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1956 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Field	Value
competition	FIVB Women's World Championship
other_titles	Championnat du monde féminin
France 1956
gender	women
continent	World
year	1956
logo	France 1956 WCH.png
size	150
caption	Official poster
host
city	Paris
dates	30 August – 12 September
teams	17
venues	3
cities	1
champions_other
title_number	2
second_other
third_other
fourth	TCH
last	1952 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
next	1960 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

France 1956

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 (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It was held from 30 August to 12 September 1956 in France.

Teams

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(reigning champion)
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Squads

Main article: 1956 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

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Venues

Paris
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Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Capacity: 4,016
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Format

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.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E

Results

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

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.

11th–17th places

Final places

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

References

"WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1956". [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
"Women Volleyball II World Championship 1956 Paris". todor66.com.

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