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1960 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Field	Value
competition	FIVB Women's World Championship
other_titles	Campeonato Mundial de Feminino
Brasil 1960
gender	women
continent	World
year	1960
host	Brazil
dates	29 October – 13 November
teams	10
cities	6
champions	Soviet Union
title_number	3
last	1956 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
next	1962 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Brasil 1960

The 1960 FIVB Women's World Championship was the third edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 29 October to 13 November 1960 in Brazil.

Teams

Squads

Main article: 1960 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B, C	Final round	Final round	Final round	Final round
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São Paulo	Belo Horizonte	Resende
Capacity:	Capacity:	Capacity:
Volta Redonda	Niterói	Rio de Janeiro
Capacity:	Capacity:	Capacity:

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Format

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the First round, the 10 participants were divided in three groups (one group of four teams and two 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-6th and 7th-10th), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-6th and the remaining teams to 7th-10th). 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

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Santos

Location: Santo André

Location: São Paulo

Location: Santos

Location: Santo André

Pool B

Location: Belo Horizonte

Pool C

Location: Belo Horizonte

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.

7th–10th places

Location: Volta Redonda

Final places

Location: Rio de Janeiro and Niterói

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

References

"WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1960". [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
"Women Volleyball III World Championship 1960". todor66.com.

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