This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 1998 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship in Japan. [1]
Italy | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Gardini | |||||
| 2 | Marco Meoni | |||||
| 3 | Pasquale Gravina | |||||
| 4 | Ferdinando De Giorgi | |||||
| 5 | Alessandro Fei | |||||
| 6 | Samuele Papi | |||||
| 7 | Andrea Sartoretti | |||||
| 8 | Marco Bracci | |||||
| 10 | Simone Rosalba | |||||
| 12 | Mirko Corsano | |||||
| 13 | Andrea Giani | |||||
| 15 | Michele Pasinato |
Russia | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanislav Dineikine | |||||
| 2 | Vadim Khamoutskikh | |||||
| 4 | Rouslan Olikhver | |||||
| 6 | Igor Choulepov | |||||
| 7 | Alexei Kazakov | |||||
| 8 | Dmitri Fomine | |||||
| 9 | Serguei Tetiukhine | |||||
| 10 | Roman Iakovlev | |||||
| 11 | Konstantin Ushakov | |||||
| 14 | Dimitri Jeltoukha | |||||
| 17 | Alexandre Berezine | |||||
| 18 | Andrei Voronkov |
United States | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lloy Ball | |||||
| 2 | Greg Romano | |||||
| 3 | Mike Lambert | |||||
| 4 | Phillip Eatherton | |||||
| 5 | Erik Sullivan | |||||
| 6 | Tom Sorensenen | |||||
| 10 | Chip McCaw | |||||
| 11 | Chris Harger | |||||
| 12 | Tom Hoff | |||||
| 13 | Jeff Nygaard | |||||
| 14 | Kevin Barnett | |||||
| 16 | Dan Landry |
South Korea | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shin Jin-Sik | |||||
| 2 | Choi Tae-Woong | |||||
| 3 | Kim Se-Jin | |||||
| 4 | Lee Ho | |||||
| 6 | Bang Ji-Sub | |||||
| 7 | Kim Sang-Woo | |||||
| 11 | Lee Kyung-Soo | |||||
| 12 | Park Hee-Sang | |||||
| 14 | Park Sun-Chool | |||||
| 15 | Kim Sung-Chae | |||||
| 17 | Han Hee-Suk | |||||
| 18 | Chang Byung-Chul |
Poland | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krzysztof Ignaczak | |||||
| 2 | Andrzej Stelmach | |||||
| 3 | Damian Dacewicz | |||||
| 4 | Marcin Nowak | |||||
| 5 | Piotr Gruszka | |||||
| 7 | Michal Chadala | |||||
| 8 | Dawid Murek | |||||
| 10 | Pawel Papke | |||||
| 11 | Marcin Prus | |||||
| 13 | Sebastian Swiderski | |||||
| 14 | Pawel Zagumny | |||||
| 16 | Adam Nowik |
Algeria | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adel Chabi | |||||
| 2 | Fethi Berrairia | |||||
| 3 | Lies Tizi Oualou | |||||
| 6 | Hamida Faycal Bencharif | |||||
| 7 | Nassim Hedroug | |||||
| 9 | Samir Ferad | |||||
| 10 | Billel Medah | |||||
| 12 | Mohamed Adel Sennoun | |||||
| 13 | Faycal Gharzouli | |||||
| 14 | Hichem Guemmadi | |||||
| 15 | Farid Oukali | |||||
| 18 | Oualid Guemmadi |
Yugoslavia | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djordje Djuric | |||||
| 3 | Vladimir Batez | |||||
| 4 | Zeljko Tanaskovic | |||||
| 6 | Slobodan Boskan | |||||
| 7 | Dula Mester | |||||
| 9 | Nikola Grbic | |||||
| 10 | Vladimir Grbic | |||||
| 12 | Andrija Geric | |||||
| 13 | Goran Vujevic | |||||
| 14 | Ivan Miljkovic | |||||
| 15 | Veljko Petkovic | |||||
| 18 | Igor Vusurovic |
Netherlands | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misha Latuhinin | |||||
| 2 | Frank Denkers | |||||
| 3 | Sander Olsthoorn | |||||
| 4 | Reinder Nummerdor | |||||
| 5 | Guido Gortzen | |||||
| 6 | Richard Schuil | |||||
| 7 | Mike van de Goor | |||||
| 9 | Bas van de Goor | |||||
| 10 | Mark Broere | |||||
| 14 | Marko Klok | |||||
| 15 | Albert Cristina | |||||
