1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship squads

Last updated September 12, 2024

This article shows all participating team squads at the 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship , held from November 3 to November 12, 1998 in Japan.

Bulgaria

Head coach: Stefan Panchev

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
3	Antonina Zetova	09.07.1973	189	75	298	288
4	Vanya Sokolova	22.06.1971	189	76	298	290
6	Dessislava Velitchkova	22.12.1972	183		300	297
7	Neli Marinova	27.05.1971	173	62	284	280
8	Slavka Ouzounova	30.07.1971	184		302	290
9	Teodora Betcheva	19.03.1971	180		292	290
10	Dessislava Nikodimova	23.06.1966	186		294	291
11	Emilia Pashova	23.09.1966	187		302	295
13	Aneta Germanova	01.03.1975	186	72	284	292
14	Iliyana Gocheva	11.02.1976	188	68	290	281
17	Anna Ivanova	06.02.1978	187		296	291
18	Iliyana Petkova	11.10.1977	190	72	300	294

Brazil

Head coach: Bernardo Rezende

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
2	Ana Moser	14.08.1968	185		310	289
3	Janina Conceição	25.10.1972	192	82	312	288
4	Raquel Silva	30.04.1978	191	69	300	282
5	Ana Flavia Connelly	13.02.1972	183		309	284
8	Leila Barros	30.09.1971	179	71	300	291
10	Virna Dias	31.08.1971	184	70	306	294
11	Karin Negrão	08.11.1971	187	77	309	285
13	Ana Flavia Sanglard	20.06.1970	187		299	290
14	Fernanda Venturini	24.10.1970	180		292	280
15	Hélia Souza	10.03.1970	173	63	283	265
16	Erika Coimbra	23.03.1980	180	64	301	280
17	Sandra Suruagy	17.04.1963	178		297	288

China

Head coach: Lang Ping

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Lai Yawen	09.09.1970	187		319	305
2	Li Yan	01.05.1976	178	75	312	306
3	Cui Yongmei	25.01.1969	181		306	285
4	Zhu Yunying	15.01.1978	175	64	300	280
5	Wu Yongmei	01.01.1975	186	74	317	295
7	He Qi	24.08.1973	178	68	305	295
8	Yin Yin	02.01.1974	183	73	322	310
9	Li Yizhi	11.01.1977	179		312	306
10	Wang Ziling	14.01.1972	181		305	290
11	Sun Yue	15.03.1973	186	76	314	290
12	Qiu Aihua	28.01.1977	182	75	308	302
15	Wang Lina	05.02.1978	181	75	318	295

Croatia

Head coach: Ivica Jelić

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
3	Tatyana Sidorenko	04.07.1966	186	305	295
4	Marijana Ribičić	21.02.1979	186	290	280
5	Snježana Mijić	25.12.1971	181	295	280
6	Marija Anzulović	31.10.1968	178	295	270
7	Slavica Kuzmanić	27.03.1972	190	310	290
8	Barbara Jelić	08.05.1977	193	320	300
9	Vanesa Sršen	23.12.1971	184	295	285
10	Maria Likhtenchtein	07.02.1976	180	285	278
11	Elena Cebukina	11.10.1965	188	305	290
12	Irina Kirillova	15.05.1965	177	300	285
13	Ivana Troma	05.01.1980	176	282	273
14	Nataša Leto	27.05.1976	183	295	287

Cuba

Head coach: Antonio Perdomo

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Yumilka Ruiz	08.05.1978	179	65	329	311
2	Marlenis Costa	30.07.1973	176	76	334	312
3	Mireya Luis	28.08.1967	175		335	316
4	Lilian Izquierdo	10.02.1967	174		319	308
8	Regla Bell	06.07.1971	180		326	315
9	Indira Mestre	21.04.1979	181		332	329
10	Regla Torres	12.02.1975	191		342	332
11	Liana Mesa	26.12.1977	179		338	311
12	Taismary Agüero	05.03.1977	176		318	304
14	Ana Fernández	03.08.1973	185		326	312
16	Mirka Francia	14.02.1975	182		324	310
17	Martha Sánchez	17.05.1973	182		324	310

