1956 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1956 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the second edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Paris, France from August 30 to September 12, 1956.

Teams

Group A
Group B

Group C
Group D

Group E

Squads

1956 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

Final ranking

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Romania
  3.  Poland
  4.  Czechoslovakia
  5.  Bulgaria
  6.  China
  7.  East Germany
  8.  North Korea
  9.  United States
  10.  Netherlands
  11.  Brazil
  12.  France
  13.  Belgium
  14.  Israel
  15.  Austria
  16.  West Germany
  17.  Luxembourg
 1956 FIVB Women's World Champions 

Soviet Union
Second title
Team Roster
Lidia Boldireva, Ludmila Buldakova, Aleksandra Tschudina, Skaidra Galachova, Kira Gorbachova, Sofia Gorbunova, Lidia Ivanetskaya, Militia Kononova, Lidia Kalenjik, Ludmila Metscheryakova, Antonina Moiseyeva, Lidia Strelnikova, and Valentina Varkevitsch.

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