1998 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League was the ninth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from May 15 to July 19, 1998. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy.

Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	22	10	2	30	15	2.000	581	501	1.160
2	Cuba	20	8	4	29	15	1.933	603	463	1.302
3	Spain	16	4	8	18	29	0.621	542	634	0.855
4	South Korea	14	2	10	12	30	0.400	439	567	0.774

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	22	10	2	30	11	2.727	553	433	1.277
2	Italy	19	7	5	24	17	1.412	544	471	1.155
3	Argentina	17	5	7	22	25	0.880	583	585	0.997
4	Greece	14	2	10	10	33	0.303	419	610	0.687

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	21	9	3	29	11	2.636	536	420	1.276
2	Russia	21	9	3	30	17	1.765	633	519	1.220
3	Yugoslavia	15	3	9	18	28	0.643	519	600	0.865
4	Poland	15	3	9	12	33	0.364	469	618	0.759

Playoff round

Pool West

• Host: Alicante, Spain

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	115	112	1.027
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	147	145	1.014
3	Brazil	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	139	133	1.045
4	Spain	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	117	128	0.914

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	Brazil	7–15	15–13	12–15	15–7	15–13	64–63
13 Jul	Spain	0–3	Russia	13–15	11–15	12–15			36–45
14 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–10	15–7	15–8			45–25
14 Jul	Spain	0–3	Brazil	10–15	7–15	7–15			24–45
15 Jul	Brazil	0–3	Russia	10–15	9–15	12–15			31–45
15 Jul	Spain	3–1	Netherlands	12–15	15–5	15–12	15–6		57–38

Pool East

• Host: Belgrade, Yugoslavia

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	109	67	1.627
2	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	5	4	1.250	106	108	0.981
3	Bulgaria	2	0	2	1	6	0.167	58	98	0.592

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Bulgaria	6–15	17–15	15–7	15–7		53–44
14 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–2	15–9			45–14
15 Jul	Yugoslavia	2–3	Cuba	6–15	15–12	5–15	15–7	12–15	53–64

Final round

• Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	147	103	1.427
2	Russia	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	136	134	1.015
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	124	137	0.905
4	Italy	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	125	158	0.791

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Russia	0–3	Cuba	15–17	13–15	4–15			32–47
17 Jul	Italy	1–3	Netherlands	15–9	13–15	4–15	5–15		37–54
18 Jul	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–5	15–11			45–24
18 Jul	Italy	0–3	Cuba	7–15	11–15	7–15			25–45
19 Jul	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	14–16	14–16	15–8	3–15		46–55
19 Jul	Italy	2–3	Russia	7–15	15–5	13–15	15–9	13–15	63–59

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Cuba 02 !  Russia 03 !  Netherlands 4  Italy 5  Brazil 6  Yugoslavia 7  Bulgaria 8  Spain 9  Argentina 10  Poland 11  South Korea 12  Greece

1998 World League Champions  Cuba 1st title

Awards

• Best Scorer: Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Spiker: Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Blocker: Andrea Giani
• Best Server: Roman Yakovlyev

External links

• 1998 World League Results
• Sports123