Dominican Republic

Head coach: Jorge Pérez Vento

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Annerys Vargas	07.08.1981	191	70	303	298
3	Yudelkys Bautista	05.12.1974	192	68	312	307
4	Flor Colón	26.09.1969	188		306	300
6	Berenice Restituyo	11.05.1977	184		299	291
7	Sofía Mercedes	25.05.1976	185	70	306	298
8	Yndys Novas	07.11.1977	185	69	302	295
9	Nuris Arias	20.05.1978	191	71	310	302
10	Milagros Cabral	17.10.1978	185	63	308	305
11	Juana Miguelina González	03.01.1979	185	70	295	290
12	Francia Jackson	08.11.1975	168	71	280	275
15	Cosiri Rodríguez	30.08.1977	191	72	313	305
18	Gisselinet Raposo	06.05.1978	193		315	307

Germany

Head coach: Siegfried Köhler

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Hanka Pachale	12.09.1976	190	74	316	299
2	Béatrice Dömeland	04.08.1973	178	63	300	287
3	Tanja Hart	24.01.1974	176	70	290	275
4	Kerstin Tzscherlich	15.02.1978	179	75	295	282
5	Sylvia Roll	29.05.1973	180	72	308	286
6	Nancy Celis	09.11.1966	188		315	291
7	Johanna Reinink	22.06.1974	190		303	290
9	Christina Benecke	14.10.1974	190	80	314	291
12	Judith Flemig	22.05.1979	188	63	304	283
13	Susanne Lahme	10.09.1968	182	62	308	292
15	Angelina Grün	02.12.1979	185	67	309	287
18	Claudia Wilke	28.05.1971	184		309	286

Italy

Head coach: Angelo Frigoni

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Simona Gioli	17.09.1977	185	307	283
2	Simona Rinieri	01.09.1977	188	307	281
3	Elisa Togut	14.05.1978	192	320	295
4	Manuela Leggeri	09.05.1976	183	312	281
7	Maurizia Cacciatori	06.04.1973	178	298	274
8	Sabrina Bertini	30.10.1969	182	304	277
9	Elisa Galastri	21.08.1978	183	307	292
11	Darina Mifkova	24.05.1974	185	308	279
12	Francesca Piccinini	10.01.1979	180	304	279
14	Eleonora Lobianco	22.12.1979	172	287	273
16	Anna Vania Mello	27.02.1979	183	310	278
18	Antonella Bragaglia	04.02.1973	184	309	282

Japan

Head coach: Nobuchika Kuzuwa

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Asako Tajimi	26.06.1972	179		308	290
3	Hiroko Tsukumo	11.09.1970	175	60	293	279
4	Chie Kanda	12.04.1971	183		312	292
5	Naomi Eto	12.07.1972	186		315	300
6	Minako Onuki	15.10.1972	173		300	289
8	Chikako Kumamae	11.04.1974	180		304	295
9	Junko Moriyama	26.02.1975	180		297	292
11	Hitomi Mitsunaga	03.06.1976	180		315	293
12	Ikumi Ogake	01.01.1976	173		297	276
13	Miki Sasaki	15.12.1976	182		315	293
15	Hiromi Suzuki	14.11.1978	184		300	281
18	Eriko Isobe	23.08.1977	168		280	271

Kenya

Head coach: Gibert Ohanya

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
2	Margaret Indakala	24.08.1962	178	290	278
5	Catherine Mabwi	01.08.1966	173	289	272
6	Edna Chepngeno	15.07.1977	178	287	275
7	Doris Wefwafwa	24.12.1966	170	292	294
8	Helen Elele	09.09.1973	179	290	275
9	Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba	31.03.1971	174	288	272
10	Roselidah Obunaga	23.12.1973	180	287	277
11	Jacqueline Makokha	15.11.1974	175	288	274
12	Esther Cheboo	06.06.1968	182	295	290
15	Mary Kochwa	23.10.1966	169	275	260
16	Nancy Waswa	28.12.1971	170	289	270
18	Judith Serenge	21.01.1971	150	270	250

Netherlands

Head coach: Pierre Mathieu

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
2	Jettie Fokkens	26.09.1975	178	300	292
3	Francien Huurman	18.04.1975	192	316	302
5	Cintha Boersma	01.05.1969	182	308	294
6	Suzanne Luttikhuis	25.07.1977	191	310	298
7	Irena Machovcak	13.11.1968	186	310	294
8	Claudia van Thiel	22.12.1977	184	309	291
9	Irma de Haas	29.12.1975	170	285	276
11	Kitty Sanders	04.04.1980	186	305	293
12	Elles Leferink	14.11.1976	176	299	284
13	Chaïne Staelens	07.11.1980	191	285	278
14	Riëtte Fledderus	18.10.1977	168	284	276
15	Ingrid Visser	04.06.1977	190	306	294

