1998 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League was the ninth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 15 May to 19 July 1998. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Bulgaria Cuba South Korea Spain	Argentina Greece Italy Netherlands	Brazil Poland Russia Yugoslavia

Intercontinental round

	Qualified for the Playoff round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round
	Qualified as hosts for the Playoff round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Playoff round

Qualified for the Final round

Pool West

• Host: Alicante, Spain

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	Brazil	7–15	15–13	12–15	15–7	15–13	64–63
13 Jul	Spain	0–3	Russia	13–15	11–15	12–15			36–45
14 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–10	15–7	15–8			45–25
14 Jul	Spain	0–3	Brazil	10–15	7–15	7–15			24–45
15 Jul	Brazil	0–3	Russia	10–15	9–15	12–15			31–45
15 Jul	Spain	3–1	Netherlands	12–15	15–5	15–12	15–6		57–38

Pool East

• Host: Belgrade, Yugoslavia

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Bulgaria	6–15	17–15	15–7	15–7		53–44
14 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–2	15–9			45–14
15 Jul	Yugoslavia	2–3	Cuba	6–15	15–12	5–15	15–7	12–15	53–64

Final round

• Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Russia	0–3	Cuba	15–17	13–15	4–15			32–47
17 Jul	Italy	1–3	Netherlands	15–9	13–15	4–15	5–15		37–54
18 Jul	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–5	15–11			45–24
18 Jul	Italy	0–3	Cuba	7–15	11–15	7–15			25–45
19 Jul	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	14–16	14–16	15–8	3–15		46–55
19 Jul	Italy	2–3	Russia	7–15	15–5	13–15	15–9	13–15	63–59

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Russia
	Netherlands
4	Italy
5	Brazil
6	Yugoslavia
7	Bulgaria
8	Spain
9	Argentina
10	Poland
11	South Korea
12	Greece

1998 World League Champions
Cuba 1st title

Awards

• Best Scorer: Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Spiker: Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Blocker: Andrea Giani
• Best Server: Roman Yakovlyev

External links

• 1998 World League Results
• Sports123