Women's volleyball world championship 1962

The 1962 Women's Volleyball World Cup took place in the Soviet Union from October 13th to 25th . Japan won the title for the first time. The games were played in Moscow , Kiev and Leningrad .

mode

The fourteen participants played in the first round in two groups of four and two groups of three. The two best teams from each group made it to the final group with eight teams. The results were taken against the direct competitors. The winner of this group became the new world champion. The other participants played in a group of six for positions nine to fourteen.

Balance of the German teams

The women of the Federal Republic did not miss the final group with three 0-3 defeats in Group D against the Soviet Union, Romania and the Netherlands. In the group of six, they took penultimate place ahead of Austria. The GDR team, on the other hand, qualified as second in the group for the final group and came in seventh there.

game schedule

First round

Group A
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Poland	2	0	6-0
2.	Brazil	1	1	3: 3
3.	Austria	0	2	0: 6

October 13th	Poland	Brazil	3-0
October 14th	Brazil	Austria	3-0
15th October	Poland	Austria	3-0

Group B in Leningrad
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Bulgaria	2	0	6: 2
2.	Czechoslovakia	1	1	4: 4
3.	Hungary	0	2	2: 6

October 13th	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
October 14th	Bulgaria	Hungary	3: 1
15th October	Czechoslovakia	Hungary	3: 1

Group C
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Japan	3	0	9-0
2.	GDR	2	1	6: 5
3.	People's Republic of China	1	2	5: 7
4th	North Korea	0	3	1: 9

October 13th	China	North Korea	3: 1
	Japan	GDR	3-0
October 14th	GDR	North Korea	3-0
	Japan	China	3-0
15th October	GDR	China	3: 2
	Japan	North Korea	3-0

Group D
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Soviet Union	3	0	9-0
2.	Romania	2	1	6: 3
3.	Netherlands	1	2	3: 6
4th	BR Germany	0	3	0: 9

October 13th	Romania	BR Germany	3-0
	Soviet Union	Netherlands	3-0
October 14th	Soviet Union	Romania	3-0
	Netherlands	BR Germany	3-0
15th October	Soviet Union	BR Germany	3-0
	Romania	Netherlands	3-0

Final round

Final group in Moscow
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	Japan	7th	0	21: 1
2.	Soviet Union	6th	1	19: 4
3.	Poland	4th	3	13:11
4th	Bulgaria	3	4th	11:15
5.	Romania	3	4th	12:13
6th	Czechoslovakia	3	4th	10:14
7th	GDR	2	5	7:16
8th.	Brazil	0	7th	0:21

October 18	GDR	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Romania	Brazil	3-0
	Japan	Poland	3-0
	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	3-0
October 19th	Romania	Poland	3: 1
	Soviet Union	GDR	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Brazil	3-0
	Japan	Bulgaria	3-0
the 20th of October	GDR	Brazil	3-0
	Poland	Bulgaria	3-0
	Japan	Soviet Union	3: 1
	Czechoslovakia	Romania	3: 1
October 22nd	Romania	GDR	3-0
	Japan	Brazil	3-0
	Poland	Czechoslovakia	3: 2
	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	3: 1
23rd October	Bulgaria	Brazil	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	GDR	3: 1
	Japan	Romania	3-0
	Soviet Union	Poland	3-0
October 25	Soviet Union	Brazil	3-0
	Poland	GDR	3-0
	Bulgaria	Romania	3: 2
	Japan	Czechoslovakia	3-0

Group 9–14 in Kiev
space	team	S.	N	sentences
1.	People's Republic of China	5	0	15: 1
2.	North Korea	4th	1	13: 6
3.	Hungary	3	2	11: 7
4th	Netherlands	2	3	8: 9
5.	BR Germany	1	4th	3:12
6th	Austria	0	5	0:15

October 18	Hungary	BR Germany	3-0
	China	Austria	3-0
	North Korea	Netherlands	3: 1
the 20th of October	Netherlands	Austria	3-0
	China	Hungary	3-0
October 21	China	Netherlands	3-0
	North Korea	Hungary	3: 2
	BR Germany	Austria	3-0
23rd October	China	BR Germany	3-0
	North Korea	Austria	3-0
	Hungary	Netherlands	3: 1
October 24th	Hungary	Austria	3-0
	North Korea	BR Germany	3-0

Final score

1.	Japan
2.	Soviet Union
3.	Poland
4th	Bulgaria
5.	Czechoslovakia
6th	Romania
7th	German Democratic Republic
8th.	Brazil
9.	People's Republic of China
10.	North Korea
11.	Hungary
12.	Netherlands
13.	BR Germany
14th	Austria

Web links

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