# 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.
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

Source:

## Venues

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

## 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 | Final places |
| 3 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 15 | 90 | 0.167 | 9th–14th places |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | 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 | Final places |
| 3 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 84 | 117 | 0.718 | 9th–14th places |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | 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 | Final places |
| 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 | 9th–14th places |
| 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 | Final places |
| 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 | 9th–14th places |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | 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 |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | 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 |
| 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