1952 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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)
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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]

Teams

Squads

Source:^[2]

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

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

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

Format

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

Results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Final standing

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

References

^ ^a ^b "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1952". FIVB. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "Women Volleyball I World Championship 1952 Moskva". todor66.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.