Men Volleyball World Championship 1956 Paris (FRA) - 30.08-12.09 Winner Czechoslovakia

Men Volleyball World Championship 1956 Paris (FRA) - 30.08-12.09 Winner Czechoslovakia

Played along with II Volleyball World Championship Women 1956.

Teams Composition

Final Group	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Czechoslovakia	9	0	27:	7	1.510
2. Romania	7	2	24:	13	1.149
3. Soviet Union	7	2	24:	10	1.338
4. Poland	6	3	20:	11	1.099
5. Bulgaria	5	4	21:	16	1.139
6. United States	4	5	15:	18	0.910
7. France	3	6	13:	21	0.781
8. Hungary	2	7	13:	24	0.741
9. China	1	8	6:	25	0.757
10.Yugoslavia	1	8	11:	26	0.860

Team	Cz	Ro	So	Po	Bu	Un	Fr	Hu	Ch	Yu
Czechoslovakia	---	3:2	3:2	3:0	3:2	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:1
Romania		---	3:1		3:1	3:2	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:2
Soviet Union			---	3:1	3:2	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:0	3:0
Poland		3:1		---		3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:1
Bulgaria				3:1	---		3:1	3:0	3:0	3:2
United States					3:1	---		3:1	3:1	3:0
France						3:1	---		3:1	3:1
Hungary							3:2	---	3:1
China									---	3:1
Yugoslavia								3:2		---

Group 11-20

Group 21-24

Preliminary Round
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E
Group F	Group G	Group H	Group I	Group J

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
02.09	Poland	3-1	Romania	58-42	13-15	15-9	15-11	15-7
02.09	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Yugoslavia	52-43	15-9	15-13	7-15	15-6
02.09	France	3-1	China	52-51	15-11	15-11	6-15	16-14
02.09	United States	3-1	Hungary	59-40	15-4	13-15	15-7	16-14
02.09	Soviet Union	3-2	Bulgaria	62-61	15-13	15-9	9-15	8-15	15-9
03.09	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Romania	59-44	3-15	11-15	15-9	15- 2	15-3
03.09	Soviet Union	3-0	United States	45-20	15-10	15-2	15-8
03.09	Bulgaria	3-2	Yugoslavia	71-50	15-7	13-15	13-15	15-6	15-7
03.09	Hungary	3-2	France	65-71	17-15	16-14	5-15	12-15	15-12
03.09	Poland	3-0	China	49-34	15-8	19-17	15-9
05.09	Czechoslovakia	3-0	China	45-24	15-13	15-3	15-8
05.09	Poland	3-0	France	45-22	15-5	15-11	15-6
05.09	Soviet Union	3-0	Hungary	45-22	15-11	15-9	15-2
05.09	Romania	3-1	Bulgaria	50-47	15-13	15-7	5-15	15-12
05.09	United States	3-0	Yugoslavia	45-32	15-8	15-12	15-12
06.09	Poland	3-0	Hungary	45-33	15-11	15-12	15-10
06.09	Romania	3-2	United States	74-69	15-12	10-15	13-15	15- 8	21-19
06.09	Czechoslovakia	3-0	France	45-10	15-2	15-3	15-5
06.09	Soviet Union	3-0	Yugoslavia	47-37	15-12	17-15	15-10
06.09	Bulgaria	3-0	China	45-29	15-10	15-10	15-9
08.09	Bulgaria	3-1	France	53-50	8-15	15-12	15-13	15-10
08.09	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Poland	45-25	15-8	15-8	15-9
08.09	Romania	3-1	Soviet Union	60-49	15-9	15-17	15-12	15-11
08.09	United States	3-1	China	57-53	15-13	15-13	12-15	15-12
08.09	Yugoslavia	3-2	Hungary	57-56	15-10	10-15	15-7	2-15	15-9
09.09	Bulgaria	3-1	Poland	59-38	14-16	15-10	15-6	15-6
09.09	Soviet Union	3-0	China	45-16	15-4	15-8	15-4
09.09	France	3-1	United States	56-43	11-15	15-7	15-9	15-12
09.09	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Hungary	45-20	15-5	15-9	15-6
09.09	Romania	3-2	Yugoslavia	67-60	15-6	10-15	12-15	15-12	15-12
10.09	China	3-1	Yugoslavia	52-47	15-9	16-14	6-15	15-9
10.09	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Bulgaria	75-68	15-11	11-15	17-19	15-8	17-15
10.09	Soviet Union	3-1	France	58-24	15-5	13-15	15-0	15-4
10.09	Poland	3-0	United States	45-27	15-8	15-6	15-13
10.09	Romania	3-1	Hungary	58-34	15-3	13-15	15-7	15-9
11.09	France	3-1	Yugoslavia	51-52	15-9	4-15	15-13	17-15
11.09	Bulgaria	3-0	Hungary	45-26	15-5	15-9	15-12
11.09	Czechoslovakia	3-0	United States	45-22	15-4	15-8	15-10
11.09	Romania	3-0	China	45-25	15-4	15-10	15-11
11.09	Soviet Union	3-1	Poland	62-49	18-16	15-11	14-16	15-6
12.09	Hungary	3-1	China	55-49	15-9	15-10	8-15	17-15
12.09	United States	3-1	Bulgaria	53-44	8-15	15-12	15-6	15-11
12.09	Poland	3-1	Yugoslavia	58-51	15-13	15-12	13-15	15-11
12.09	Romania	3-0	France	45-21	15-7	15-8	15-6
12.09	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Soviet Union	63-58	9-15	15-3	15-13	9-15	15-12

