1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship


The 1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Tokyo, Tokuyama, Matsumoto, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Osaka, Japan, from 3 to 12 November 1998.

Qualification

Source:Official website

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages. 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 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 progressed to the next round.
The was played in a single elimination format and consisted of two sets of semifinals and finals.
For the tournament's final standings, teams which did not reach placement matches were allocated as:
The drawing of lots took place on 20 April 1998 in Tokyo, Japan. Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system 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.
Pool APool BPool CPool D

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at seven venues in seven cities.

First round

5th-8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Finals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
9
11
11
13
13
13
13

Individual awards