1998 FIVB World League

The FIVB World League 1998 was the ninth edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from May 15 to July 19, 1998. The final round (Final Four) was staged in Milan, Italy.

Contents

Competing Nations

Pool A Pool B Pool C

 Bulgaria
 Cuba
 South Korea
 Spain

 Argentina
 Greece
 Italy
 Netherlands

 Brazil
 Poland
 Russia
 Yugoslavia

Intercontinental Round

Pool A

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Bulgaria 12 10 2 30 15 22
 Cuba 12 8 4 29 15 20
 Spain 12 4 8 18 29 16
 South Korea 12 2 10 12 30 14

Pool B

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Netherlands 12 10 2 30 11 22
 Italy 12 7 5 24 17 19
 Argentina 12 5 7 22 25 17
 Greece 12 2 10 10 33 14

Pool C

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Brazil 12 9 3 29 11 18
 Russia 12 9 3 30 17 18
 Yugoslavia 12 3 9 18 28 6
 Poland 12 3 9 12 33 6

Semi finals

Pool East

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Cuba 2 2 0 6 2 4
 Yugoslavia 2 1 1 5 4 2
 Bulgaria 2 0 2 1 6 0

Pool West

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Russia 3 2 1 6 3 4
 Netherlands 3 2 1 6 4 4
 Brazil 3 1 2 5 6 2
 Spain 3 1 2 3 7 2

Final four

Final standings

Team P W L SW SL Pts
 Cuba 3 3 0 9 1 6
 Russia 3 2 1 6 5 5
 Netherlands 3 1 2 4 7 4
 Italy 3 0 3 3 9 3

Final round

July 17, 1998

Cuba  3–0  Russia 17-15, 15-13, 15-4
Netherlands  3–1  Italy 9-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-5

July 18, 1998

Russia  3–0  Netherlands 15-8, 15-5, 15-11
Cuba  3–0  Italy 15-7, 15-11, 15-7

July 19, 1998

Cuba  3–1  Netherlands 16-14, 16-14, 8-15, 15-3
Russia  3–2  Italy 15-7, 5-15, 15-13, 9-15, 15-13
 FIVB World League 1998 Winners 

Cuba
First title

Final ranking

Place Team
 Cuba
 Russia
 Netherlands
4.  Italy
5.  Brazil
6.  Yugoslavia
7.  Bulgaria
8.  Spain
9.  Argentina
10.  Poland
11.  South Korea
12.  Greece

Awards

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