1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship


The 1962 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in the Soviet Union from 13 to 25 October 1962.
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.

Participating teams

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the, the 14 participants were divided in four groups. 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, teams were allocated to a group according to their group position. 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

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at venues in four cities.
Pool APool B
Riga, USSRLeningrad, USSR
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Pool C, Final roundPool D, Final round
Kiev, USSRMoscow, USSR
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First round

Pool A

RankTeam
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6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14