Final ranking	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
1. Czechoslovakia	10	0	30:	7	1.573
2. Romania	8	2	27:	13	1.191
3. Soviet Union	9	2	30:	10	1.496
4. Poland	7	3	23:	11	1.206
5. Bulgaria	6	4	24:	16	1.223
6. United States	5	5	18:	18	0.957
7. France	5	6	19:	21	0.937
8. Hungary	3	7	13:	24	0.797
9. China	3	8	12:	27	0.843
10.Yugoslavia	3	8	17:	26	0.990
Group 11-20
11.Brazil	10	1	31:	6	1.531
12.East Germany	8	2	24:	10	1.217
13.Netherlands	7	3	21:	12	1.162
14.Italy	6	4	22:	14	1.116
15.Portugal	6	5	19:	18	1.065
16.Israel	5	6	18:	21	0.989
17.Belgium	2	8	10:	26	0.786
18.South Korea	3	8	14:	28	0.832
19.Cuba	2	8	10:	26	0.758
20.Austria	0	10	1:	30	0.472
Group 21-24
21.India	3	2	12:	6	1.490
22.Turkey	2	3	8:	9	0.971
23.Luxembourg	1	4	3:	12	0.393
24.West Germany	0	5	0:	15	0.196

Group 11-20	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
11.Brazil	9	0	27:	1	1.713
12.East Germany	8	1	24:	7	1.329
13.Netherlands	7	2	21:	9	1.249
14.Italy	6	3	22:	11	1.193
15.Portugal	5	4	16:	15	1.026
16.Israel	4	5	15:	18	0.981
17.Belgium	2	7	10:	23	0.806**
18.South Korea	2	7	11:	23	0.842
19.Cuba	2	7	10:	23	0.827
20.Austria	0	9	1:	27	0.506**

