1962 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 1962 FIVB Women's World Championship 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 Soviet Union.

1962 FIVB Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Soviet Union
Dates	13–25 October
Teams	14
Venue(s)	(in 4 host cities)
Champions	Japan (1st title)

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

• Austria
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• China
• Czechoslovakia
• East Germany
• Hungary
• Japan
• Netherlands
• North Korea
• Poland
• Romania
• Soviet Union
• West Germany

Squads

Main article: 1962 FIVB Women's World Championship squads

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Venues

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Pool A	Pool B	Kiev Leningrad Moscow Riga class=notpageimage| Host cities in the Soviet Union
Riga	Leningrad
Capacity:	Capacity:
Pool C, Final round	Pool D, Final round
Kiev	Moscow
Capacity:	Capacity:

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the First round, 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 Final round, two groups were created (1st-8th and 9th-14th), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round 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 First round also counted in this round.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Austria	Bulgaria	China	Netherlands
Brazil	Czechoslovakia	East Germany	Romania
Poland	Hungary	Japan	Soviet Union
		North Korea	West Germany

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Riga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	90	22	4.091	Final places
2	Brazil	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	60	53	1.132
3	Austria	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	15	90	0.167	9th–14th places

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Poland	3–0	Brazil	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
14 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Austria	15–1	15–2	15–5			45–8
15 Oct	Poland	3–0	Austria	15–2	15–3	15–2			45–7

Pool B

Location: Leningrad

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	111	87	1.276	Final places
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	105	96	1.094
3	Hungary	2	0	2	2	2	6	0.333	84	117	0.718	9th–14th places

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–12	15–12	8–15	15–7		53–46
14 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Hungary	12–15	17–15	15–8	15–5		59–43
15 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Hungary	13–15	15–10	15–4	15–12		58–41

Pool C

Location: Kiev

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	61	2.213	Final places
2	East Germany	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	130	136	0.956
3	China	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	137	162	0.846	9th–14th places
4	North Korea	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	103	146	0.705

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	China	3–1	North Korea	8–15	15–13	18–16	15–6		56–50
13 Oct	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–7	15–10	15–1			45–18
14 Oct	East Germany	3–2	China	13–15	15–6	9–15	15–9	15–12	67–57
14 Oct	Japan	3–0	North Korea	15–2	15–6	15–11			45–19
15 Oct	Japan	3–0	China	15–5	15–12	15–7			45–24
15 Oct	East Germany	3–0	North Korea	15–13	15–9	15–12			45–34

Pool D

Location: Moscow

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	39	3.462	Final places
2	Romania	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	110	87	1.264
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	82	106	0.774	9th–14th places
4	West Germany	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	40	135	0.296

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Romania	3–0	West Germany	15–5	15–2	15–10			45–17
13 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–6	15–2			45–12
14 Oct	Romania	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–9	15–12			45–25
14 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	West Germany	15–3	15–1	15–3			45–7
15 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	West Germany	15–6	15–8	15–2			45–16
15 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–6	15–7	15–7			45–20

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

Location: Kiev

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	China	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	247	116	2.129
10	North Korea	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	242	157	1.541
11	Hungary	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	219	179	1.223
12	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	191	181	1.055
13	West Germany	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	113	210	0.538
14	Austria	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	59	228	0.259

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	China	3–0	Austria	15–4	15–4	15–0			45–8
18 Oct	North Korea	3–1	Netherlands	12–15	15–10	15–8	15–7		57–40
18 Oct	Hungary	3–0	West Germany	15–1	15–12	15–6			45–19
20 Oct	North Korea	3–0	West Germany	15–6	15–8	15–9			45–23
20 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Austria	15–0	15–0	15–4			45–4
20 Oct	China	3–1	Hungary	15–2	11–15	15–13	15–5		56–35
21 Oct	West Germany	3–0	Austria	15–10	15–4	18–16			48–30
21 Oct	China	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–3	15–8			45–16
21 Oct	North Korea	3–0	Hungary	15–12	15–10	15–13			45–35
23 Oct	North Korea	3–0	Austria	15–2	15–1	15–0			45–3
23 Oct	Hungary	3–1	Netherlands	15–10	18–16	11–15	15–4		59–45
23 Oct	China	3–0	West Germany	15–2	15–2	15–3			45–7
24 Oct	Hungary	3–0	Austria	15–4	15–7	15–3			45–14

Final places

Location: Moscow

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Japan	7	7	0	14	21	1	21.000	329	103	3.194
2	Soviet Union	7	6	1	13	19	4	4.750	322	182	1.769
3	Poland	7	4	3	11	13	11	1.182	300	283	1.060
4	Romania	7	3	4	10	12	13	0.923	287	329	0.872
5	Czechoslovakia	7	3	4	10	12	14	0.857	304	321	0.947
6	Bulgaria	7	3	4	10	12	15	0.800	306	360	0.850
7	East Germany	7	2	5	9	7	17	0.412	260	332	0.783
8	Brazil	7	0	7	7	0	21	0.000	118	316	0.373

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Japan	3–0	Poland	15–3	15–5	15–2			45–15
18 Oct	Romania	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–4	16–14			46–24
18 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–17	15–10	9–15	15–13	17–15	71–70
18 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–5	16–14	15–10			46–29
19 Oct	Romania	3–1	Poland	16–14	9–15	15–10	16–14		56–53
19 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	East Germany	15–1	15–5	15–8			45–14
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Brazil	15–5	15–7	15–8			45–20
19 Oct	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–2	15–8			45–13
20 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Romania	13–15	16–14	15–10	15–12		59–51
20 Oct	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–7	15–13			45–23
20 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Brazil	15–4	15–6	15–8			45–18
20 Oct	Japan	3–1	Soviet Union	14–16	15–7	15–11	15–3		59–37
22 Oct	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–4	15–2	15–4			45–10
22 Oct	Romania	3–0	East Germany	15–10	15–4	16–14			46–28
22 Oct	Poland	3–2	Czechoslovakia	12–15	5–15	15–12	15–9	15–8	62–59
22 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	15–5	14–16	15–5	15–1		59–27
23 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	East Germany	13–15	16–14	15–5	15–10		59–44
23 Oct	Japan	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–0	15–1			45–3
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31
23 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–9	15–13			45–29
25 Oct	Poland	3–0	East Germany	15–13	19–17	15–10			49–40
25 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	Romania	16–18	15–8	14–16	15–13	15–10	75–65
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–2	15–4	15–1			45–7
25 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–0	15–0	15–2			45–2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	Soviet Union
	Poland
4	Romania
5	Czechoslovakia
6	Bulgaria
7	East Germany
8	Brazil
9	China
10	North Korea
11	Hungary
12	Netherlands
13	West Germany
14	Austria

1962 Women's World champions
Japan 1st title

Team roster

Yoko Aoki, Noriko Honda, Yuriko Handa, Sada Isobe, Masae Kasai, Mitsue Masuo, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoshiko Matsumura, Emiko Miyamoto, Yoko Shinozaki, Kuniko Tanida, Teruko Yamada

Head coach

Hirofumi Daymatsu

External links

• FIVB Results
• Results - todor66
• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball