The 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 3 to 12 November 1998 in Tokyo, Tokuyama, Matsumoto, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Osaka, Japan.
Qualification
Source:Official website
Squads
Venues Pool A Tokyo National Yoyogi Stadium Capacity: 12,000 Final round Pool E Pool C Osaka Nagoya Matsumoto Osaka Chuo Gymnasium Nagoya Rainbow Hall Matsumoto City Gymnasium Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 6,000 Pool D Pool F Pool B Kagoshima Fukuoka Tokuyama Kagoshima Arena Marine Messe Fukuoka Tokuyama City Sports Center Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 5,000 Source:
Format The tournament was played in three different stages (the first, second, and final rounds). In the , the 16 participants were divided into 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 (a total of 12 teams) 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 (a total of 8 teams) progressed to the next round (group winners and runners-up to 1st–4th place semifinals and group thirds and fourths to 5th–8th place semifinals).
The was played in a single elimination format and consisted of two sets of semifinals and finals (one to determine 1st–4th places and the other for 5th–8th places).
For the tournament's final standings, teams that did not reach placement matches were allocated as: The four teams finishing 4th in each pool were ranked 13th. The two teams finishing 6th in each pool were ranked 11th. The two teams finishing 5th in each pool were ranked 9th.
Pools composition 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 A Pool B Pool C Pool D (6) (1) (2) (3) (8) (7) (5) (4) (12) (9) (13) (10) (19) (13) (15) (22)
Results All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
First round Pool A Venue: National Yoyogi Stadium, Tokyo
Pool B Venue: Tokuyama City Sports Center, Tokuyama
Pool C Venue: Matsumoto City Gymnasium, Matsumoto
Pool D Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima
Second round The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the second round.
Pool E Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya
Pool F Venue: Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Final round Venue: Osaka Chuo Gymnasium, Osaka
5th–8th places
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Finals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13
Team roster Yumilka Ruíz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilian Izquierdo, Regla Bell, Indira Mestre, Regla Torres, Liana Mesa, Taismary Agüero, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Martha Sánchez Head coach Antonio Perdomo
Awards
Most valuable player Regla Torres Best scorer Barbara Jelic Best spiker Ana Fernández Best blocker Regla Torres Best server Elles Leferink Best digger Hiroko Tsukumo Best setter Maurizia Cacciatori Best receiver Hiroko Tsukumo Best coach Antonio Perdomo Most Creative Coach Nobuchika Kuzuwa
Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.
Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 Barbara Jelić 219 2 Yevgeniya Artamonova 189 3 Lyubov Sokolova 175 4 Francesca Piccinini 157 5 Elena Godina 149 6 Regla Torres 132 7 Qiu Aihua 124 8 Elles Leferink 117 9 Leila Barros 116 10 Ana Fernández 101
Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Ana Fernández 42.18 2 Qiu Aihua 39.33 3 Regla Torres 37.56 4 Cintha Boersma 35.45 5 Lyubov Sokolova 33.23
Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Regla Torres 1.31 2 Wu Yongmei 1.13 3 Ana Paula Connelly 1.10 4 Ana Fernández 0.97 5 Simona Gioli 0.95
Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 Elles Leferink 0.56 2 Lyubov Sokolova 0.46 3 Simona Rinieri 0.43 4 Elena Godina 0.41 5 Qiu Aihua 0.38
Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Hiroko Tsukomo 2.18 2 Li Yan 2.10 3 Valentina Ogiyenko 1.87
Best receivers Rank Name Avg 1 Hiroko Tsukomo 70.56 2 Li Yan 67.53 3 Sandra Suruagy 65.41
Best setters Rank Name Avg %Succ 1 Maurizia Cacciatori 12.76 52.11 2 He Qi 11.19 49.67 3 Fernanda Venturini 10.32 57.33 4 Riette Fledderus 10.12 50.23 5 Elena Vassilevskaya 7.67 46.44 6 Irina Kirilova 6.33 48.34 7 Taismary Agüero 5.14 55.38 8 Marlenis Costa 5.02 53.13 9 Minako Onuki 4.22 44.34 10 Tanja Hart 3.89 40.23
References
External links Results - todor66 Results Results - volleyball.org Federation Internationale de Volleyball