The 1962

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 fourth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 13 to 25 October 1962 in the

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. As a tournament held once every four years and following its last edition in 1960, the subsequent tournament should have been in 1964. When volleyball became an Olympic sport starting in the 1964 Games, the FIVB decided to move the World Championships from the Olympic years to be played in between Olympic Games, therefore anticipating the 1964 edition to 1962.

Teams

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Squads

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Venues

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Format

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the , the 14 participants were divided in four groups (two groups 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-8th and 9th-14th), teams were allocated to a group according to their group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-8th and the remaining teams to 9th-14th). 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

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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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.

9th–14th places

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Final places

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Final standing

References

External links

FIVB Results

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

International volleyball competitions hosted by the Soviet Union

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Sports competitions in Moscow

FIVB Volleyball 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 ...

Women's volleyball in the Soviet Union