1952 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

1952 Men's World Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Soviet Union

Dates

17–29 August

Teams

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

Soviet Union (2nd title)

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Israel Vs Soviet Union, 1952 FIVB Men's World Championship

The 1952 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the second edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union from 17 to 29 August 1952. Eleven nations participated in the tournament. Soviet Union claimed their second world title, by winning the Final Six round-robin tournament without dropping a set.

Pools composition

Group A

Group B

Group C

First round

	Qualified for the Final Round
	Qualified for the Consolation Round

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Hungary	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	163	113	1.442
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	142	82	1.732
3	Poland	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	123	127	0.969
4	Finland	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	29	135	0.215

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	Hungary	3–1	Bulgaria	15–13	16–14	9–15	15-10		55–52
17 Aug	Poland	3–0	Finland	15–8	15–5	15–6			45–19
19 Aug	Hungary	3–2	Poland	8–15	10–15	15–9	15-10	15-7	63–56
19 Aug	Bulgaria	3–0	Finland	15–2	15–0	15–3			45–5
20 Aug	Hungary	3–0	Finland	15–1	15–1	15–3			45–5
20 Aug	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–5	15–10			45–22

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	35	3.857
2	Romania	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	110	79	1.392
3	Israel	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	75	116	0.647
4	Lebanon	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	46	136	0.338

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
17 Aug	Romania	3–0	Lebanon	15–9	15–1	15–2	45–12
17 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Israel	15–2	15–4	15–1	45–7
19 Aug	Israel	3–0	Lebanon	15–6	16–14	15–6	46–26
19 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15–10	15–2	15–8	45–20
20 Aug	Romania	3–0	Israel	15–10	15–7	15–5	45–22
20 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Lebanon	15–1	15–1	15–6	45–8

Group C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czechoslovakia	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	90	30	3.000
2	France	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	54	64	0.844
3	India	2	0	2	0	6	0.000	40	90	0.444

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
18 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15–4	15–2	15–3	45–9
19 Aug	France	3–0	India	15–9	15–3	15–7	45–19
20 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	India	15–10	15–3	15–8	45–21

Final round

7th–11th places

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
7	Poland	8	4	0	12	0	MAX	181	50	3.620
8	India	7	3	1	9	3	3.000	168	103	1.631
9	Lebanon	6	2	2	6	9	0.667	167	186	0.898
10	Israel	5	1	3	5	9	0.556	138	183	0.754
11	Finland	4	0	4	1	12	0.083	58	190	0.305

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Aug	Lebanon	3–2	Israel	15-17	12-15	15-9	16-14	16-14	74–69
22 Aug	Poland	3–0	India	15-12	15-7	16-14			46–33
23 Aug	India	3–0	Finland	15-4	15-1	15-4			45–9
23 Aug	Poland	3–0	Israel	15-1	15-4	15-1			45–6
24 Aug	India	3–0	Lebanon	15-7	15-11	15-12			45–30
24 Aug	Poland	3–0	Finland	15-0	15-1	15-2			45–3
25 Aug	India	3–0	Israel	15-6	15-3	15-9			45–18
25 Aug	Lebanon	3–1	Finland	15-5	15-4	10-15	15-3		55–27
26 Aug	Israel	3–0	Finland	15-10	15-8	15-1			45–19
26 Aug	Poland	3–0	Lebanon	15-2	15-4	15-2			45–8

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	114	1.974
2	Czechoslovakia	9	4	1	12	7	1.714	253	194	1.304
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	11	9	1.222	265	255	1.039
4	Romania	7	2	3	7	12	0.583	209	262	0.798
5	Hungary	6	1	4	7	12	0.583	218	264	0.826
6	France	5	0	5	3	15	0.200	180	261	0.690

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	France	15-10	15-6	15-6			45–22
22 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Hungary	15-3	15-3	15-12			45–18
23 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	16-14	12-15	16-14	15-9		59–52
23 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Hungary	15-13	11-15	13-15	15-9	15-5	69–57
24 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	France	15-11	15-11	10-15	15-4		55–41
24 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Romania	15-5	15-6	15-10			45–21
25 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15-11	15-10	15-5			45–26
26 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Romania	15-3	15-4	15-3			45–10
26 Aug	Hungary	3–0	France	15-6	16-14	15-9			46–29
27 Aug	Romania	3–1	Hungary	15-11	11-15	15-11	15-13		56–50
27 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15-6	15-11	15-8			45–25
27 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	12-15	13-15	15-13	15-13	15-4	70–60
28 Aug	Romania	3–2	France	15-12	15-11	14-16	11-15	15-9	70–63
29 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	Hungary	15-8	20-22	15-13	15-4		65-47
29 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15-11	15-7	15-6			45–24

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Soviet Union
02 !	Czechoslovakia
03 !	Bulgaria
4	Romania
5	Hungary
6	France
7	Poland
8	India
9	Lebanon
10	Israel
11	Finland

1952 Men's World Champions
Soviet Union 2nd title

Russia national volleyball teams in 1952 FIVB World Championship

Israel men's national volleyball team in 1952 FIVB World Championship

External links

FIVB Volleyball World Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014 Italy/Bulgaria 2018

Qualification	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Women's

Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018

Qualification	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

National team appearances (Men's – Women's)

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