# 1998 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship

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 | — | Semifinals |
| 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 | — | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | 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 | — | Semifinals |
| 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 | — | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | 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–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 28 Sep – Trang | 28 Sep – Trang |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 29 Sep – Trang | 29 Sep – Trang |
| Vietnam | ? | 29 Sep – Trang | 29 Sep – Trang |
| Vietnam | ? | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 28 Sep – Trang | 28 Sep – Trang | | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 28 Sep – Trang | 28 Sep – Trang | Australia | ? |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | ? |
| Malaysia | ? | | |
| Malaysia | ? | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 29 Sep – Trang | 29 Sep – Trang |
| | | Vietnam | 3 |
| | | Vietnam | ? |

### Championship

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