The 1962
FIVB Men's World Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the
FIVB. It was held from 12 to 26 October 1962 in
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
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Teams
No qualifications, free entrance.
;Pool A
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;Pool B
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;Pool C
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;Pool D
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;Pool E
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(withdrew)
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Results
First round
Pool A
Location:
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the ...
Pool B
Location:
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
Pool C
Location:
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
Pool D
Location:
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
Pool E
Location:
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
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.
11th–20th places
Location:
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
Final places
Final standing
External links
Results at FIVB.orgFederation Internationale de Volleyball
FIVB Men's World Championship
FIVB Men's World Championship
Sports competitions in Moscow
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
International volleyball competitions hosted by the Soviet Union
FIVB Men's World Championship
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