Team	Br	Ea	Ne	It	Po	Is	Be	So	Cu	Au
Brazil	---	3:0	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0
East Germany		---	3:0	3:2	3:1	3:1	3:0	3:0	3:0	3:0
Netherlands			---	3:1	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:0	3:1	3:0
Italy				---	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:0
Portugal					---	3:0	3:1	3:0	3:2	3:0
Israel						---	3:1	3:2	3:0	3:0
Belgium							---		3:1	3:1
South Korea							3:2	---		3:0
Cuba								3:2	---	3:0
Austria										---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
02.09	Italy	3-0	South Korea	45-7	15-0	15-2	15-5
02.09	Brazil	3-0	Israel	45-29	15-8	15-13	15-8
02.09	Portugal	3-0	Austria	45-19	15-2	15-7	15-10
02.09	Belgium	3-1	Cuba	53-38	8-15	15-9	15-13	15-1
02.09	East Germany	3-0	Netherlands	45-31	15-7	15-12	15-12
03.09	Portugal	3-0	Israel	46-32	15-10	16-14	15-8
03.09	Brazil	3-0	Cuba	47-28	15-5	15-8	17-15
03.09	Netherlands	3-2	South Korea	61-56	15-11	6-15	10-15	15-9	15-6
03.09	East Germany	3-2	Belgium	70-52	15-11	14-16	11-15	15-8	15-2
03.09	Italy	3-0	Austria	45-16	15-3	15-7	15-6
05.09	East Germany	3-0	South Korea	42-34	15-11	15-5	16-14
05.09	Brazil	3-0	Belgium	45-17	15-3	15-6	15-8
05.09	Netherlands	3-0	Austria	45-16	15-3	15-4	15-9
05.09	Portugal	3-2	Cuba	64-56	12-15	15-7	7-15	15-8	15-11
05.09	Italy	3-1	Israel	51-46	15-9	5-15	16-14	15-8
06.09	Italy	3-0	Cuba	47-36	15-10	17-15	15-11
06.09	South Korea	3-0	Austria	45-27	15-11	15-13	15-3
06.09	Portugal	3-1	Belgium	52-41	15-8	15-6	7-15	15-12
06.09	Brazil	3-0	East Germany	45-30	15-10	15-9	15-11
06.09	Netherlands	3-1	Israel	52-38	15-7	15-9	7-15	15-7
08.09	Italy	3-0	Belgium	48-32	15-3	18-16	15-3
08.09	Israel	3-2	South Korea	68-59	15-10	12-15	11-15	15-12	15-7
08.09	East Germany	3-0	Austria	45-23	15-5	15-11	15-7
08.09	Netherlands	3-1	Cuba	53-38	8-15	15-10	15-5	15-8
08.09	Brazil	3-0	Portugal	46-31	16-14	15-4	15-13
09.09	East Germany	3-1	Portugal	58-46	15-5	16-14	12-15	15-12
09.09	Israel	3-0	Austria	45-17	15-6	15-3	15-8
09.09	Cuba	3-2	South Korea	66-49	15-5	15-7	13-15	8-15	15-7
09.09	Brazil	3-1	Italy	55-40	15-7	10-15	15-13	15-5
09.09	Netherlands	3-0	Belgium	45-29	15-11	15-8	15-10
10.09	South Korea	3-2	Belgium	68-45	13-15	10-15	15-3	15-8	15-4
10.09	East Germany	3-1	Israel	57-43	11-15	15-6	16-14	15-8
10.09	Brazil	3-0	Netherlands	45-31	15-10	15-8	15-13
10.09	Cuba	3-0	Austria	45-36	15-13	15-13	15-10
10.09	Italy	3-0	Portugal	45-33	15-9	15-12	15-12
11.09	Netherlands	3-0	Portugal	45-25	15-11	15-7	15-7
11.09	Belgium	3-1	Austria	55-31	15-12	10-15	15-0	15-4
11.09	Israel	3-0	Cuba	45-37	15-12	15-13	15-12
11.09	East Germany	3-2	Italy	68-53	14-16	15-4	9-15	15-9	15-9
11.09	Brazil	3-0	South Korea	45-21	15-8	15-4	15-9
12.09	Netherlands	3-1	Italy	59-46	14-16	15-12	15-7	15-11
12.09	Portugal	3-0	South Korea	49-38	15-8	17-15	17-15
12.09	East Germany	3-0	Cuba	45-19	15-8	15-1	15-10
12.09	Brazil	3-0	Austria	45-11	15-3	15-6	15-2
12.09	Israel	3-1	Belgium	59-49	15-11	10-15	19-17	15-6

