The 1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Qualification

Volleyball World Championship

The FIVB World Championship is an international men's and women's indoor volleyball competition. It is the oldest and most important of all the international events organized by the FIVB and must not be confused with the FIVB World Cup or the FIVB World League/FIVB World Grand Prix.-Origins:The...

was a qualification event, played in 1997 and 1998, for the thirteenth edition of FIVB Women's World Championship

1998 FIVB 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...

, which was held in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 from November 3 to November 12, 1998. The event was split into several groups divided by continent.

Group A

• Held in Nairobi, Kenya from February 27 to March 1, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	1	9.000
  2.		5	3	2	1				7	7	1.000
  3.		4	3	1	2				5	8	0.625
  4.		3	3	0	3				4	9	0.444

Group B

• Held in Chegdu, PR China from June 27 to June 29, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	0	MAX
  2.		5	3	2	1				6	3	2.000
  3.		4	3	1	2				3	6	0.500
  4.		3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

Group C

• Held in Suwon
  Suwon
  Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....
  
  , South Korea
  South Korea
  The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
  
   from July 4 to July 6, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	0	MAX
  2.		5	3	2	1				6	3	2.000
  3.		4	3	1	2				3	6	0.500
  4.		3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

Play-Off

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		4	2	2	0				6	0	MAX
2.		2	2	0	2				0	6	0.000

• 1998-09-12

  	0 – 3		set scores unknown

• 1998-09-18

  	3 – 0		set scores unknown

Group D

• Held in Moscow
  Moscow
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  , Russia
  Russia
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   from September 12 to September 14, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	0	MAX
  2.		5	3	2	1				6	4	1.500
  3.		4	3	1	2				4	8	0.500
  4.		3	3	0	3				2	9	0.222

• 1998-09-12

  	3 – 1
  	3 – 0

• 1998-09-13

  	3 – 2
  	3 – 0

• 1998-09-14

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 0

Group E

• Held in Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
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  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
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   from September 19 to September 21, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	2	4.500
  2.		5	3	2	1				7	5	1.400
  3.		4	3	1	2				6	6	1.000
  4.		3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

• 1998-09-19

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 2

• 1998-09-20

  	3 – 1
  	3 – 0

• 1998-09-21

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 1

Group F

• Held in Vicenza
  Vicenza
  Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...
  
  , Italy
  Italy
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   from January 9 to January 11, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	0	MAX
  2.		5	3	2	1				6	4	1.500
  3.		4	3	1	2				4	6	0.666
  4.		3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

• 1998-01-09

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 0

• 1998-01-10

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 1

• 1998-01-11

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 0

Group G

• Held in Bremen
  Bremen
  The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
  
  , Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   from January 2 to January 4, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	2	4.500
  2.		5	3	2	1				7	3	2.333
  3.		4	3	1	2				4	7	0.571
  4.		3	3	0	3				1	9	0.111

• 1998-01-02

  	3 – 1		15- 5 2 -15 15- 9 15-10
  	3 – 1		9 -15 15- 2 15- 6 15- 7

• 1998-01-03

  	3 – 0		15- 5 15- 5 15-13
  	3 – 0		15-13 15-13 15- 6

• 1998-01-11

  	3 – 0		15- 7 15-12 15- 6
  	3 – 1		12-15 15- 6 15-11 15-10

Group H

• Held in Sofia
  Sofia
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  , Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
  
   from September 12 to September 14, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		6	3	3	0				9	0	MAX
  2.		5	3	2	1				6	4	1.500
  3.		4	3	1	2				4	6	0.666
  4.		3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

Play-Off

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		4	2	2	0				6	1	6.000
2.		2	2	0	2				1	6	0.166

• 1998-01-25

  	3 – 0		15- 3 15-13 15- 3

• 1998-02-01

  	1 – 3		6-15 15-12 7-15 7-15

Group I

• Held in Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
  
  , Dominican Republic
  Dominican Republic
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   from November 7 to November 9, 1997

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		4	2	2	0				6	1	6.000
  2.		3	2	1	1				4	4	1.000
  3.		2	2	0	2				1	6	0.166

• 1997-11-07

  	3 – 1

• 1997-11-08

  	3 – 0

• 1997-11-09

  	3 – 1

Group J

• Held in San Antonio, United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   from January 29 to February 1, 1998

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		8	4	4	0				12	0	MAX
  2.		6	4	2	2				6	6	1.000
  3.		4	3	1	2				3	6	0.500
  4.		3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

• 1998-01-29

  	3 – 0		15- 3 15- 2 15- 4
  	3 – 0

• 1998-01-30

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 0

• 1998-01-31

  	3 – 0
  	3 – 0

• 1998-02-01 — Final

  	3 – 0		15- 0 15- 4 15- 2

Play-Off

Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		4	2	2	0				6	1	6.000
2.		2	2	0	2				1	6	0.166

• 1998-03-12

  	3 – 0		15-12 15- 8 15- 8

• 1998-03-14

  	1 – 3		set scores unknown

Group K

• Held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Arequipa, Peru from October 23 to November 2, 1997

  Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
  1.		12	6	6	0	271	87	3.115	18	0	MAX
  2.		10	6	4	2				12	8	1.500
  3.		8	6	2	4	207	245	0.844	8	12	0.666
  4.		6	6	0	6				0	18	0.000

• 1997-10-23 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  	3 – 0		15- 7 15- 9 15- 3
  	3 – 0		15-10 15- 8 15-13

• 1997-10-24 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  	3 – 0		15- 1 15- 2 15- 2
  	3 – 0		15- 7 15- 8 16-14

• 1997-10-25 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  	3 – 0		15- 9 15- 5 15- 5
  	3 – 0		15- 6 15- 2 15- 8

• 1997-10-31 in Arequipa, Peru

  	3 – 0		15- 2 15- 6 15- 8
  	3 – 0		15- 7 15- 3 15- 7

• 1997-11-01 in Arequipa, Peru

  	3 – 0		15- 2 15- 4 16-14
  	3 – 0		15- 2 15- 6 15-10

• 1997-11-02 in Arequipa, Peru

  	3 – 0		15- 4 15- 5 15- 3
  	3 – 2		10-15 15-10 5 -15 15- 4 15-12