Volleyball World League 1998

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The 1998 season of the World Volleyball League was the ninth edition of the competition. It started on May 15th and ended on July 19th. Cuba won the title for the first time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in three groups of four teams each. The best teams in each group qualified for the next round. Italy was already set to host the Final Four. The remaining group winners and runners-up as well as the hosts Spain and Yugoslavia qualified for a play-off round divided into East and West. The two best teams from the west group and the group winners from the east reached the final four. The four teams determined the overall winner in the "everyone against everyone" mode.

Preliminary round

Group A
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1. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 30:15 22nd
2. CubaCuba Cuba 29:15 20th
3. SpainSpain Spain 18:29 16
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 12:30 14th
Group B
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1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 30:11 22nd
2. ItalyItaly Italy 24:17 19th
3. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 22:25 17th
4th GreeceGreece Greece 10:33 14th
May 15 Cuba South Korea 3-0
Spain Bulgaria 2: 3
May 16 Cuba South Korea 3-0
17th of May Spain Bulgaria 1: 3
May 22 Cuba Bulgaria 3-0
23. May South Korea Spain 3-0
Cuba Bulgaria 3-0
May 24th South Korea Spain 3-0
May 29th Bulgaria South Korea 3-0
Spain Cuba 3-0
30th May Bulgaria South Korea 3: 1
31. May Spain Cuba 3: 2
June 5th Bulgaria Spain 3-0
6th of June South Korea Cuba 0: 3
Bulgaria Spain 3-0
June 7th South Korea Cuba 0: 3
June 12 Cuba Spain 3: 2
June 13th South Korea Bulgaria 1: 3
Cuba Spain 3: 1
14th June South Korea Bulgaria 1: 3
June 19th Spain South Korea 3: 2
20th June Bulgaria Cuba 3: 1
June 21st Spain South Korea 3: 1
Bulgaria Cuba 3: 2
May 16 Argentina Netherlands 0: 3
Italy Greece 3-0
17th of May Argentina Netherlands 0: 3
Italy Greece 3-0
May 22 Italy Argentina 2: 3
23. May Greece Netherlands 1: 3
May 24th Italy Argentina 3: 1
Greece Netherlands 1: 3
May 29th Argentina Greece 2: 3
30th May Italy Netherlands 0: 3
31. May Argentina Greece 1: 3
Italy Netherlands 3-0
June 5th Argentina Italy 3: 1
6th of June Netherlands Greece 3-0
June 7th Netherlands Greece 3-0
Argentina Italy 3-0
June 13th Netherlands Argentina 3: 1
Greece Italy 1: 3
14th June Netherlands Argentina 3: 2
Greece Italy 0: 3
20th June Netherlands Italy 0: 3
Greece Argentina 1: 3
June 21st Netherlands Italy 3-0
Greece Argentina 0: 3
Group C
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1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 29:11 18th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 30:17 18th
3. Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 18:28 6th
4th PolandPoland Poland 12:33 6th
May 15 Russia Poland 2: 3
Brazil Yugoslavia 3-0
May 16 Russia Poland 3-0
17th of May Brazil Yugoslavia 3-0
May 22 Yugoslavia Russia 1: 3
Brazil Poland 3-0
23. May Yugoslavia Russia 0: 3
May 24th Brazil Poland 3-0
May 29th Yugoslavia Poland 3-0
Brazil Russia 3-0
30th May Yugoslavia Poland 2: 3
31. May Brazil Russia 3: 1
June 5th Russia Yugoslavia 3: 2
Poland Brazil 1: 3
6th of June Russia Yugoslavia 3: 2
Poland Brazil 0: 3
June 12 Poland Russia 0: 3
Yugoslavia Brazil 3-0
June 13th Poland Russia 1: 3
Yugoslavia Brazil 0: 3
June 19th Russia Brazil 3: 1
Poland Yugoslavia 3: 2
20th June Russia Brazil 3: 1
Poland Yugoslavia 1: 3

Playoffs

West group in Alicante ( Spain )
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1. RussiaRussia Russia 6: 3 4th
2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 6: 4 4th
3. BrazilBrazil Brazil 5: 6 2
4th SpainSpain Spain 3: 7 2
East group in Belgrade ( Yugoslavia )
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1. CubaCuba Cuba 6: 2 4th
2. Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 5: 4 2
3. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 1: 6 0
July 13th Netherlands Brazil 3: 2
Spain Russia 0: 3
July 14th Netherlands Russia 3-0
Spain Brazil 0: 3
15th of July Brazil Russia 0: 3
Spain Netherlands 3: 1
July 13th Yugoslavia Bulgaria 3: 1
July 14th Cuba Bulgaria 3-0
15th of July Yugoslavia Cuba 2: 3

Final Four

The Final Four was held in Milan ( Italy ) from July 17th to 19th .

Final Four
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 1 6th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 6: 5 5
3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4: 7 4th
4th ItalyItaly Italy 3: 9 3
17th July Russia Cuba 0: 3
Italy Netherlands 1: 3
July 18th Russia Netherlands 3-0
Italy Cuba 0: 3
July 19 Netherlands Cuba 1: 3
Italy Russia 2: 3

Final score

  1. CubaCuba Cuba
  2. RussiaRussia Russia
  3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
  4. ItalyItaly Italy
  5. BrazilBrazil Brazil
  6. Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
  7. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
  8. SpainSpain Spain
  9. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
  10. PolandPoland Poland
  11. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
  12. GreeceGreece Greece

Awards

Best scorer Oswaldo Hernández CubaCuba Cuba
Best attacker Oswaldo Hernández CubaCuba Cuba
Best blocker Andrea Dani ItalyItaly Italy
Best server Roman Yakovlyev RussiaRussia Russia

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