Group 21-24	w	l	gf	ga	ratio
21.India	3	0	9:	0	4.500
22.Turkey	3	0	9:	0	1.636
23.Luxembourg	0	3	0:	9	0.559
24.West Germany	0	3	0:	9	0.274

Team	In	Tu	Lu	We
India	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Turkey		---	3:0	3:0
Luxembourg			---	3:0
West Germany				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
02.09	India	3-0	West Germany	45-7	15-0	15-2	15-5
02.09	Turkey	3-0	Luxembourg	45-12	15-1	15-5	15-6
03.09	Turkey	3-0	West Germany	45-9	15-2	15-5	15-2
03.09	India	3-0	Luxembourg	45-5	15-1	15-2	15-2
05.09	Luxembourg	3-0	West Germany	45-21	15-3	15-11	15-7
05.09	India	3-0	Turkey	45-18	15-6	15-6	15-6

Preliminary Round. Winners to Final Group. Second to Group 11-20. Third to Group 21-24.

Group A	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	So	So	Tu
1. Soviet Union	2	0	6:	0	3.913	---	3:0	3:0
2. South Korea	1	1	3:	5	0.789		---	3:2
3. Turkey	0	2	2:	6	0.557			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
30.08	South Korea	3-2	Turkey	61-50	4-15	15-5	12-15	15-5	15-10
31.08	Soviet Union	3-0	Turkey	45-9	15-0	15-5	15-4
01.09	Soviet Union	3-0	South Korea	45-14	15-2	15-8	15-4

Group B	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Cz	Ea
1. Czechoslovakia	1	0	3:	0	2.812	---	3:0
2. East Germany	0	1	0:	3	0.356		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
31.08	Czechoslovakia	3-0	East Germany	45-16	15-5	15-4	15-7

Group C	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Bu	Au
1. Bulgaria	1	0	3:	0	6.429	---	3:0
2. Austria	0	1	0:	3	0.156		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
31.08	Bulgaria	3-0	Austria	45-7	15-1	15-3	15-3

Group D	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Ro	It
1. Romania	1	0	3:	0	1.957	---	3:0
2. Italy	0	1	0:	3	0.511		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
31.08	Romania	3-0	Italy	45-23	15-10	15-10	15-3

Group E	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Hu	Ne
1. Hungary	1	0	3:	0	1.957	---	3:0
2. Netherlands	0	1	0:	3	0.511		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
31.08	Hungary	3-0	Netherlands	45-23	15-8	15-8	15-7

Group F	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Fr	Is	Lu
1. France	2	0	6:	0	4.500	---	3:0	3:0
2. Israel	1	1	3:	3	1.052		---	3:0
3. Luxembourg	0	2	0:	6	0.189			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
30.08	France	3-0	Israel	45-16	15-4	15-6	15-6
31.08	Israel	3-0	Luxembourg	45-13	15-8	15-2	15-3
01.09	France	3-0	Luxembourg	45-4	15-1	15-1	15-2

Group G	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Un	Be
1. United States	1	0	3:	0	1.731	---	3:0
2. Belgium	0	1	0:	3	0.578		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
31.08	United States	3-0	Belgium	45-26	15-2	15-12	15-12

Group H	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Ch	Br	In
1. China	2	0	6:	2	1.309	---	3:1	3:1
2. Brazil	1	1	4:	5	1.081		---	3:2
3. India	0	2	3:	6	0.718			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5	dur
30.08	Brazil	3-2	India	62-48	6-15	15-6	15-8	11-15	15-4	2:30
31.08	China	3-1	Brazil	51-45	15-10	15-9	6-15	15-11		3:12
01.09	China	3-1	India	55-36	15-5	15-9	10-15	15-7

