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France - Paris - 30th August 1956 - 12th September 1956

Women's World Championship 1956 is the 2nd edition of this competition.
The competition takes place from 30th August till 12th September 1956 in Paris in France.

WinnerU.S.S.R.

 

Final standings

1	U.S.S.R.
2	Romania
3	Poland
4	Czechoslovakia
5	Bulgaria
6	China
7	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
8	East Germany
9	United States
10	Netherlands
11	Brazil
12	France
13	Belgium
14	Israel
15	Austria
16	West Germany
17	Luxemburg

 

First Round - Pool A (France - 30/08/1956 - 01/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	U.S.S.R.	6	3	3	0	9	0	+9
2	United States	5	3	2	1	6	3	+3
3	Israel	4	3	1	2	3	6	-3
4	Luxemburg	3	3	0	3	0	9	-9

30th August 1956
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0 (15-1,15-2,15-0)	Luxemburg
	United States	3 - 0 (15-1,15-4,15-2)	Israel
31th August 1956
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0 (15-7,15-4,15-6)	United States
	Israel	3 - 0 (15-7,15-5,15-6)	Luxemburg
1st September 1956
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0 (15-2,15-2,15-0)	Israel
	United States	3 - 0 (15-0,15-1,15-1)	Luxemburg

Detail of the results

First Round - Pool B (France - 30/08/1956 - 01/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Poland	6	3	3	0	9	1	+8
2	China	5	3	2	1	7	3	+4
3	Austria	4	3	1	2	3	6	-3
4	West Germany	3	3	0	3	0	9	-9

30th August 1956
	China	3 - 0 (15-1,15-2,15-3)	Austria
	Poland	3 - 0 (15-0,15-0,15-1)	West Germany
31th August 1956
	Austria	3 - 0 (15-10,15-7,15-0)	West Germany
	Poland	3 - 1 (17-15,14-16,15-6,15-5)	China
1st September 1956
	Poland	3 - 0 (15-3,15-3,15-1)	Austria
	China	3 - 0 (15-1,15-3,15-2)	West Germany

Detail of the results

First Round - Pool C (France - 30/08/1956 - 01/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Czechoslovakia	4	2	2	0	6	0	+6
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	1	3	3	0
3	Belgium	2	2	0	2	0	6	-6

30th August 1956
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 0 (15-1,15-1,15-4)	Belgium
31th August 1956
	Netherlands	3 - 0 (15-10,15-7,15-5)	Belgium
1st September 1956
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 0 (15-3,15-4,15-10)	Netherlands

Detail of the results

First Round - Pool D (France - 30/08/1956 - 01/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Bulgaria	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5
2	East Germany	3	2	1	1	3	3	0
3	France	2	2	0	2	1	6	-5

30th August 1956
	East Germany	3 - 0	France
31th August 1956
	Bulgaria	3 - 1 (15-3,15-8,14-16,15-11)	France
1st September 1956
	Bulgaria	3 - 0 (15-7,15-7,15-7)	East Germany

Detail of the results

First Round - Pool E (France - 30/08/1956 - 01/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Romania	4	2	2	0	6	0	+6
2	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3	2	1	1	3	4	-1
3	Brazil	2	2	0	2	1	6	-5

30th August 1956
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3 - 1 (15-6,11-15,15-3,15-9)	Brazil
31th August 1956
	Romania	3 - 0 (17-15,15-4,15-3)	Brazil
1st September 1956
	Romania	3 - 0 (15-11,15-11,15-10)	Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Detail of the results

Classification Matches 11-17 (France - 02/09/1956 - 10/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Brazil	12	6	6	0	18	1	+17
2	France	11	6	5	1	16	3	+13
3	Belgium	10	6	4	2	12	7	+5
4	Israel	9	6	3	3	10	10	0
5	Austria	8	6	2	4	7	12	-5
6	West Germany	7	6	1	5	3	16	-13
7	Luxemburg	6	6	0	6	1	18	-17

