1998_FIVB_Women's_World_Championship_Qualification

1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification

1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification

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The 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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

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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:[1]

  • 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.

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Sub Pool a

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Pool A

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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.

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Sub Pool b

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: June 8–15, 1997
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Pool B

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Pool C

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Playoff

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: September 12–18, 1997
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  • 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.

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Sub Pool c

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: May 23 – June 14, 1997
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Sub Pool d

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: May 17 – June 7, 1997
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Sub Pool e

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: May 3–25, 1997
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Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Pool G

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Pool H

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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
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  • 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.

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Pool I

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Pool J

Preliminary round

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Final

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Final standing

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South America

4 national teams entered qualification.

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Pool K

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References

  1. "1998 World Championships". volleyball.org. 2 February 1998. Archived from the original on December 3, 1998. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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