1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1998 Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 13–29
Teams	24
Venue(s)	11 (in 11 host cities)
Officially opened by	Akihito
Champions	Italy (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Rafael Pascual
Official website

The 1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Fukuoka, Kobe, Sendai, Sapporo, Kawasaki, Uozu, Hiroshima, Osaka, Chiba, Hamamatsu and Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 29, 1998.

Competing nations

The following national teams have qualified:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Japan South Korea Spain Egypt	Italy United States Canada Thailand	Netherlands China Czech Republic Ukraine	Cuba Argentina Poland Iran	Brazil Bulgaria Greece Algeria	Russia FR Yugoslavia Australia Turkey

Squads

Qualification

Venues

Marine Messe Fukuoka (Fukuoka) – Pool A
Kobe Green Arena (Kobe) – Pool B
Sendai City Gymnasium (Sendai) – Pool C
Makomanai Indoor Stadium (Sapporo) – Pool D
Todoroki Arena (Kawasaki) – Pool E
Uozu Techno Sports Dome (Uozu) – Pool F
Hiroshima Green Arena (Hiroshima) – Pool G
Namihaya Dome (Osaka) – Pool G
Makuhari Messe (Chiba) – Pool H
Hamamatsu Arena (Hamamatsu) – Pool H
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Tokyo) – Final round

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Spain	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	179	150	1.193
2	Japan	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	123	97	1.268
3	South Korea	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	130	134	0.970
4	Egypt	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	107	158	0.677

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–7	15–6			45–23
13 Nov	Spain	3–0	Japan	15–11	15–9	15–13			45–33
14 Nov	South Korea	2–3	Spain	15–7	6–15	15–13	13–15	14–16	63–66
14 Nov	Egypt	0–3	Japan	9–15	12–15	9–15			30–45
15 Nov	Spain	3–2	Egypt	9–15	13–15	15–9	15–1	16–14	68–54
15 Nov	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–12	15–2			45–22

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	147	63	2.333
2	United States	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	130	121	1.074
3	Canada	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	121	108	1.120
4	Thailand	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	29	135	0.215

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Nov	Canada	0–3	Italy	10–15	13–15	2–15		25–45
13 Nov	United States	3–0	Thailand	15–3	15–9	15–1		45–13
14 Nov	Thailand	0–3	Italy	0–15	2–15	3–15		5–45
14 Nov	United States	3–1	Canada	6–15	15–9	16–14	15–13	52–51
15 Nov	Canada	3–0	Thailand	15–3	15–7	15–1		45–11
15 Nov	Italy	3–1	United States	15–4	15–7	12–15	15–7	57–33

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	157	108	1.454
2	China	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	146	131	1.115
3	Ukraine	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	119	121	0.983
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	86	148	0.581

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Nov	China	3–1	Ukraine	14–16	15–13	15–12	15–8	59–49
13 Nov	Czech Republic	1–3	Netherlands	9–15	15–13	13–15	4–15	41–58
14 Nov	Ukraine	0–3	Netherlands	8–15	10–15	7–15		25–45
14 Nov	China	3–0	Czech Republic	15–9	15–9	15–10		45–28
15 Nov	Czech Republic	0–3	Ukraine	5–15	6–15	6–15		17–45
15 Nov	Netherlands	3–1	China	9–15	15–11	15–7	15–9	54–42

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985
2	Argentina	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	128	100	1.280
3	Poland	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	111	119	0.933
4	Iran	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	48	135	0.356

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Iran	15–9	15–3	15–7		45–19
13 Nov	Poland	0–3	Cuba	10–15	9–15	11–15		30–45
14 Nov	Iran	0–3	Cuba	2–15	5–15	7–15		14–45
14 Nov	Argentina	3–1	Poland	14–16	15–5	15–7	15–8	59–36
15 Nov	Poland	3–0	Iran	15–5	15–2	15–8		45–15
15 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–8	15–9		45–24

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	59	2.288
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	130	140	0.929
3	Greece	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	147	159	0.925
4	Algeria	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	94	148	0.635

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Nov	Bulgaria	3–0	Algeria	15–6	15–12	15–13			45–31
13 Nov	Greece	0–3	Brazil	6–15	13–15	6–15			25–45
14 Nov	Algeria	0–3	Brazil	2–15	8–15	6–15			16–45
14 Nov	Bulgaria	3–2	Greece	15–11	10–15	16–14	11–15	15–9	67–64
15 Nov	Greece	3–1	Algeria	15–9	15–11	13–15	15–12		58–47
15 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	15–4	15–8	15–6			45–18

