The 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification was a qualification event, played in 1997 and 1998, for the thirteenth edition of Men's World Championship, which was held in Japan. The event was split into several groups divided by continent.
Confederation qualification processes The distribution by confederation for the 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was:
Asia and Oceania (AVC): 5 places (+ Japan qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 6 places) Africa (CAVB): 2 places Europe (CEV): 11 places South America (CSV) 2 places North America (NORCECA): 3 places
Africa 8 national teams originally entered qualification but Malawi, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire withdrew, Cameroon was later added to Pool B.
Pool APool B
Pool A Venue: Tunis, Tunisia Dates: November 14–16, 1997
Pool B Venue: Kano, Nigeria Dates: September 26–28, 1997
Asia-Pacific 12 national teams entered qualification but Bahrain and Philippines withdrew. Top two teams from Pool C and D and Pool E winner qualified to the World Championship.
Pool CPool DPool E
Pool C Venue: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Dates: October 3–5, 1997
Pool D Venue: Tehran, Iran Dates: December 17–19, 1997
Pool E Venue: Tashkent, Uzbekistan Dates: December 12–14, 1997
Europe 28 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–15 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool aSub Pool bSub Pool cSub Pool dPool F1st Sub Pool c 1st Sub Pool bPool GPool HPool IPool JPool K2nd Sub Pool c1st Sub Pool d 2nd Sub Pool a2nd Sub Pool d1st Sub Pool a 2nd Sub Pool b
Sub Pool a Venue: Home and Away Dates: April 26 – June 12, 1997
Sub Pool b Venue: Lille, France Dates: June 27–29, 1997
Sub Pool c Venue: Istanbul, Turkey Dates: April 30 – May 2, 1997
Sub Pool d Venue: Debrecen, Hungary Dates: June 6–8, 1997
Pool F Venue: Montecatini Terme, Italy Dates: August 8–10, 1997
Pool G Venue: Groningen, Netherlands Dates: August 22–24, 1997
Pool H Venue: Olsztyn, Poland Dates: August 15–17, 1997
Pool I Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria Dates: August 22–24, 1997
Pool J Venue: Athens, Greece Dates: December 20–22, 1997
Pool K Venue: Home and Away Dates: June 14 – December 28, 1997
Norceca Pool LPool M
Pool L Venue: Havana, Cuba Dates: February 6–8, 1998
Pool M Venue: San Antonio, United States Dates: January 29 – February 1, 1998
Preliminary round
Final
Final standing RankTeam123
Playoff Venue: Mexico City, Mexico Dates: February 28 – March 1, 1998
South America 4 national teams entered qualification.
Pool N
Pool N Venue: Santa Fe, Argentina and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dates: September 5–21, 1997
References
Complete Results
External links Results