool F	Pool B
Kagoshima	Fukuoka	Tokuyama
Kagoshima Arena	Marine Messe Fukuoka	Tokuyama City Sports Center
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 5,000

Source:^[2]

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round, the 16 participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the next round.

In the Second round, the 12 teams were divided into two groups of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position, matches already played between teams in the First round were counted in this round. The four best teams of each group (total of 8 teams) progressed to the next round (group winners and runners-up to 1st–4th place semifinals and group thirds and fourths to 5th–8th place semifinals).

The Final round was played in a single elimination format and consisted of two sets of semifinals and finals (one to determine 1st–4th places and the other for 5th–8th places).

For the tournament's final standings, teams which did not reach placement matches were allocated as:^[3]

• The four teams finishing 4th in each First round pool were ranked 13th.
• The two teams finishing 6th in each Second round pool were ranked 11th.
• The two teams finishing 5th in each Second round pool were ranked 9th.

Pools composition

The drawing of lots took place on 20 April 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines.^[5] The number after the team's name reflect its FIVB World Ranking in October 1998.^[6]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Japan (6)	Cuba (1)	Russia (2)	China (3)
Netherlands (8)	United States (7)	Brazil (5)	South Korea (4)
Peru (12)	Italy (9)	Germany (13)	Croatia (10)
Kenya (19)	Bulgaria (13)	Dominican Republic (15)	Thailand (22)

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[2]

First round

Pool A

Venue: National Yoyogi Stadium, Tokyo^[7][8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	55	2.455	Second round
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	118	82	1.439
3	Peru	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	104	153	0.680
4	Kenya	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	87	154	0.565

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Nov	14:00	Netherlands	3–0	Kenya	15–7	15–1	15–6			45–14
3 Nov	19:15	Peru	0–3	Japan	8–15	6–15	3–15			17–45
4 Nov	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Peru	15–3	15–6	16–14			46–23
4 Nov	18:30	Kenya	0–3	Japan	5–15	4–15	2–15			11–45
5 Nov	15:30	Peru	3–2	Kenya	15–9	13–15	6–15	15–10	15–13	64–62
5 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–12	15–6			45–27

Pool B

Venue: Tokuyama City Sports Center, Tokuyama^[9][10]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	148	89	1.663	Second round
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	117	87	1.345
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	110	126	0.873
4	United States	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	62	135	0.459

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Nov	14:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	12–15	10–15	6–15			28–45
3 Nov	18:30	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–7	15–8	15–10			45–25
4 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	United States	15–7	15–4	15–3			45–14
4 Nov	18:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Cuba	15–13	6–15	8–15	8–15		37–58
5 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–9	15–11			45–27
5 Nov	18:00	United States	0–3	Bulgaria	3–15	7–15	13–15			23–45

Pool C

Venue: Matsumoto City Gymnasium, Matsumoto^[11][12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	54	2.500	Second round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	114	62	1.839
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	76	152	0.500
4	Germany	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	88	145	0.607

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Nov	14:00	Germany	2–3	Dominican Republic	15–1	11–15	6–15	15–7	15–17	62–55
3 Nov	18:30	Russia	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–6	15–11			45–24
4 Nov	13:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Brazil	1–15	4–15	4–15			9–45
4 Nov	16:00	Germany	0–3	Russia	8–15	4–15	6–15			18–45
5 Nov	13:30	Russia	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–3	15–8	15–1			45–12
5 Nov	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	15–1	15–4	15–3			45–8

Pool D

Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima^[13][14]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	169	153	1.105	Second round
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	178	129	1.380
3	Croatia	3	1	2	4	7	6	1.167	160	159	1.006
4	Thailand	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	69	135	0.511

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Nov	14:00	South Korea	3–2	Croatia	15–12	9–15	15–12	7–15	15–11	61–65
3 Nov	18:30	China	3–0	Thailand	15–9	15–2	15–5			45–16
4 Nov	13:00	Croatia	2–3	China	15–9	5–15	4–15	15–12	11–15	50–66
4 Nov	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	15–0	15–11	15–10			45–21
5 Nov	13:00	Croatia	3–0	Thailand	15–9	15–13	15–10			45–32
5 Nov	16:00	China	2–3	South Korea	13–15	15–17	15–6	15–10	9–15	67–63

Second round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.