Peru

Head coach: Luis Oviedo Bonilla

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
2	Iris Falcón	01.11.1973	173	78	300	293
5	Leyla Chihuán	04.09.1975	180		310	303
7	Milagros Cámere	22.09.1972	178		302	298
9	Luren Baylón Francis	14.08.1977	181		300	295
10	Fiorella Aíta	13.07.1977	171		301	293
11	Yulissa Zamudio	24.03.1976	183		310	303
13	Elizabeth Castillo	21.07.1975	173		300	292
14	Roxana Huamán	10.10.1973	175		295	285
15	Yvon Cancino	03.03.1979	170		292	290
16	Jessica Tejada	28.02.1971	171		298	292
17	Patricia Soto	10.02.1980	179		300	295
18	Sahara Castillo	16.07.1981	176		295	285

Russia

Head coach: Nikolay Karpol

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
1	Irina Tebenikhina	15.12.1978	190		306	300
2	Natalya Morozova	28.01.1973	188		309	305
3	Anastasia Belikova	22.07.1979	190		305	300
4	Elena Plotnikova	26.07.1978	186		306	298
5	Lioubov Sokolova	04.12.1977	192	73	310	304
6	Elena Godina	17.09.1977	197		317	310
7	Natalya Safronova	06.02.1979	188		306	300
8	Evgenya Artamonova	17.07.1975	191	74	312	302
9	Elizaveta Tichtchenko	07.02.1975	190		309	302
10	Yelena Vasilevskaya	27.02.1978	177		296	290
11	Olga Tchoukanova	09.06.1980	181		302	295
17	Valentina Ogienko	26.05.1965	182		305	296

South Korea

Head coach: Kim Hyung-Sil

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
3	Kang Hye-Mi	27.04.1974	172	300	285
4	Ku Min-Jung	25.08.1973	182	315	300
5	Kang Mee-sun	27.03.1971	175	307	289
6	Kim Chang-Hun	10.07.1974	168	300	285
7	Park Mee-Kyung	13.05.1975	181	315	303
8	Chung Sun-Hye	17.12.1975	174	306	290
9	Jung Eun-Sun	06.04.1973	177	308	291
10	Park Soo-Jeong	02.03.1972	178	305	295
11	Hong Ji-Yeon	08.09.1970	187	314	304
12	Kim Young-Sook	13.12.1974	178	312	293
15	Chang So-Yun	11.11.1974	184	312	301
16	Lee Meong-Hee	07.04.1978	175	279	270

Thailand

Head coach: Sathorm Phusanadilok

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Piyamas Koijapo	23.10.1980	181	290	280
2	Wanlapa Jid-ong	02.06.1977	168	275	270
3	Anna Paijinda	03.04.1974	175	285	280
4	Laddawan Srisakorn	11.05.1975	174	280	275
6	Saranya Srisakorn	11.05.1975	174	280	270
7	Malinee Kongtan	09.11.1973	178	280	270
9	Bhudsabun Prasaengkaew	23.03.1972	168	275	265
10	Nantakan Petchplay	21.03.1977	174	280	270
12	Likhit Namsen	06.07.1972	172	280	270
13	Rattanaporn Sanuanram	09.04.1980	180	290	280
14	Patcharee Sangmuang	20.03.1978	181	285	275
16	Wisuta Heebkaew	01.02.1980	175	280	270

United States

Head coach: Mick Haley

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Salima Davidson	24.01.1972	175	300	290
2	Laura Davis	26.11.1973	173	286	282
3	Makare Desilets	26.06.1976	188	323	307
4	Kara Milling	22.09.1976	182	318	297
7	Amy Steele	18.07.1976	188	310	290
8	Charlene Johnson	30.08.1973	178	286	282
9	Terri Zemaitis	28.04.1976	188	309	290
10	Mickisha Hurley	06.03.1975	183	317	305
11	Sarah Noriega	24.04.1976	187	323	307
12	Valerie Sterk	04.12.1975	188	309	295
14	Karrie Downey	30.05.1973	178	304	292
18	Allison Weston	19.02.1974	183	309	295

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