| 16 | Justin Sombroek |
Ukraine | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Igor Popov | |||||
| 4 | Volodymyr Hudima | |||||
| 5 | Sergiy Peresunchak | |||||
| 6 | Andriy Sydorenko | |||||
| 7 | Yuriy Filippov | |||||
| 8 | Igor Zaytsev | |||||
| 9 | Oleksiy Gatin | |||||
| 10 | Oleg Mushenko | |||||
| 11 | Serhiy Shchvinskyy | |||||
| 12 | Oleksandr Shadchin | |||||
| 13 | Viktor Loshakov | |||||
| 14 | Volodymyr Zhula |
Greece | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantinos Christofidelis | |||||
| 2 | Marios Giourdas | |||||
| 3 | Theodoros Chatziantoniou | |||||
| 5 | Ilias Grammatikopoulos | |||||
| 6 | Vasileios Kournetas | |||||
| 9 | Konstantinos Angelidis | |||||
| 10 | Antonios Tsakiropoulos | |||||
| 13 | Michail Christoforidis | |||||
| 14 | Athanasios Michalopoulos | |||||
| 15 | Theodoros Bozidis | |||||
| 16 | Antonios Kovatsef | |||||
| 17 | Vasileios Mitroudis |
Australia | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Howard | |||||
| 3 | Nicholas Mortimer | |||||
| 4 | Benjamin Hardy | |||||
| 6 | Nathan Jakavicius | |||||
| 7 | David Waite | |||||
| 8 | Russel Wentworth | |||||
| 9 | Daniel Ronan | |||||
| 10 | Spiros Marazios | |||||
| 11 | Scott Newcomb | |||||
| 12 | David Beard | |||||
| 15 | Hidde van Beest | |||||
| 16 | Gaberiel Mauerhofer |
Czech Republic | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Hroch | |||||
| 2 | Pavel Ceznícek | |||||
| 4 | Milan Hadrava | |||||
| 5 | Ludek Cernoušek | |||||
| 6 | Petr Karabec | |||||
| 7 | Milan Bican | |||||
| 9 | Stanislav Pochop | |||||
| 10 | Jirí Novák | |||||
| 11 | Petr Konecný | |||||
| 12 | Petr Galis | |||||
| 13 | Petr Pešl | |||||
| 16 | Přemysl Kubala |
Cuba | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Rodolfo Sanchez Sanchez | |||||
| 5 | Alexis Argilagos Segura | |||||
| 7 | Angel Dennis Diaz | |||||
| 8 | Pavel Pimenta Allen | |||||
| 9 | Raul Diago Izquierdo | |||||
| 10 | Tomas Aldazabal Manzano | |||||
| 11 | Osbaldo Hernandez Chambell | |||||
| 12 | Ramon Gato Moya | |||||
| 13 | Alain Roca Borrero | |||||
| 14 | Ihosvany Hernandez Rivera | |||||
| 16 | Yosenki Garcia Diaz | |||||
| 18 | Gilman Cao Herrera |
Bulgaria | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeni Ivanov | |||||
| 2 | Lyudmil Naydenov | |||||
| 4 | Martin Stoev | |||||
| 6 | Ivaylo Stefanov | |||||
| 7 | Nikolay Jeliazkov | |||||
| 8 | Hristo Tsvetanov | |||||
| 9 | Vesselin Dimchev | |||||
| 10 | Petar Uzunov | |||||
| 12 | Nikolay Ivanov | |||||
| 13 | Ivaylo Gavrilov | |||||
| 15 | Krassimir Stefanov | |||||
| 17 | Plamen Konstantinov |
Argentina | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcos Milinkovic | |||||
| 2 | Jorge Elgueta | |||||
| 4 | Alejandro Spajic | |||||
| 5 | Guillermo Quaini | |||||
| 6 | Javier Weber | |||||
| 7 | Fernando Borrero | |||||
| 9 | Oscar Vizzari | |||||
| 12 | Juan Carlos Cuminetti | |||||
| 14 | Sebastián Firpo | |||||
| 15 | Pablo Pereira | |||||
| 17 | Marcelo Román | |||||
| 18 | Juan Pablo Porello |
China | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Liang Zheng | |||||
| 5 | Qi Chen | |||||
| 6 | Weizhong Lu | |||||
| 7 | Liming Zhang | |||||
| 8 | Jianan Zhou | |||||
| 9 | Fang Chen | |||||
| 11 | Hebing Wang | |||||
| 12 | Xiang Zhang | |||||
| 13 | Yong Zhao | |||||
| 14 | An Jiajie | |||||
