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1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship qualification

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

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Appearance
in 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 a	Pool A

Sub Pool a

Venue: TUN Tunis, Tunisia
Dates: April 10–12, 1997

Pool A

Venue: KEN 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 b	Pool B	Pool C

Sub Pool b

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

Pool B

Venue: CHN Chengdu, China
Dates: June 27–29, 1997

Pool C

Venue: KOR 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 c	Sub Pool d	Sub Pool e	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F	Pool G	Pool H

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: RUS Moscow, Russia
Dates: September 12–14, 1997

Pool E

Venue: NED Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: September 19–21, 1997

Pool F

Venue: ITA Vicenza, Italy
Dates: January 9–11, 1998

Pool G

Venue: GER Bremen, Germany
Dates: January 2–4, 1998

Pool H

Venue: BUL 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 I	Pool J

Pool I

Venue: DOM Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dates: November 7–9, 1997

Pool J

Venue: USA San Antonio, United States
Dates: January 29 – February 1, 1998

Preliminary round

Final

Final standing

Rank	Team
1
2
3
4

Playoff

Venue: DOM Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dates: March 12–14, 1998

South America

4 national teams entered qualification.

Pool K

Pool K

Venue: ARG Buenos Aires, Argentina and PER Arequipa, Peru
Dates: October 23 – November 2, 1997

References

Complete Results

References

(2 February 1998). "1998 World Championships". volleyball.org.

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