The 1998

FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...

was the sixth women's

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tournament of its kind, played by eight countries from 21 August to 13 September 1998. The final round was staged in

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Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The best four teams from the overall ranking are qualified for the final round.

First round

Group A

*Venue:

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...

Group B

*Venue: Chongqing, China

Second round

Group C

*Venue: Kaohsiung,

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Group D

*Venue:

Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

Third round

Group E

*Venue: Chennai, India

Group F

*Venue:

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Final round

*Venue:

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Individual awards

*Most valuable player: ** *Best scorer: ** *Best spiker: ** *Best blocker: ** *Best server: ** *Best setter: ** *Best receiver: **

Dream Team

Setter: ** Middle Blockers: ** ** Outside hitters: ** ** Opposite hitter: **

References

Results

1998 in Hong Kong sport International volleyball competitions hosted by Hong Kong

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