Pool E

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya^[15][16]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	241	106	2.274	Finals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	204	107	1.907
3	Japan	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	193	164	1.177	5th–8th places
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	6	9	0.667	149	176	0.847
5	Peru	5	1	4	6	3	14	0.214	136	247	0.551
6	Dominican Republic	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	119	242	0.492

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	12:30	Dominican Republic	2–3	Peru	15–9	12–15	13–15	15–8	11–15	66–62
7 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–7	15–3			45–15
7 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	Russia	17–16	7–15	5–15	8–15		37–60
8 Nov	12:30	Netherlands	3–0	Dominican Republic	15–8	15–3	15–7			45–18
8 Nov	15:00	Russia	3–0	Peru	15–2	15–9	15–6			45–17
8 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–4	15–7			45–21
9 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	9–15	5–15	2–15			16–45
9 Nov	15:30	Brazil	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–5	15–7			45–17
9 Nov	18:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Japan	1–15	13–15	0–15			14–45

Pool F

Venue: Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka^[17][18]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	239	135	1.770	Finals
2	China	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	248	196	1.265
3	Italy	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	202	217	0.931	5th–8th places
4	Croatia	5	2	3	7	10	12	0.833	268	293	0.915
5	South Korea	5	2	3	7	7	13	0.538	213	281	0.758
6	Bulgaria	5	1	4	6	5	13	0.385	197	245	0.804

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	12:30	China	3–0	Italy	15–3	15–8	15–5			45–16
7 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–2	15–5			45–15
7 Nov	18:00	Croatia	3–1	Bulgaria	15–9	16–14	11–15	17–15		59–53
8 Nov	12:30	China	0–3	Cuba	6–15	8–15	11–15			25–45
8 Nov	15:00	Italy	2–3	Croatia	15–10	13–15	15–8	12–15	12–15	67–63
8 Nov	18:00	South Korea	1–3	Bulgaria	5–15	15–12	6–15	12–15		38–57
9 Nov	13:00	Croatia	0–3	Cuba	11–15	14–16	6–15			31–46
9 Nov	15:30	China	3–0	Bulgaria	15–12	15–8	15–2			45–22
9 Nov	18:30	Italy	3–0	South Korea	16–14	16–14	15–8			47–36

Final round

Venue: Osaka Chuo Gymnasium, Osaka^[19][20]

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place
	11 November
	Netherlands	0
					12 November
	Italy	3
					Croatia	0
	11 November
					Italy	3
	Japan	0
	Croatia	3
					7th place
					12 November
					Japan	1
					Netherlands	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	10:30	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	7–15	4–15	14–16			25–46
11 Nov	18:30	Japan	0–3	Croatia	13–15	5–15	9–15			27–45

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Nov	15:30	Japan	1–3	Netherlands	12–15	15–3	10–15	8–15		45–48

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Nov	10:30	Croatia	0–3	Italy	7–15	10–15	8–15			25–45

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	11 November
	Russia	0
					12 November
	China	3
					China	0
	11 November
					Cuba	3
	Brazil	1
	Cuba	3
					3rd place
					12 November
					Brazil	1
					Russia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	13:00	Russia	0–3	China	4–15	4–15	9–15			17–45
11 Nov	15:30	Brazil	1–3	Cuba	10–15	15–4	11–15	10–15		46–49

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Nov	13:00	Brazil	1–3	Russia	15–13	5–15	11–15	13–15		44–58

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Nov	18:30	China	0–3	Cuba	4–15	14–16	12–15			30–46

Final standing

Rank Team     Cuba     China     Russia 4   Brazil 5   Italy 6   Croatia 7   Netherlands 8   Japan 9   South Korea   Peru 11   Bulgaria   Dominican Republic 13   Germany   Kenya   Thailand   United States

1998 Women's World champions    Cuba 3rd title Team roster Yumilka Ruíz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilian Izquierdo, Regla Bell, Indira Mestre, Regla Torres, Liana Mesa, Taismary Agüero, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Martha Sánchez Head coach Antonio Perdomo

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Regla Torres

• Best scorer

    Barbara Jelic

• Best spiker

    Ana Fernández

• Best blocker

    Regla Torres

• Best server

    Elles Leferink

• Best digger

    Hiroko Tsukumo

• Best setter

    Fernanda Venturini

• Best receiver

    Hiroko Tsukumo

• Best coach

    Antonio Perdomo

• Most Creative Coach

    Nobuchika Kuzuwa

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External links

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