Volleyball World Grand Prix 1998

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The 1998 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the sixth edition of the competition. It started on August 21st and ended on September 13th. Brazil won the title for the third time.

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Eight teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks, two tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The four best teams in the overall ranking qualified for the Final Four.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Macau
space team sentences Points
1. RussiaRussia Russia 9-0 6th
2. ItalyItaly Italy 6: 6 5
3. JapanJapan Japan 4: 8 4th
4th BrazilBrazil Brazil 4: 9 3
Group B in Chongqing ( China )
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9-0 6th
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 6: 3 5
3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3: 7 4th
4th United StatesUnited States United States 1: 9 3
August 21 Japan Russia 0: 3
Brazil Italy 2: 3
August 22nd Italy Russia 0: 3
Brazil Japan 2: 3
August 23 Italy Japan 3: 1
Brazil Russia 0: 3
August 21 United States Cuba 0: 3
China South Korea 3-0
August 22nd Cuba South Korea 3-0
China United States 3-0
August 23 South Korea United States 3: 1
China Cuba 0: 3

Second week

Group C in Fengshan ( Taiwan )
space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9: 3 6th
2. CubaCuba Cuba 7: 3 5
3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 5: 8 4th
4th JapanJapan Japan 2: 9 3
Group D in Bangkok ( Thailand )
space team sentences Points
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 9: 2 6th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 7: 5 5
3. ItalyItaly Italy 4: 7 4th
4th United StatesUnited States United States 3: 9 3
August 28th Cuba South Korea 3-0
Brazil Japan 3-0
29th August Cuba Japan 3-0
Brazil South Korea 3: 2
August 30th Japan South Korea 2: 3
Cuba Brazil 1: 3
August 28th Russia Italy 3-0
China United States 3-0
29th August Russia United States 3: 2
China Italy 3: 1
August 30th United States Italy 1: 3
China Russia 3: 1

Third week

Group E in Chennai ( India )
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 3 6th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 8: 4 5
3. ItalyItaly Italy 4: 8 4th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3: 9 3
Group F in Shanghai ( China )
space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9-0 6th
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 6: 4 5
3. JapanJapan Japan 4: 6 4th
4th United StatesUnited States United States 0: 9 3
September 4th Russia South Korea 3: 1
Italy Cuba 1: 3
5th September South Korea Cuba 0: 3
Russia Italy 3-0
September 6th South Korea Italy 2: 3
Cuba Russia 3: 2
September 4th China Japan 3: 1
Brazil United States 3-0
5th September Brazil Japan 3-0
China United States 3-0
September 6th Japan United States 3-0
China Brazil 0: 3

Overall rating

space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 25: 6 17th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 24: 9 16
3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 21: 9 16
4th BrazilBrazil Brazil 22:12 15th
5. ItalyItaly Italy 14:21 13
6th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 11:24 11
7th JapanJapan Japan 10:23 11
8th. United StatesUnited States United States 4:27 9

Final round

The Final Four was held in Hong Kong on September 12th and 13th . The semi-finals took place on the first day, the game for third place and the final on the second day.

  Semifinals final
       
 CubaCuba Cuba 1
 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3  
   
 
 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3
   RussiaRussia Russia 0
 
place 3
   
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2  CubaCuba Cuba 3
 RussiaRussia Russia 3    China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 1