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France - Paris - 30 August 1956 - 12 September 1956

Winner : U.S.S.R.

 

Final standings

1	U.S.S.R.	0
2	Romania	0
3	Poland	0
4	Czechoslovakia	0
5	Bulgaria	0
6	China	0
7	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0
8	East Germany	0
9	United States	0
10	Netherlands	0
11	Brazil	0
12	France	0
13	Belgium	0
14	Israel	0
15	Austria	0
16	West Germany	0
17	Luxemburg	0

 

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

30 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
31 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
1 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

30 August 1956
	China	3 - 0 (15-1, 15-2, 15-3)	Austria
	Poland	3 - 0 (15-0, 15-0, 15-1)	West Germany
31 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
1 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

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

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

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

2 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
3 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
5 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
6 September 1956
	Brazil	3 - 1 (15-13, 17-15, 14-16, 15-6)	France
	Belgium	3 - 0 (15-6, 15-3, 16-14)	Austria
8 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
9 September 1956
	France	3 - 0 (15-2, 15-11, 15-2)	Israel
	Brazil	3 - 0 (15-5, 15-10, 15-9)	Belgium
10 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

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