The 1998

FIVB Women's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was vari ...

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

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, Tokuyama,

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, and

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Qualification

Source:Official website

Squads

Venues

Source:

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the , 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 , 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 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 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: * The four teams finishing 4th in each pool were ranked 13th. * The two teams finishing 6th in each pool were ranked 11th. * The two teams finishing 5th in each pool were ranked 9th.

Pools composition

The drawing of lots took place on 20 April 1998 in

. Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the

Serpentine system The serpentine system (also called snake seeding) is a method employed in the organization of a competition to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m ...

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. The number after the team's name reflect its FIVB World Ranking in October 1998.

Results

All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

First round

Pool D

Venue:

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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,

Pool F

Venue:

Marine Messe Fukuoka in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan is a collection of three separate buildings operated by the Fukuoka Convention Center Foundation. Fukuoka Kokusai Center The Fukuoka Kokusai Center opened in . A Sumo Tournament is held here every November. Many ...

Final round

Venue: Osaka Chuo Gymnasium,

5th–8th places

=5th–8th semifinals

=7th place match

=5th place match

Finals

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player :

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* Best Scorer :

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* Best Spiker : Ana Fernández * Best Blocker :

* Best Server :

Elles Leferink Elles Maria Leferink (born 14 November 1976 in Weerselo, Overijssel) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Oly ...

* Best Digger :

Hiroko Tsukumo Hiroko Tsukumo (born September 11, 1970 in Hiroshima) is a retired volleyball player from Japan, who competed for the Japan women's national team in the 1990s. She was named ''Best Digger'' and ''Best Receiver'' at the 1998 FIVB Women's World C ...

* Best Setter :

Fernanda Venturini Fernanda Porto Venturini (born 24 October 1970, in Ribeirão Preto) is a former volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the bronze medal with the Brazi ...

* Best Receiver :

* Best Coach : Antonio Perdomo * Most Creative Coach : Nobuchika Kuzuwa

References

External links

Results - todor66

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
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