1952 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

1952 FIVB Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Soviet Union
City	Moscow
Dates	17–29 August
Teams	8
Officially opened by	Joseph Stalin
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)

The 1952 FIVB Women's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 17 to 29 August 1952 in Moscow, Soviet Union.^[1]

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The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all eight participant teams in a single pool and played each other once.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	14	21	0	MAX	315	101	3.119
2	Poland	7	6	1	13	18	6	3.000	315	201	1.567
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	12	16	8	2.000	298	245	1.216
4	Bulgaria	7	4	3	11	15	12	1.250	333	293	1.137
5	Romania	7	3	4	10	11	13	0.846	272	287	0.948
6	Hungary	7	2	5	9	8	16	0.500	234	292	0.801
7	France	7	1	6	8	5	18	0.278	185	299	0.619
8	India	7	0	7	7	0	21	0.000	81	315	0.257

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–4	15–6			45–20
17 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15–10	15–12	15–4			45–26
18 Aug	Poland	3–0	Hungary	15–5	15–3	15–5			45–13
18 Aug	Romania	3–0	India	15–7	15–7	15–1			45–15
19 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	India	15–0	15–1	15–1			45–2
19 Aug	Romania	3–0	France	15–7	15–4	16–14			46–25
20 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Hungary	15–9	15–8	15–9			45–26
20 Aug	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	15–12	15–9	4–15	15–9		49–45
21 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15–2	15–5	15–4			45–11
21 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15–4	15–1	15–0			45–5
22 Aug	France	3–0	India	15–6	15–2	15–3			45–11
22 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	15–10	16–18	15–12	15–9		61–49
23 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	India	15–7	15–11	15–12			45–30
23 Aug	Hungary	3–1	France	15–4	12–15	15–13	15–7		57–39
23 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–5	15–3	15–7			45–15
24 Aug	Poland	3–0	India	15–1	15–3	15–0			45–4
24 Aug	Romania	3–1	Hungary	9–15	15–1	15–13	15–11		54–40
25 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–2	15–3	15–7			45–12
25 Aug	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–5	15–8	10–15	15–5		55–33
26 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	15–3	5–15	15–11	13–15	16–14	64–58
26 Aug	Hungary	3–0	India	15–2	15–6	15–2			45–10
26 Aug	Poland	3–0	France	15–7	15–7	15–10			45–24
27 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–8	15–4	15–8			45–20
27 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	France	15–6	5–15	15–4	15–10		50–35
28 Aug	Bulgaria	3–0	India	15–1	15–4	15–4			45–9
28 Aug	Poland	3–1	Romania	15–10	11–15	15–5	15–7		56–37
29 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	Hungary	15–5	9–15	15–12	15–10		54–42
29 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–10	15–5	15–6			45–21

Rank Team  Soviet Union  Poland  Czechoslovakia 4  Bulgaria 5  Romania 6  Hungary 7  France 8  India

1952 Women's World champions  Soviet Union 1st title Team roster Tatiana Bunina, Aleksandra Tschudina, Sofia Gorbunova, Militia Kononova, Serafirna Kundirenko, Sinaida Kuskina, Vera Oserova, Anna Ponomariova, Miniona Sakse, Valentina Sviridova, Simonina, Maria Toporkova Head coach Valentina Oskolkova

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