1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

1998 World Championship

Official website

1998 World Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Japan

Dates

3–12 November

Teams

Venues

7 (in 7 host cities)

Champions

Cuba (3rd title)

MVP

Regla Torres

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

Qualification

1998 FIVB Women's World Championship Qualification

Teams

Group A – Tokyo

Group B – Tokuyama

Group C – Matsumoto

Group D – Kagoshima

Squads

1998 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Japan	6	3	3	0	2.273	9	0	MAX
2.	Netherlands	5	3	2	1	1.439	6	3	2.000
3.	Peru	4	3	1	2	0.727	3	8	0.375
4.	Kenya	3	3	0	3	0.565	2	9	0.222

Tuesday, 3 November


Netherlands	3 – 0	Kenya	15-7 15-1 15-6
Japan	3 – 0	Peru	15-8 15-6 15-3

Wednesday, 4 November


Netherlands	3 – 0	Peru	15-3 15-6 16-14
Japan	3 – 0	Kenya	15-5 15-4 15-2

Thursday, 5 November


Peru	3 – 2	Kenya	15-9 13-15 6-15 15-10 15-13
Japan	3 – 0	Netherlands	15-9 15-12 15-6

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	1.663	9	1	9.000
2.	Italy	5	3	2	1	1.345	6	3	2.000
3.	Bulgaria	4	3	1	2	0.873	4	6	0.666
4.	United States	3	3	0	3	0.459	0	9	0.000

Tuesday, 3 November


Italy	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15-12 15-10 15-6
Cuba	3 – 0	United States	15-7 15-8 15-10

Wednesday, 4 November


Italy	3 – 0	United States	15-7 15-4 15-3
Cuba	3 – 1	Bulgaria	13-15 15-6 15-8 15-8

Thursday, 5 November


Cuba	3 – 0	Italy	15-7 15-9 15-11
Bulgaria	3 – 0	United States	15-3 15-7 15-13

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	2.500	9	0	MAX
2.	Brazil	5	3	2	1	1.839	6	3	2.000
3.	Dominican R.	4	3	1	2	0.500	3	8	0.375
4.	Germany	3	3	0	3	0.607	2	9	0.222

Tuesday, 3 November


Dominican R.	3 – 2	Germany	1-15 15-11 15-6 7-15 17-15
Russia	3 – 0	Brazil	15-7 15-6 15-11

Wednesday, 4 November


Brazil	3 – 0	Dominican R.	15-1 15-4 15-4
Russia	3 – 0	Germany	15-8 15-4 15-6

Thursday, 5 November


Russia	3 – 0	Dominican R.	15-3 15-8 15-1
Brazil	3 – 0	Germany	15-1 15-4 15-3

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	South Korea	6	3	3	0	1.105	9	4	2.250
2.	China	5	3	2	1	1.380	8	5	1.600
3.	Croatia	4	3	1	2	1.006	7	6	1.166
4.	Thailand	3	3	0	3	0.511	0	9	0.000

Tuesday, 3 November


South Korea	3 – 2	Croatia	15-12 9-15 15-12 7-15 15-11
China	3 – 0	Thailand	15-9 15-2 15-5

Wednesday, 4 November


China	3 – 2	Croatia	9-15 15-5 15-4 12-15 15-11
South Korea	3 – 0	Thailand	15-0 15-11 15-10

Thursday, 5 November


Croatia	3 – 0	Thailand	15-9 15-13 15-10
South Korea	3 – 2	China	15-13 17-15 6-15 10-15 15-9

Main round

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	10	5	5	0	2.274	15	1	15.000
2.	Brazil	9	5	4	1	1.907	12	3	4.000
3.	Japan	8	5	3	2	1.116	10	6	1.666
4.	Netherlands	7	5	2	3	0.847	6	9	0.666
5.	Peru	6	5	1	4	0.574	3	14	0.214
6.	Dominican R.	5	5	0	5	0.492	2	15	0.133

