1998 men's volleyball world championship

The 1998 men's volleyball world championship took place in Japan from November 13th to 29th . Italy won the title for the third time in a row. The games were played in Tokyo , Hiroshima , Osaka , Chiba , Hamamatsu , Fukuoka , Kobe , Sendai , Sapporo , Kawasaki and Uozu .

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The 24 participants played in six groups of four in the first round. The group winners and runners-up as well as the four best group thirds reached the second round, which was held in two groups of eight. The six best teams in each group of the second round determined the ranks one to twelve in the knockout games.

game schedule

First round

Group A in Fukuoka space team S. N sentences 1.  Spain 3 0 9: 4 2.  Japan 2 1 6: 3 3.  South Korea 1 2 5: 6 4th  Egypt 0 3 2: 9

Group B in Kobe space team S. N sentences 1.  Italy 3 0 9: 1 2.  United States 2 1 7: 4 3.  Canada 1 2 4: 6 4th  Thailand 0 3 0: 9

November 13th South Korea Egypt 3-0 Spain Japan 3-0 14th November Spain South Korea 3: 2 Japan Egypt 3-0 15th of November Spain Egypt 3: 2 Japan South Korea 3-0

November 13th Italy Canada 3-0 United States Thailand 3-0 14th November Italy Thailand 3-0 United States Canada 3: 1 15th of November Canada Thailand 3-0 Italy United States 3: 1

Group C in Sendai space team S. N sentences 1.  Netherlands 3 0 9: 2 2.  People's Republic of China 2 1 7: 4 3.  Ukraine 1 2 4: 6 4th  Czech Republic 0 3 1: 9

Group D in Sapporo space team S. N sentences 1.  Cuba 3 0 9-0 2.  Argentina 2 1 6: 4 3.  Poland 1 2 4: 6 4th  Iran 0 3 0: 9

November 13th China Ukraine 3: 1 Netherlands Czech Republic 3: 1 14th November Netherlands Ukraine 3-0 China Czech Republic 3-0 15th of November Ukraine Czech Republic 3-0 Netherlands China 3: 1

November 13th Argentina Iran 3-0 Cuba Poland 3-0 14th November Cuba Iran 3-0 Argentina Poland 3: 1 15th of November Poland Iran 3-0 Cuba Argentina 3-0

Group E in Kawasaki space team S. N sentences 1.  Brazil 3 0 9-0 2.  Bulgaria 2 1 6: 5 3.  Greece 1 2 5: 7 4th  Algeria 0 3 1: 9

Group F in Uozu space team S. N sentences 1.  Yugoslavia 3 0 9: 2 2.  Russia 2 1 8: 3 3.  Australia 1 2 3: 8 4th  Turkey 0 3 2: 9

November 13th Bulgaria Algeria 3-0 Brazil Greece 3-0 14th November Brazil Algeria 3-0 Bulgaria Greece 3: 2 15th of November Greece Algeria 3: 1 Brazil Bulgaria 3-0

November 13th Yugoslavia Australia 3-0 Russia Turkey 3-0 14th November Russia Australia 3-0 Yugoslavia Turkey 3-0 15th of November Yugoslavia Russia 3: 2 Australia Turkey 3: 2

Second round

Group G in Hiroshima and Osaka space team S. N sentences 1.  Brazil 7th 0 21: 3 2.  Cuba 6th 1 17: 8 3.  Spain 4th 3 17:12 4th  Bulgaria 4th 3 14:14 5.  Canada 3 4th 11:16 6th  Argentina 2 5 11:16 7th  South Korea 2 5 7:17 8th.  Japan 0 7th 9:21

Group H in Chiba and Hamamatsu space team S. N sentences 1.  Yugoslavia 6th 1 19: 4 2.  Italy 6th 1 18: 4 3.  Russia 6th 1 19: 8 4th  Netherlands 4th 3 12:10 5.  United States 2 5 10:15 6th  Ukraine 2 5 8:18 7th  Greece 1 6th 6:19 8th.  People's Republic of China 1 6th 5:19

November 18 Spain South Korea 3-0 Brazil Canada 3-0 Cuba Bulgaria 3: 1 Argentina Japan 3: 1 November 19th Cuba Canada 3: 1 Bulgaria Argentina 3: 2 Brazil South Korea 3-0 Spain Japan 3: 2 21st November Spain Bulgaria 3-0 Canada Argentina 3: 1 Cuba South Korea 3-0 Brazil Japan 3-0 22nd of November Argentina South Korea 3-0 Canada Spain 3: 2 Brazil Bulgaria 3: 1 Cuba Japan 3: 1 November 24th Spain Argentina 3: 1 Brazil Cuba 3-0 Bulgaria Canada 3-0 South Korea Japan 3: 2 25. November Cuba Spain 3: 2 Brazil Argentina 3: 1 Bulgaria South Korea 3: 1 Canada Japan 3: 1 November 26th Cuba Argentina 3-0 Brazil Spain 3: 1 South Korea Canada 3: 1 Bulgaria Japan 3: 2

