The 1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification was a qualification event, played in 1997 and 1998, for the thirteenth edition of FIVB Women's World Championship, which was held in Japan from November 3 to November 12, 1998. The event was split into several groups divided by continent.
Qualified teams TeamConfederationQualified asQualified onAppearancein finals AVC AVC AVC CEV CEV AVC CEV CSV CSV NORCECA CEV CEV CEV NORCECA CAVB NORCECA
1.Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 2nd appearance as Russia. 2.Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 2nd appearance as Germany.
Confederation qualification processes The distribution by confederation for the 1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was:
Asia and Oceania (AVC): 3.5 places (+ Japan qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 4.5 places) Africa (CAVB): 1 place Europe (CEV): 5.5 places South America (CSV) 2 places North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA): 3 places
Africa 6 national teams entered qualification. (Malawi later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–2 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool aPool A1st Sub Pool a 2nd Sub Pool a
Sub Pool a Venue: Tunis, Tunisia Dates: April 10–12, 1997
Pool A Venue: Nairobi, Kenya Dates: February 27 – March 1, 1998
Asia and Oceania 9 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–7 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool bPool BPool C1st Sub Pool b
Sub Pool b Venue: Home and Away Dates: June 8–15, 1997
Pool B Venue: Chengdu, China Dates: June 27–29, 1997
Pool C Venue: Suwon, South Korea Dates: July 4–6, 1997
Playoff Venue: Home and Away Dates: September 12–18, 1997
Chinese Taipei advanced to the Asia-Europe playoff but later withdrew.
Europe 23 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–17 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool cSub Pool dSub Pool e Pool DPool EPool FPool GPool H1st Sub Pool e1st Sub Pool d1st Sub Pool c
Sub Pool c Venue: Home and Away Dates: May 23 – June 14, 1997
Sub Pool d Venue: Home and Away Dates: May 17 – June 7, 1997
Sub Pool e Venue: Home and Away Dates: May 3–25, 1997
Pool D Venue: Moscow, Russia Dates: September 12–14, 1997
Pool E Venue: Amsterdam, Netherlands Dates: September 19–21, 1997
Pool F Venue: Vicenza, Italy Dates: January 9–11, 1998
Pool G Venue: Bremen, Germany Dates: January 2–4, 1998
Pool H Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria Dates: September 12–14, 1997
Playoff Two runner-up teams having best rank in FIVB World Ranking advance to CEV playoff. Venue: Home and Away Dates: January 25 – February 1, 1998
Italy advanced to the Asia-Europe playoff but Chinese Taipei withdrew and Italy qualified directly to the World Championship.
North, Central America and Caribbean 7 national teams entered qualification. Pool IPool J
Pool I Venue: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dates: November 7–9, 1997
Pool J Venue: San Antonio, United States Dates: January 29 – February 1, 1998
Preliminary round
Final
Final standing RankTeam1234
Playoff Venue: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dates: March 12–14, 1998
South America 4 national teams entered qualification.
Pool K
Pool K Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina and Arequipa, Peru Dates: October 23 – November 2, 1997
References
Complete Results
External links Results