Saturday, 7 November


Peru	3 – 2	Dominican R.	9-15 15-12 15-13 8-15 15-11
Brazil	3 – 0	Netherlands	15-5 15-7 15-3
Russia	3 – 1	Japan	15-17 15-7 15-5 15-8

Sunday, 8 November


Netherlands	3 – 0	Dominican R.	15-8 15-3 15-7
Russia	3 – 0	Peru	15-2 15-9 15-6
Brazil	3 – 0	Japan	15-10 15-4 15-7

Monday, 9 November


Russia	3 – 0	Netherlands	15-9 15-5 15-2
Brazil	3 – 0	Peru	15-5 15-5 15-7
Japan	3 – 0	Dominican R.	15-1 15-13 15-0

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	10	5	5	0	1.770	15	1	15.000
2.	China	8	5	3	2	1.265	11	8	1.375
3.	Italy	7	5	2	3	0.931	8	9	0.888
4.	Croatia	7	5	2	3	0.915	10	12	0.833
5.	South Korea	7	5	2	3	0.758	7	13	0.538
6.	Bulgaria	6	5	1	4	0.804	5	13	0.384

Saturday, 7 November


China	3 – 0	Italy	15-3 15-8 15-5
Cuba	3 – 0	South Korea	15-8 15-2 15-5
Croatia	3 – 1	Bulgaria	15-9 16-14 11-15 17-15

Sunday, 8 November


Cuba	3 – 0	China	15-6 15-8 15-11
Croatia	3 – 2	Italy	10-15 15-13 8-15 15-12 15-12
Bulgaria	3 – 1	South Korea	15-5 12-15 15-6 15-12

Monday, 9 November


Cuba	3 – 0	Croatia	15-11 16-14 15-6
China	3 – 0	Bulgaria	15-12 15-8 15-2
Italy	3 – 0	South Korea	16-14 16-14 15-8

Final round

Classification matches

Wednesday, 11 November


Italy	3 – 0	Netherlands	15-7 15-4 16-14
Croatia	3 – 0	Japan	15-13 15-5 15-9

Semifinals

Wednesday, 11 November


China	3 – 0	Russia	15-4 15-4 15-9
Cuba	3 – 1	Brazil	15-10 4-15 15-11 15-10

Finals

Thursday, 12 November — Seventh place match


Netherlands	3 – 1	Japan	15-12 3-15 15-10 15-8

Thursday, 12 November — Fifth place match


Italy	3 – 0	Croatia	15-7 15-10 15-8

Thursday, 12 November — Bronze medal match


Russia	3 – 1	Brazil	13-15 15-5 15-11 15-13

Thursday, 12 November — Gold medal match


Cuba	3 – 0	China	15-4 16-14 15-12

Final standings

Place	Team
1.	Cuba
2.	China
3.	Russia
4.	Brazil
5.	Italy
6.	Croatia
7.	Netherlands
8.	Japan
9.	South Korea
10.	Peru
11.	Bulgaria
12.	Dominican Republic
13.	Germany
14.	Kenya
15.	Thailand
16.	United States

1998 FIVB Women's World Champions
Cuba Third 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 and Martha Sánchez. Head Coach: Antonio Perdomo.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Regla Torres (CUB)

Best Scorer:
- Barbara Jelić (CRO)

Best Spiker:
- Ana Fernández (CUB)

Best Blocker:
- Regla Torres (CUB)

Best Server:
- Elles Leferink (NED)

Best Digger:
- Hiroko Tsukumo (JPN)

Best Setter:
- Maurizia Cacciatori (ITA)

Best Receiver:
- Hiroko Tsukumo (JPN)

Best Coach:
- Antonio Perdomo (CUB)

Most Creative Coach:
- Nobuchika Kuzuwa (JPN)

References

FIVB Volleyball World Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014

Qualification	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Squads	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Women's

Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018

Qualification	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

National team appearances