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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

  • Venue: Tunis, Tunisia
  • Dates: November 14–16, 1997

Pool B

  • Venue: 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

  • Venue: Tehran, Iran
  • Dates: December 17–19, 1997

Pool E

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

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: April 26 – June 12, 1997

Sub Pool b

  • Venue: Lille, France
  • Dates: June 27–29, 1997

Sub Pool c

Sub Pool d

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Pool I

Pool J

  • Venue: Athens, Greece
  • Dates: December 20–22, 1997

Pool K

  • Venue: Home and Away
  • Dates: June 14 – December 28, 1997

Norceca

Pool L

  • Venue: Havana, Cuba
  • Dates: February 6–8, 1998

Pool M

Preliminary round

Final

Final standing

Playoff

South America

4 national teams entered qualification.

Pool N

References

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