FIVB World League 1998

The FIVB World League 1998 was the ninth edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from May 15 to July 19, 1998. The final round (Final Four) was staged in Milan, Italy.

Contents 1 Competing Nations 2 Intercontinental Round 2.1 Pool A 2.2 Pool B 2.3 Pool C 3 Semi Finals 3.1 Pool East 3.2 Pool West 4 Final Four 4.1 Final Standings 5 Final Round 6 Final Ranking 7 Awards 8 References

Competing Nations

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

Intercontinental Round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Bulgaria	12	10	2	30	15	22
Cuba	12	8	4	29	15	20
Spain	12	4	8	18	29	16
South Korea	12	2	10	12	30	14

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Netherlands	12	10	2	30	11	22
Italy	12	7	5	24	17	19
Argentina	12	5	7	22	25	17
Greece	12	2	10	10	33	14

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	9	3	29	11	18
Russia	12	9	3	30	17	18
Yugoslavia	12	3	9	18	28	6
Poland	12	3	9	12	33	6

Semi Finals

• Played in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (East) and Alicante, Spain (West)

Pool East

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Cuba	2	2	0	6	2	4
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	5	4	2
Bulgaria	2	0	2	1	6	0

Pool West

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	6	3	4
Netherlands	3	2	1	6	4	4
Brazil	3	1	2	5	6	2
Spain	3	1	2	3	7	2

Final Four

Final Standings

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	9	1	6
Russia	3	2	1	6	5	5
Netherlands	3	1	2	4	7	4
Italy	3	0	3	3	9	3

Final Round

July 17, 1998

Cuba	3–0	Russia	17-15, 15-13, 15-4
Netherlands	3–1	Italy	9-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-5

July 18, 1998

Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15-8, 15-5, 15-11
Cuba	3–0	Italy	15-7, 15-11, 15-7

July 19, 1998

Cuba	3–1	Netherlands	16-14, 16-14, 8-15, 15-3
Russia	3–2	Italy	15-7, 5-15, 15-13, 9-15, 15-13

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FIVB World League 1998 Winners
Cuba First title

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Final Ranking

1.  Cuba
2.  Russia
3.  Netherlands
4.  Italy
5.  Brazil
6.  Yugoslavia
7.  Bulgaria
8.  Spain
9.  Argentina
10.  Poland
11.  South Korea
12.  Greece

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  ??

• Best Scorer
  • Oswaldo Hernández

• Best Spiker
  • Oswaldo Hernández

• Best Server
  • Roman Yakovlyev

• Best Blocker
  • Andrea Giani

References

• 1998 World League Results
• Sports123
• Volleyball Almanac

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