1952 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

1952 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Soviet Union
Dates	August 17 – August 29
Teams	8
Venues	(in host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
[[|''←'' previous]] next →

The 1952 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union from August 17 to August 29, 1952.

Round robin

17/08	Soviet Union	3	0	Bulgaria	(15-10 15-4 15-6)
17/08	Poland	3	0	Hungary	(15-5 15-3 15-5)
18/08	Czechoslovakia	3	0	Romania	(15-10 15-12 15-4)
19/08	Poland	3	1	Bulgaria	(15-12 15-9 4-15 15-9)
20/08	Czechoslovakia	3	0	Hungary	(15-9 15-8 15-9)
20/08	Romania	3	0	France	(15-7 15-5 16-14)
22/08	Czechoslovakia	3	0	France	(15-4 15-1 15-0)
22/08	Soviet Union	3	0	Romania	(15-5 15-3 15-7)
22/08	Poland	3	0	India	(15-1 15-3 15-0)
23/08	France	3	0	India	(15-6 15-2 15-3)
23/08	Soviet Union	3	0	Czechoslovakia	(15-10 15-5 15-6)
23/08	Poland	3	1	Romania	(15-10 11-15 15-5 15-7)
23/08	Bulgaria	3	1	Hungary	(15-5 9-15 15-12 15-10)
24/08	Hungary	3	1	France	(15-4 12-15 15-13 15-7)
24/08	Poland	3	1	Czechoslovakia	(15-5 15-8 10-15 15-5)
24/08	Bulgaria	3	0	India	(15-1 15-4 15-4)
25/08	Soviet Union	3	0	India	(15-0 15-1 15-1)
26/08	Hungary	3	0	India	(15-2 15-6 15-2)
26/08	Bulgaria	3	1	Romania	(15-10 16-18 15-12 15-9)
26/08	Soviet Union	3	0	France	(15-2 15-3 15-7)
27/08	Czechoslovakia	3	2	Bulgaria	(15-3 5-15 15-11 13-15 16-14)
27/08	Poland	3	0	France	(15-7 15-7 15-10)
27/08	Romania	3	0	India	(15-7 15-7 15-1)
28/08	Bulgaria	3	1	France	(15-6 5-15 15-4 15-10)
28/08	Czechoslovakia	3	0	India	(15-1 15-0 15-2)
28/08	Soviet Union	3	0	Hungary	(15-2 15-5 15-4)
29/08	Romania	3	1	Hungary	(9-15 15-1 15-13 15-11)
29/08	Soviet Union	3	0	Poland	(15-8 15-4 15-8)

Final ranking

	Team	Pts	J	G	P	SP	SC	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	14	7	7	0	21	0	3,119
2	Poland	12	7	6	1	18	6	1,567
3	Czechoslovakia	10	7	5	2	16	8	1,367
4	Bulgaria	8	7	4	3	15	12	1,137
5	Romania	6	7	3	4	11	13	0,944
6	Hungary	4	7	2	5	8	16	0,801
7	France	2	7	1	6	5	18
8	India	0	7	0	7	0	21

Rosters

^[1]

 Soviet Union

Tatiana Bunina, Aleksandra Tschudina, Sofia Gorbunova, Militia Kononova, Serafirna Kundirenko, Sinaida Kuskina, Vera Oserova, Anna Ponomariova, Miniona Sakse, Valentina Sviridova, Simonina, Maria Toporkova Coach: Valentina Oskolkova

 Poland

Klementyna Celjnik, Danuta Noszka, Urszula Figwer, Krysztyna Hajec, Aleksandra Kubiakowna, Halina Ordzechowska, Halina Tomaszewska, Katarzyna Welsyng, Zofia Wojewodzka, Krysztyna Zakajewska, Miroslawa Zakrzewska, Coach: Zigmund Kzcizanowski

 Czechoslovakia

Bohumila Valaskova, Libuse Svozilova, Ruzena Svobodova, Jindra Hola, Vera Bochénkova, Zdenka Cerna, Emilia Roobova, Regina Matalikova, Bozena Lutockova, Bela Cigrova, Bronislava Stulcova, Bronislava Dostálova, Coach: Miroslav Rovný

References

• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball (Archived 2009-07-21)

FIVB Volleyball World Championship
Men's	Tournaments Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014 Italy/Bulgaria 2018 Qualification 1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Squads 1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Women's	Tournaments Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018 Qualification 1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Squads 1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
National team appearances (Men's – Women's)