The 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix was the sixth women's volleyball tournament of its kind, played by eight countries from 21 August to 13 September 1998. The final round was staged in Hong Kong.
Preliminary round
Ranking The best four teams from the overall ranking are qualified for the final round.
First round
Group A Venue: Macau
Group B Venue: Chongqing, China
Second round
Group C Venue: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Group D Venue: Bangkok, Thailand
Third round
Group E Venue: Chennai, India
Group F Venue: Shanghai, China
Final round Venue: Hong Kong
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standings
Place Team45678
Team rosterLeila Barros, Janina Conceição, Raquel Silva, Fofão, Virna Dias, Ana Paula Connelly, Karin Rodrigues, Gisele Florentino, Sandra Suruagy, Hilma Caldeira, Fernanda Doval and Ana Flavia Sanglard.Head coachBernardo Rezende
Individual awards
Most valuable player:
Best scorer:
Best spiker:
Best blocker:
Best server:
Best setter:
Best receiver:
Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the final four are ranked.
Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 Lioubov Sokolova 131 2 Leila Barros 128 3 Qiu Aihua 115 4 Regla Torres 101 5 Ana Paula Connelly 97 Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Ana Paula Connelly 44.77 2 Evgenia Artamonova 39.87 3 Leila Barros 38.54 4 Regla Bell 35.56 5 Ana Ibis Fernandez 32.12 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Ana Paula Connelly 1.62 2 Lai Yawen 1.23 3 Ana Ibis Fernandez 1.10 4 Elizaveta Tichtenko 0.96 5 Wu Yong Mei 0.91 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 Raquel Silva 0.45 2 Elena Godina 0.44 3 Qui Ai Hua 0.38 4 Regla Bell 0.30 5 Wang Zilling 0.27 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Yumilka Ruiz 78.45 2 Leila Barros 74.35 3 Wang Lina 69.21 Best setters Rank Name Avg %Succ 1 Helia Souza 9.91 52.24 2 HE Qi 7.76 49.65 3 Taismary Aguero 6.73 45.40 4 Elena Vassilevskaia 5.74 42.14 5 Idina Mestre 4.75 40.11
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