1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship


The 1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the second staging of the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in France from 30 August to 12 September 1956. France played hosts for this event for the only first time.

Participating teams

The following 17 teams qualified for the final tournament.
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.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at three venues in Paris.

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Final round

Final pool

Final standings

RankTeam
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12
13
14
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17