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1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification
The 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification was a qualification event, played in 1997 and 1998, for the thirteenth edition of Men's World Championship, which was held in Japan. The event was split into several groups divided by continent.
Confederation qualification processes
The distribution by confederation for the 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was:
- Asia and Oceania (AVC): 5 places (+ Japan qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 6 places)
- Africa (CAVB): 2 places
- Europe (CEV): 11 places
- South America (CSV) 2 places
- North America (NORCECA): 3 places
Africa
8 national teams originally entered qualification but Malawi, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire withdrew, Cameroon was later added to Pool B.
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|
Pool A
- Venue: TUN Tunis, Tunisia
- Dates: November 14–16, 1997
Pool B
- Venue: NGR Kano, Nigeria
- Dates: September 26–28, 1997
Asia-Pacific
12 national teams entered qualification but Bahrain and Philippines withdrew. Top two teams from Pool C and D and Pool E winner qualified to the World Championship.
| Pool C | Pool D | Pool E |
|---|
Pool C
- Venue: KSA Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Dates: October 3–5, 1997
Pool D
- Venue: IRI Tehran, Iran
- Dates: December 17–19, 1997
Pool E
- Venue: UZB Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Dates: December 12–14, 1997
Europe
28 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–15 automatically qualified for the second round.
| Sub Pool a | Sub Pool b | Sub Pool c | Sub Pool d | Pool F | Pool G | Pool H | Pool I | Pool J | Pool K |
|---|
Sub Pool a
- Venue: Home and Away
- Dates: April 26 – June 12, 1997
Sub Pool b
- Venue: FRA Lille, France
- Dates: June 27–29, 1997
Sub Pool c
- Venue: TUR Istanbul, Turkey
- Dates: April 30 – May 2, 1997
Sub Pool d
- Venue: HUN Debrecen, Hungary
- Dates: June 6–8, 1997
Pool F
- Venue: ITA Montecatini Terme, Italy
- Dates: August 8–10, 1997
Pool G
- Venue: NED Groningen, Netherlands
- Dates: August 22–24, 1997
Pool H
- Venue: POL Olsztyn, Poland
- Dates: August 15–17, 1997
Pool I
- Venue: BUL Sofia, Bulgaria
- Dates: August 22–24, 1997
Pool J
- Venue: GRE Athens, Greece
- Dates: December 20–22, 1997
Pool K
- Venue: Home and Away
- Dates: June 14 – December 28, 1997
Norceca
| Pool L | Pool M |
|---|
Pool L
- Venue: CUB Havana, Cuba
- Dates: February 6–8, 1998
Pool M
- Venue: USA San Antonio, United States
- Dates: January 29 – February 1, 1998
Preliminary round
Final
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 |
Playoff
- Venue: MEX Mexico City, Mexico
- Dates: February 28 – March 1, 1998
South America
4 national teams entered qualification.
| Pool N |
|---|
Pool N
- Venue: ARG Santa Fe, Argentina and BRA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Dates: September 5–21, 1997
References
References
- (2 February 1998). "1998 World Championships". volleyball.org.
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