2nd September 1956
	Belgium	3 - 1 (15-9,17-15,5-15,15-11)	Israel
	Brazil	3 - 0 (15-1,15-0,15-4)	West Germany
	France	3 - 0 (15-1,15-0,15-1)	Luxemburg
3rd September 1956
	France	3 - 0 (15-6,15-6,15-4)	Austria
	Brazil	3 - 0 (15-1,15-1,15-0)	Luxemburg
	Belgium	3 - 0 (15-0,15-2,15-8)	West Germany
5th September 1956
	Brazil	3 - 0 (15-0,15-6,15-3)	Austria
	Belgium	3 - 0 (15-0,15-8,15-5)	Luxemburg
	Israel	3 - 0 (15-11,15-7,15-3)	West Germany
6th September 1956
	Brazil	3 - 1 (15-13,17-15,14-16,15-6)	France
	Belgium	3 - 0 (15-6,15-3,16-14)	Austria
8th September 1956
	France	3 - 0 (15-7,15-8,15-6)	Belgium
	Israel	3 - 1 (5-15,15-3,15-8,15-9)	Austria
	West Germany	3 - 1 (15-5,15-13,7-15,18-16)	Luxemburg
9th September 1956
	France	3 - 0 (15-2,15-11,15-2)	Israel
	Brazil	3 - 0 (15-5,15-10,15-9)	Belgium
10th September 1956
	France	3 - 0 (15-4,15-4,15-5)	West Germany
	Brazil	3 - 0 (15-5,15-3,15-2)	Israel
	Austria	3 - 0 (15-4,15-8,15-6)	Luxemburg

Detail of the results

Final round (France - 02/09/1956 - 12/09/1956)

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	U.S.S.R.	18	9	9	0	27	3	+24
2	Romania	17	9	8	1	26	11	+15
3	Czechoslovakia	15	9	6	3	22	10	+12
4	Poland	15	9	6	3	22	13	+9
5	Bulgaria	14	9	5	4	18	14	+4
6	China	12	9	3	6	14	21	-7
7	East Germany	12	9	3	6	13	21	-8
8	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	12	9	3	6	10	23	-13
9	United States	11	9	2	7	11	23	-12
10	Netherlands	9	9	0	9	3	27	-24

2nd September 1956
	East Germany	3 - 1	Poland
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0	China
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 1	Bulgaria
	United States	3 - 0	Netherlands
3rd September 1956
	Poland	3 - 2	Czechoslovakia
	Bulgaria	3 - 1	China
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3 - 1	Netherlands
	Romania	3 - 0	East Germany
5th September 1956
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 0	East Germany
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
	Bulgaria	3 - 1	United States
	Romania	3 - 0	Netherlands
6th September 1956
	Poland	3 - 0	United States
	East Germany	3 - 1	Netherlands
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 2	Romania
	Bulgaria	3 - 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 0	China
8th September 1956
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0	Netherlands
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 0	United States
	China	3 - 2	East Germany
	Poland	3 - 1	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
	Romania	3 - 2	Bulgaria
9th September 1956
	United States	3 - 2	China
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0	East Germany
	Romania	3 - 2	Poland
	Bulgaria	3 - 0	Netherlands
	Czechoslovakia	3 - 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
10th September 1956
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0	Bulgaria
	China	3 - 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
	East Germany	3 - 1	United States
	Poland	3 - 0	Netherlands
	Romania	3 - 2	Czechoslovakia
11th September 1956
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3 - 2	United States
	Romania	3 - 1	China
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 1	Poland
12th September 1956
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3 - 2	East Germany
	Poland	3 - 0	Bulgaria
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 0	Czechoslovakia
	Romania	3 - 1	United States
	China	3 - 1	Netherlands

Detail of the results

Women's World Championship 1956 - Participating teams

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

China

Czechoslovakia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

East Germany

France

Israel

Luxemburg

Netherlands

Poland

Romania

U.S.S.R.

United States

West Germany

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