| 16 | Gang Zhu | |||||
| 18 | Tieming Li |
Egypt | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamdi Awad | |||||
| 2 | Ashraf Abou Elhassan | |||||
| 3 | Ahmed Alhefnawy | |||||
| 4 | Nehad Shehata | |||||
| 6 | Mohamed Abdelrahman | |||||
| 7 | Maged Mostafa | |||||
| 11 | Mohamed Ibrahim | |||||
| 12 | Ibrahim Rashwan | |||||
| 15 | Mahmoud Elkify | |||||
| 16 | Ibrahim Youssef | |||||
| 17 | Ayman Alnekery | |||||
| 18 | Mahmoud Gomaa |
Iran | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Hossein Nejati | |||||
| 2 | Ali Naghdi | |||||
| 3 | Saeid Rezaei | |||||
| 5 | Peyman Akbari | |||||
| 6 | Mohammad Omdeh-Ghiasi | |||||
| 7 | Amir Hossein Monazzami | |||||
| 10 | Behnam Mahmoudi | |||||
| 13 | Hossein Maadani | |||||
| 15 | Ahmad Masajedi | |||||
| 16 | Firouz Tabeshnejad | |||||
| 17 | Mohammad Torkashvand |
Brazil | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ricardo Micieli | |||||
| 3 | Andre Heller | |||||
| 4 | Kid | |||||
| 6 | Mauricio | |||||
| 7 | Giba | |||||
| 8 | Douglas | |||||
| 9 | Joel dos Santos | |||||
| 10 | Max | |||||
| 12 | Nalbert (C) | |||||
| 13 | Gustavo | |||||
| 14 | Alex Lenz | |||||
| 17 | Ricardo |
Spain | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafael Pascual | |||||
| 3 | Venancio Costa | |||||
| 6 | Juan Carlos Vega | |||||
| 7 | Miguel Angel Falasca | |||||
| 8 | Juan Carlos Robles | |||||
| 9 | Juan Colom | |||||
| 10 | Cosme Prenafeta | |||||
| 11 | Carlos Carreno | |||||
| 13 | Jesus Garrido | |||||
| 14 | Jose Luis Molto | |||||
| 15 | Ernesto Rodriguez | |||||
| 17 | Enrique de la Fuente |
Canada | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Andrew Zurawsky | |||||
| 3 | Keith Sanheim | |||||
| 4 | Kent Greves | |||||
| 7 | Paul Duerden | |||||
| 8 | Scott Koskie | |||||
| 9 | Junior Donald | |||||
| 11 | Jeff Chung | |||||
| 12 | Ross Ballard | |||||
| 14 | Murray Grapentine | |||||
| 15 | Jason Haldane | |||||
| 16 | Terry Martin | |||||
| 17 | David Kantor |
Japan | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashi Narita | |||||
| 2 | Yoichi Kato | |||||
| 3 | Yuichi Nakagaichi | |||||
| 5 | Masayoshi Manabe | |||||
| 6 | Koichi Nishimura | |||||
| 7 | Kentaro Asahi | |||||
| 8 | Masaji Ogino | |||||
| 9 | Nobutaka Hirano | |||||
| 10 | Katsuyuki Minami | |||||
| 13 | Minoru Takeuchi | |||||
| 14 | Hideyuki Otake | |||||
| 16 | Norihiko Miyazaki |
Turkey | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cengizhan Kartaltepe | |||||
| 2 | Kenan Bengu | |||||
| 3 | Mehmet Yilmaz | |||||
| 4 | Mehmet Sahin | |||||
| 6 | Baris Ozdemir | |||||
| 7 | Gursel Yesiltas | |||||
| 8 | Hakan Akisik | |||||
| 9 | Ufuk Fuat Bileke | |||||
| 10 | Gokhan Oner | |||||
| 11 | Aykut Lale | |||||
| 14 | Osman Babagiray | |||||
| 15 | Hakan Fertelli |
Thailand | # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrach Tontongkum | |||||
| 2 | Yutthapol Jarhenrut | |||||
| 3 | Terdsak Sungworakan | |||||
| 4 | Anusorn Charunsiriwongtana | |||||
| 5 | Panya Makhumleg | |||||
| 6 | Attsphon Khemdaeng | |||||
| 9 | Aphisak Rakchartyingcheep | |||||
| 10 | Yuttana Kiewpekar | |||||
| 11 | Yuttachai Ratanawongpak | |||||
| 12 | Waroot Wisadsing | |||||
| 16 | Khomkroch Phayooncharn | |||||
| 17 | Supachai Jitjumroon |
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