1998 FIVB Men's World Championship

The 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Fukuoka, Kobe, Sendai, Sapporo, Kawasaki, Uozu, Hiroshima, Osaka, Chiba, Hamamatsu and Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 29, 1998.

Qualification

:"1998 FIVB Men's World Championship Qualification"

Teams

;Group A
*vb|EGY
*vb|JPN
*vb|KOR
*vb|ESP ;Group B
*vb|CAN
*vb|ITA
*vb|THA
*vb|USA ;Group C
*vb|CHN
*vb|CZE
*vb|NED
*vb|UKR
;Group D
*vb|ARG
*vb|CUB
*vb|IRI
*vb|POL ;Group E
*vb|ALG
*vb|BRA
*vb|BUL
*vb|GRE ;Group F
*vb|AUS
*vb|RUS
*vb|TUR
*vb|YUG|FR

quads

:"1998 FIVB Men's World Championship squads"

Preliminary Round

Group A

*Sunday November 15
*Saturday November 14
*Friday November 13

Group D

*Sunday November 15
*Saturday November 14
*Friday November 13

Main Round

Group G

Group H

Final Round

Round4-with third
RD1=Semi finals
RD2=Final
Consol=3rd place
1998-11-28 – Tokyo|flagicon|CUB Cuba|1
vb|YUG|FR|3
1998-11-28 – Tokyo|flagicon|BRA Brazil|2|flagicon|ITA Italy|3
1998-11-29 – Tokyo|flagicon|ITA Italy|3|vb|YUG|FR|0
1998-11-29 – Tokyo|flagicon|BRA Brazil|1|flagicon|CUB Cuba|3
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Round4-with third
RD1=5-8th place
RD2=5th place
Consol=7th place
1998-11-28 – Tokyo|vb|RUS|3|vb|BUL|0
1998-11-28 – Tokyo|vb|NED|3|vb|ESP|2
1998-11-29 – Tokyo |vb|RUS|3|vb|NED|0
1998-11-29 – Tokyo|vb|BUL|3|vb|ESP|1
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Round4-with third
RD1=9-12th place
RD2=9th place
Consol=11th place
1998-11-28 – Tokyo|vb|USA|3|vb|ARG|2
1998-11-28 – Tokyo|vb|UKR|3|vb|CAN|0
1998-11-29 – Tokyo |vb|USA|3|vb|UKR|0
1998-11-29 – Tokyo|vb|ARG|3|vb|CAN|0

Final Standings

# vb|ITA
# vb|YUG|FR
# vb|CUB
# vb|BRA
# vb|RUS
# vb|NED
# vb|BUL
# vb|ESP
# vb|USA
# vb|UKR
# vb|ARG
# vb|CAN
# vb|KOR
# vb|GRE
# vb|CHN
# vb|JPN
# vb|POL
# vb|AUS
# vb|TUR
# vb|EGY
# vb|CZE
# vb|ALG
# vb|IRI
# vb|THA

Team Roster

Marco Bracci, Mirko Corsano, Alessandro Fei, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Ferdinando De Giorgi, Pasquale Gravina, Marco Meoni, Samuele Papi, Michele Pasinato, Simone Rosalba, and Andrea Sartoretti.
Head Coach: Bebeto de Freitas.

Individual Awards

*Most Valuable Player:
**flagathlete|Rafael Pascual|ESP
*Best Scorer:
**flagathlete|Rafael Pascual|ESP
*Best Spiker:
**flagathlete|Marcos Milinkovic|ARG
*Best Blocker:
**flagathlete|Gustavo Endres|BRA
*Best Server:
**flagathlete|Goran Vujević|YUG|FR
*Best Digger:
**flagathlete|Erik Sullivan|USA
*Best Setter:
**flagathlete|Raúl Diago|CUB
*Best Receiver:
**flagathlete|Rodolfo Sánchez|CUB
*Best Coach:
**flagathlete|Bebeto de Freitas|ITA
*Most Creative Coach:
**flagathlete|Vincenzo di Pinto|ESP

References

* [http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus4/wc_m98.htm Results]
* [http://www.fivb.org/ Federation Internationale de Volleyball]