1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The following 17 teams qualified for the final tournament.

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the First round, 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 Final round, two groups were created (1st-10th and 11th-17th), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round 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 First round also counted in this round.[1]

The tournament was played at three venues in Paris.

Paris 1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship (France)	Paris
	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	Salle Japy	Palais des Sports
	Capacity: 4,016	Capacity: 1,500	Capacity: 4,600

• 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.

11th-17th pool

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	12	6	0	18	1	18.000	286	100	2.860
2	France	11	5	1	16	3	5.333	275	129	2.132
3	Belgium	10	4	2	12	7	1.714	233	206	1.131
4	Israel	9	3	3	10	10	1.000	215	216	0.995
5	Austria	8	2	4	7	12	0.583	183	227	0.806
6	West Germany	7	1	5	3	16	0.188	132	274	0.482
7	Luxembourg	6	0	6	1	18	0.056	108	280	0.386

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Belgium	3–1	Israel	15–9	17–15	5–15	15–11		52–50
2 Sep	France	3–0	Luxembourg	15–1	15–0	15–1			45–2
2 Sep	Brazil	3–0	West Germany	15–1	15–0	15–4			45–5
4 Sep	France	3–0	Austria	15–6	15–6	15–4			45–16
4 Sep	Belgium	3–0	West Germany	15–10	15–2	15–8			45–20
4 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Luxembourg	15–1	15–1	15–0			45–2
5 Sep	Israel	3–0	West Germany	15–11	15–7	15–3			45–21
5 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Luxembourg	15–0	15–8	15–5			45–13
5 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Austria	15–0	15–6	15–3			45–9
6 Sep	Belgium	3–0	Austria	15–6	15–13	16–14			46–33
6 Sep	Brazil	3–1	France	15–13	17–15	14–16	15–6		61–50
8 Sep	France	3–0	Belgium	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
8 Sep	West Germany	3–1	Luxembourg	15–5	15–13	7–15	18–16		55–49
8 Sep	Israel	3–1	Austria	5–15	15–3	15–8	15–9		50–35
9 Sep	France	3–0	Israel	15–2	15–11	15–2			45–15
9 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Belgium	15–5	15–10	15–9			45–24
10 Sep	Austria	3–0	Luxembourg	15–3	15–9	15–12			45–24
10 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Israel	15–5	15–3	15–2			45–10
10 Sep	France	3–0	West Germany	15–4	15–5	15–5			45–14

Final pool

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	18	9	0	27	2	13.500	439	218	2.014
2	Romania	17	8	1	26	11	2.364	510	382	1.335
3	Poland	15	6	3	22	13	1.692	461	386	1.194
4	Czechoslovakia	15	6	3	22	10	2.200	423	285	1.484
5	Bulgaria	14	5	4	18	14	1.286	390	359	1.086
6	China	12	3	6	14	21	0.667	366	446	0.821
7	North Korea	12	3	6	10	23	0.435	368	434	0.848
8	East Germany	12	3	6	13	21	0.619	337	451	0.747
9	United States	11	2	7	11	23	0.478	329	448	0.734
10	Netherlands	9	0	9	3	27	0.111	222	436	0.509

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	United States	3–0	Netherlands	15–3	15–6	15–9			45–18
2 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Bulgaria	15–3	7–15	15–12	15–12		52–42
2 Sep	East Germany	3–1	Poland	15–12	15–12	13–15	16–14		59–53
2 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	China	15–8	15–0	15–9			45–17
4 Sep	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	10–15	15–6	15–13	7–15	16–14	63–63
4 Sep	Romania	3–0	East Germany	15–6	16–14	15–7			46–27
4 Sep	North Korea	3–1	Netherlands	15–5	15–12	9–15	15–8		54–40
4 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	China	8–15	15–5	15–5	15–12		53–37
5 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	North Korea	15–6	15–6	17–15			47–27
5 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	United States	15–3	15–17	15–5	15–5		60–30
5 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	East Germany	15–5	15–7	15–5			45–17
5 Sep	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–10	15–5			45–21
6 Sep	Poland	3–0	United States	15–4	15–10	15–6			45–20
6 Sep	East Germany	3–1	Netherlands	15–9	15–9	10–15	15–6		55–39
6 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Romania	12–15	11–15	15–6	15–12	15–8	68–56
6 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	North Korea	15–9	15–13	15–9			45–31
6 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	China	15–0	15–2	15–4			45–6
8 Sep	Poland	3–1	North Korea	14–16	15–8	15–10	15–4		59–38
8 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–4	15–3			45–9
8 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	United States	15–5	15–10	15–3			45–18
8 Sep	Romania	3–2	Bulgaria	10–15	13–15	15–9	15–9	15–8	68–56
8 Sep	China	3–2	East Germany	15–1	4–15	14–16	15–9	15–10	63–51
9 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	North Korea	15–3	15–13	15–5			45–21
9 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–1	15–3	15–1			45–5
9 Sep	United States	3–2	China	10–15	10–15	15–12	15–8	15–9	65–59
9 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–7	15–12			45–30
9 Sep	Romania	3–2	Poland	15–11	12–15	15–4	13–15	16–14	71–59
10 Sep	Romania	3–2	Czechoslovakia	10–15	11–15	15–6	15–8	15–13	66–57
10 Sep	China	3–0	North Korea	16–14	15–10	15–12			46–36
10 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–13	15–7	15–10			45–30
10 Sep	East Germany	3–1	United States	15–13	16–14	7–15	15–10		53–52
10 Sep	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–3	15–12			45–24
11 Sep	North Korea	3–2	United States	15–13	15–3	7–15	14–16	15–11	66–58
11 Sep	Romania	3–1	China	15–8	15–8	11–15	15–7		56–38
11 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Poland	15–4	9–15	15–6	15–6		54–31
12 Sep	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–9	15–2			45–14
12 Sep	Romania	3–1	United States	12–15	15–2	15–4	15–3		57–24
12 Sep	North Korea	3–2	East Germany	15–5	5–15	13–15	15–8	15–6	63–49
12 Sep	China	3–1	Netherlands	15–3	15–11	12–15	15–5		57–34
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–13	15–8	15–5			45–26

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