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	FR Yugoslavia	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	165	103	1.602
2	Russia	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	154	113	1.363
3	Australia	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	106	152	0.697
4	Turkey	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	96	153	0.627

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Australia	16–14	15–5	15–4			46–23
13 Nov	Turkey	0–3	Russia	6–15	7–15	6–15			19–45
14 Nov	Australia	0–3	Russia	4–15	7–15	9–15			20–45
14 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Turkey	15–7	15–3	15–6			45–16
15 Nov	Turkey	2–3	Australia	8–15	15–9	15–9	13–15	10–15	61–63
15 Nov	Russia	2–3	FR Yugoslavia	16–14	16–14	6–15	12–15	14–16	64–74

Quarter-final round

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	14	7	0	21	3	7.000	351	210	1.671
2	Cuba	13	6	1	18	8	2.250	348	289	1.204
3	Spain	11	4	3	17	12	1.417	367	344	1.067
4	Bulgaria	11	4	3	14	14	1.000	361	365	0.989
5	Canada	10	3	4	11	16	0.688	291	362	0.804
6	Argentina	9	2	5	11	16	0.688	320	334	0.958
7	South Korea	9	2	5	7	18	0.389	266	340	0.782
8	Japan	7	0	7	9	21	0.429	358	418	0.856

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	Spain	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–6	15–11			45–24
18 Nov	Canada	0–3	Brazil	6–15	9–15	3–15			18–45
18 Nov	Bulgaria	1–3	Cuba	12–15	16–17	15–13	4–15		47–60
18 Nov	Japan	1–3	Argentina	12–15	12–15	15–12	10–15		49–57
19 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Canada	15–10	10–15	15–12	15–5		55–42
19 Nov	Argentina	2–3	Bulgaria	8–15	17–16	7–15	15–10	9–15	56–71
19 Nov	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	13–15	5–15	9–15			27–45
19 Nov	Spain	3–2	Japan	15–5	13–15	15–8	11–15	15–12	69–55
21 Nov	Bulgaria	0–3	Spain	15–17	4–15	11–15			30–47
21 Nov	Canada	3–1	Argentina	15-11	10-15	15-4	15-6		55-36
21 Nov	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	13–15	6–15	7–15			26–45
21 Nov	Japan	0–3	Brazil	11–15	9–15	13–15			33–45
22 Nov	Argentina	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–10	15–5			45–28
22 Nov	Spain	2–3	Canada	15–11	9–15	15–12	14–16	16–18	69–72
22 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	16–17	15–7	15–5	15–12		61–41
22 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–9	12–15	15–10	17–16		59–50
24 Nov	Spain	3–1	Argentina	6–15	15–6	17–15	15–5		53–41
24 Nov	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	11–15	7–15	2–15			20–45
24 Nov	Canada	0–3	Bulgaria	6–15	9–15	12–15			27–45
24 Nov	South Korea	3–2	Japan	15–13	15–8	8–15	9–15	15–12	62–63
25 Nov	Spain	2–3	Cuba	15–12	4–15	5–15	15–7	12–15	51–64
25 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–11	7–15	15–2	15–10		52–38
25 Nov	Bulgaria	3–1	South Korea	11–15	15–10	15–8	16–14		57–47
25 Nov	Japan	1–3	Canada	15–11	8–15	9–15	9–15		41–56
26 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–12	15–4	15–12			45–28
26 Nov	Spain	1–3	Brazil	4–15	15–13	5–15	9–15		33–58
26 Nov	South Korea	3–1	Canada	7–15	15–9	15–11	15–5		52–40
26 Nov	Japan	2–3	Bulgaria	15–10	15–17	12–15	15–13	10–15	67–70

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	FR Yugoslavia	13	6	1	19	4	4.750	323	201	1.607
2	Italy	13	6	1	18	4	4.500	319	165	1.933
3	Russia	13	6	1	19	8	2.375	365	299	1.221
4	Netherlands	11	4	3	12	10	1.200	260	243	1.070
5	United States	9	2	5	10	15	0.667	282	314	0.898
6	Ukraine	9	2	5	8	18	0.444	279	338	0.825
7	Greece	8	1	6	6	19	0.316	214	351	0.610
8	China	8	1	6	5	19	0.263	218	349	0.625

