1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship explained

Competition:FIVB Women's World Championship
Other Titles:Championnat du monde féminin
France 1956
Gender:women
Continent:World
Year:1956
Size:150
City:Paris
Dates:30 August – 12 September
Teams:17
Venues:3
Cities:1
Title Number:2
Fourth:TCH
Last:1952 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Next:1960 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1956 FIVB Women's World Championship was the second edition of the tournament, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the French: [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball]] (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It was held from 30 August to 12 September 1956 in France.[1]

Teams

Squads

Source:[2]

Venues

Paris
Stade Pierre de CoubertinSalle JapyPalais des Sports
Capacity: 4,016Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 4,600

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the, the 17 participants were divided in five groups (two groups of four teams and three groups of three teams). A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.

In the, two groups were created (1st-10th and 11th-17th), teams were allocated to a group according to their group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-10th and the remaining teams to 11th-17th). A single round-robin format was played within each group with matches already played between teams in the also counted in this round.[1]

Results

First round

Pool E

Final round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.

Final places

Final standing

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Team roster
Lidia Boldireva, Ludmila Buldakova, Aleksandra Tschudina, Skaidra Galachova, Kira Gorbachova, Sofia Gorbunova, Lidia Ivanetskaya, Militia Kononova, Lidia Kalenjik, Ludmila Metscheryakova, Antonina Moiseyeva, Lidia Strelnikova, Valentina Varkevitsch
Head coach
Alexey Yakushev

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1956 . . 16 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Women Volleyball II World Championship 1956 Paris . todor66.com . 16 October 2017.