The 1960

FIVB Women's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...

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

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Squads

Venues

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Format

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the , 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 , two groups were created (1st-6th and 7th-10th), teams were allocated to a group according to their 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 also counted in this round.

Pools composition

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Santos Location: Santo André Location: São Paulo Location: Santos Location: Santo André

Pool B

Location:

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

Pool C

Location:

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 Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) an ...

Final places

Location: Rio de Janeiro and

Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...

Final standing

References

External links

FIVB Results

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
{{FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

International sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city)

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