November 18 Russia United States 3: 2 Netherlands Greece 3-0 Yugoslavia China 3-0 Italy Ukraine 3-0 November 19th Yugoslavia Greece 3: 1 Russia China 3: 1 Netherlands Ukraine 3: 1 Italy United States 3-0 21st November Russia Greece 3: 1 Yugoslavia Ukraine 3-0 Netherlands United States 3-0 Italy China 3-0 22nd of November Yugoslavia United States 3-0 Russia Ukraine 3-0 Italy Greece 3-0 Netherlands China 3-0 November 24th Yugoslavia Netherlands 3-0 Greece China 3: 1 Ukraine United States 3: 2 Italy Russia 3: 1 25. November United States Greece 3-0 China Ukraine 3: 1 Yugoslavia Italy 3-0 Russia Netherlands 3-0 November 26th United States China 3-0 Ukraine Greece 3: 1 Russia Yugoslavia 3: 1 Italy Netherlands 3-0

Placement games

	Semifinals				final
	November 28th
	Yugoslavia	3
	Cuba	1
					November 29th
					Yugoslavia	0
					Italy	3
					3rd place match
	November 28th				November 29th
	Italy	3			Cuba	3
	Brazil	2			Brazil	1

	Placement games 5-8				Play for 5th place
	November 28th
	Russia	3
	Bulgaria	0
					November 29th
					Russia	3
					Netherlands	0
					Game for 7th place
	November 28th				November 29th
	Netherlands	3			Bulgaria	3
	Spain	2			Spain	1

	Placement games 9-12				Play for 9th place
	November 28th
	United States	3
	Argentina	2
					November 29th
					United States	3
					Ukraine	0
					Game for 11th place
	November 28th				November 29th
	Ukraine	3			Argentina	3
	Canada	0			Canada	0

Final score

1.	Italy
2.	Yugoslavia
3.	Cuba
4th	Brazil
5.	Russia
6th	Netherlands
7th	Bulgaria
8th.	Spain
9.	United States
10.	Ukraine
11.	Argentina
12.	Canada
13.	South Korea
	Greece
15th	People's Republic of China
	Japan
17th	Poland
	Australia
19th	Egypt
	Turkey
	Algeria
	Czech Republic
	Iran
	Thailand

qualification

Host Japan qualified automatically. The other starting places were awarded in continental qualifying tournaments.

Europe

In the first round there was a group of four and three groups of three, from which the two best teams reached the second round. There a group of three and five groups of four were formed. The winners of all groups as well as the second from the groups of four qualified for the World Cup finals.

In Group 1 (in Montecatini Terme ) hosts Italy and Turkey prevailed against Belgium and Finland . The German team only won against Croatia in Groningen and had to give the Netherlands and Ukraine the first places in Group 2. The Poles qualified in the home tournament in Olsztyn with wins against Hungary and Denmark as second in Group 3 behind Russia . In Sofia , Spain won Group 4, ahead of hosts Bulgaria , Slovakia and Romania . In Lamia , hosts Greece finished second in Group 5 and prevailed with Yugoslavia ahead of France and Sweden . In group 6, the Czech Republic won against Latvia and Portugal .

North and Central America

Seven teams competed in two groups for the NORCECA qualification . The group winners were qualified directly and the runners-up determined the third participant in a playoff round. In the first group, Canada prevailed in Havana against Cuba , Puerto Rico and Barbados . In the second group, the USA used the home advantage in San Antonio against Mexico and Haiti . Cuba won the duel between the group runners-up 3-1 and 3-0 against Mexico.

South America

The four teams that competed in South America played a double round in Santa Fe and Rio de Janeiro . Brazil became unbeaten group winners. Argentina finished second because of the better set ratio compared to Venezuela and also qualified. Peru had no chance with six defeats.

Asia

The five World Cup participants from Asia were determined in three qualification groups. In Jeddah , South Korea and Thailand prevailed against hosts Saudi Arabia and Indonesia . In Tehran , China and Iran were successful against Kazakhstan . Australia secured the last starting position in Navoiy with victories against Taiwan and Uzbekistan .

Africa

In Africa, the winners of two groups of three qualified for the World Cup. Algeria prevailed in Tunis against Tunisia and Kenya . Egypt stayed in Kano without losing a set against Nigeria and Cameroon .

Web links

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