1998 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship

1998 Asian Junior Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	22–29 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (4th title)

The 1998 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Trang, Thailand from 22 – September to 29 September 1998

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1996 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship.

Pool A	Pool B
Thailand (Host) South Korea Chinese Taipei Malaysia Sri Lanka	China Japan Australia Vietnam Singapore Indonesia *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	Thailand	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	0	0	—
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	6	6	6	1.000	0	0	—
4	Malaysia	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	0	0	—
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	15–7	15–1	12–15	15–8		24–31
22 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Malaysia
23 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–?	Malaysia
23 Sep	Thailand	3–0	Sri Lanka
24 Sep	Malaysia	3–?	Sri Lanka
24 Sep	South Korea	3–?	Chinese Taipei
25 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Sri Lanka
25 Sep	Thailand	3–?	Malaysia
26 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–?	Sri Lanka
26 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	15–5	15–0	15–3			45–5

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	8	12	0	MAX	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	Japan	4	3	1	7	9	4	2.250	0	0	—
3	Australia	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	0	0	—
4	Vietnam	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	0	0	—
5	Singapore	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Australia	3–?	Singapore
22 Sep	China	3–0	Vietnam	15–1	15–1	15–3			45–5
23 Sep	Australia	3–?	Vietnam
23 Sep	China	3–0	Japan	15–9	15–4	15–3			45–16
24 Sep	Malaysia	3–0	Singapore	15–3	15–0	15–0			45–3
24 Sep	China	3–?	Australia
25 Sep	Vietnam	3–?	Singapore
25 Sep	Japan	3–1	Australia	12–15	15–3	15–3	15–2		57–23
26 Sep	China	3–0	Singapore	15–1	15–1	15–1			45–3
26 Sep	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	15–5	15–0	15–3			45–5

Final round

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	28 Sep – Trang
	Chinese Taipei	3
					29 Sep – Trang
	Vietnam	?
					Chinese Taipei	3
	28 Sep – Trang
					Australia	?
	Australia	3
	Malaysia	?
					7th place
					29 Sep – Trang
					Vietnam	3
					Vietnam	?

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	28 Sep – Trang
	South Korea	3
					29 Sep – Trang
	Japan	0
					China	3
	28 Sep – Trang
					South Korea	0
	China	3
	Thailand	?
					3rd place
					29 Sep – Trang
					Japan	3
					Thailand	1

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–?	Vietnam
28 Sep	Australia	3–?	Malaysia

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Japan	15–7	16–14	15–6			46–27
28 Sep	China	3–?	Thailand

9th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Singapore	3–?	Sri Lanka

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Vietnam	3–?	Malaysia

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–?	Australia

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Japan	3–1	Thailand	12–15	15–11	15–7	15–7		57–40

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	China	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–5	15–5			45–14

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	South Korea
	Japan
4	Thailand
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Australia
7	Vietnam
8	Malaysia
9	Singapore
10	Sri Lanka

Qualified for the 1999 World Junior Championship

1998 Asian Junior Women's champions
China Fourth title

References

• Results (Archived 2014-10-18)