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	United States	2–3	Russia	15–13	13–15	15–12	7–15	7–15	57–70
18 Nov	Greece	0–3	Netherlands	2–15	8–15	4–15			14–45
18 Nov	China	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	4–15	5–15	4–15			13–45
18 Nov	Ukraine	0–3	Italy	7–15	12–15	3–15			22–45
19 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Greece	11–15	15–3	15–9	15–5		56–32
19 Nov	Russia	3–1	China	15–8	16–17	17–16	15–9		63–50
19 Nov	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	14–16	15–11	15–8	16–14		60–49
19 Nov	Italy	3–0	United States	15–6	15–2	15–12			45–20
21 Nov	Greece	1–3	Russia	15–12	6–15	11–15	6–15		38–57
21 Nov	Ukraine	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	9–15	10–15	1–15			20–45
21 Nov	United States	0–3	Netherlands	12–15	6–15	11–15			29–45
21 Nov	China	0–3	Italy	5–15	4–15	5–15			14–45
22 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	United States	15–6	15–10	15–8			45–24
22 Nov	Russia	3–0	Ukraine	17–15	15–6	15–6			47–27
22 Nov	Italy	3–0	Greece	15–5	15–13	15–1			45–19
22 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	China	15–5	15–3	15–8			45–16
24 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–4	15–13			45–26
24 Nov	Greece	3–1	China	12–15	15–11	15–8	15–12		57–46
24 Nov	Ukraine	3–2	United States	15–12	4–15	15–12	6–15	15–8	55–62
24 Nov	Italy	3–1	Russia	15–3	15–8	11–15	15–9		56–35
25 Nov	United States	3–0	Greece	15–9	15–11	15–11			45–31
25 Nov	China	3–1	Ukraine	15–10	10–15	15–10	16–14		56–49
25 Nov	Italy	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	12–15	13–15	13–15			38–45
25 Nov	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	6–15	12–15	11–15			29–45
26 Nov	United States	3–0	China	15–11	15–8	15–4			45–23
26 Nov	Ukraine	3–1	Greece	15–3	12–15	15–3	15–2		57–23
26 Nov	Russia	3–1	FR Yugoslavia	3–15	15–13	15–3	15–11		48–42
26 Nov	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–7	15–1			45–10

Final round

Classification 9th–12th

9th–12th places		9th place

28 November – Tokyo

Argentina	2
		29 November – Tokyo
United States	3
		United States	3
28 November – Tokyo
		Ukraine	0
Canada	0

Ukraine	3
		11th place

		29 November – Tokyo

		Argentina	3

		Canada	0

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	Argentina	2–3	United States	10–15	11–15	15–11	15–13	9–15	60–69
28 Nov	Canada	0–3	Ukraine	11–15	13–15	11–15			35–45

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–10	15–6			45–23
29 Nov	United States	3–0	Ukraine	16–14	15–12	15–10			46–36

Classification 5th–8th

5th–8th places		5th place

28 November – Tokyo

Spain	2
		29 November – Tokyo
Netherlands	3
		Netherlands	0
28 November – Tokyo
		Russia	3
Bulgaria	0

Russia	3
		7th place

		29 November – Tokyo

		Spain	1

		Bulgaria	3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	13–15	2–15	7–15			22–45
28 Nov	Spain	2–3	Netherlands	15–13	17–16	12–15	10–15	10–15	64–74

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	Spain	1–3	Bulgaria	11–15	7–15	15–12	11–15		44–57
29 Nov	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	7–15	12–15	12–15			31–45

Championship

Semifinals		Final

29 November – Tokyo

FR Yugoslavia	3
		29 November – Tokyo
Cuba	1
		FR Yugoslavia	0
28 November – Tokyo
		Italy	3
Brazil	2

Italy	3
		3rd place

		29 November – Tokyo

		Cuba	3

		Brazil	1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Cuba	15–3	15–12	14–16	15–10		59–41
28 Nov	Brazil	2–3	Italy	10–15	15–13	11–15	15–10	10–15	61–68

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Brazil	12–15	15–6	15–11	15–12		57–44
29 Nov	FR Yugoslavia	0–3	Italy	12–15	5–15	10–15			27–45

Final standing

Awards

MVP: Rafael Pascual
Best Scorer: Rafael Pascual
Best Spiker: Marcos Milinkovic
Best Blocker: Gustavo Endres
Best Server: Goran Vujević
Best Setter: Raúl Diago
Best Digger: Erik Sullivan
Best Receiver: Rodolfo Sánchez
Best Coach: Bebeto de Freias (Italy)
Most Creative Coach: Vincenzo Di Pinto (Spain)

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
Official website (Archived 2009-05-11)