1956 FIVB Women's Volleyball 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 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport's global governing body. It was held from 30 August to 12 September 1956 in France.

Teams

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Squads

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Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the, the 17 participants were divided in five groups. 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, teams were allocated to a group according to their group position. A single round-robin format was played within each group with matches already played between teams in the also counted in this round.

Results

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 standing

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