Group I	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Yu	Po	We
1. Yugoslavia	2	0	6:	0	3.500	---	3:0	3:0
2. Portugal	1	1	3:	3	1.353		---	3:0
3. West Germany	0	2	0:	6	0.078			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
30.08	Portugal	3-0	West Germany	45-5	15-2	15-1	15-2
31.08	Yugoslavia	3-0	West Germany	45-2	15-0	15-2	15-0
01.09	Yugoslavia	3-0	Portugal	46-24	15-4	15-6	16-14

Group J	w	l	gf	ga	ratio	Po	Cu
1. Poland	1	0	3:	0	11.250	---	3:0
2. Cuba	0	1	0:	3	0.089		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3
31.08	Poland	3-0	Cuba	45-4	15-2	15-1	15-1

Teams Composition

1. Czechoslovakia

Josef Broz

Karel Broz

Bohumil Golián

Karel Láznicka

Zdenek Maly

Josef Musil

Jaromir Paldus

Karel Paulus

Milan Purnoch

Frantisek Schwarzkopf

Ladislav Synovec

Josef Tesar

Coach: Josef Kozák

2. Romania

Gabriel Cherebetiu

Georghe Corbeanu

Eduard Derzei

Dumitru Medianu

Caius Miculescu

Sebastian Mihailescu

Constantin Mitroi

Alexandru Musat

Horatiu Nicolau

Jean Ponova

Stefan Roman

Marcel Rusescu

Coach: Emiliu Petrescu

3. Soviet Union

Nil Fasachov

Gennadij Gaykovoy

Vladimir Kurinni

Anatoliy Makagonov

Georgiy Mondsolevski

Konstantin Reva

Marat Sablyigin

Semjon Šcherbakov

Gennadiy Smolyaninov

Ivan Tišchenko

Edmund Ungursch

Anatolij Zakrjevski

Coach: Anatolij Ejngorn

4. Poland

S. Czerski

K. Faliszewski

R. Mazurek

W. Pindelski

Marian Radomski

W. Rutkowski

T. Szlagor

A. Szołomicki

A. Szperling

W. Szuppe

Tadeusz Wleciał

Jan Woluch

Coach: Jacek Busz

5. Bulgaria

I. Asenov

B. Danailov

Denyo Denev

Boris Gyuderov

Lyudmil Gyuderov

N. Lechev

Boyan Moshalov

Panayot Pondalov

Todor Simov

Vasil Simov

P. Topalov

Dimitar Zahariev

Coach: Gueorgui Krastev

6. United States

A. Alper

R. Engen

B. Klein

B. Klinger

A. Kuhn

L. Morgan

W. Schiller

G. Selznick

L. Wentzel

M. Wigley

D. Williams

J. Woods

Coach: Harry Wilson

7. France

F. Arroyo

P. Belleval

J. Berteau

M. Betragnol

Jean-C. Bosch

I. Boulatsel

P. Coquand

M. Desplandes

J. Esteve

J. Nomico

F. Dujardin

Coach: Marcel Mathore

8. Hungary

L. Benke

Z. Berek

L. Gállos

F. Gulyás

B. Horváth

F. Jánosi

J. Kovács

P. Mayer

L. Nagy

J. Papp

O. Prouza

Roka

M. Tatar

J. Varga

Coach: Abad Árpád

9. China

10.Yugoslavia

Slobodan Milosavljevic

Ivan Popovic

Vlado Skerbinjek

Branko Stefanovic

Bogoljub Stojimirovic

Zdenko Michn

Zoran Živkovic

Petar Bojic

Drasko Salopek

Nikola Djorjevic

Josip Kresic

Gordan Jankovic

Coach: Dragomir Sirotanovic

Coach: Biyan Stranic

11.Brazil

F. Bartells

J. Bastos

J. de Melo Bitencourt

S. Borges

U. Brochado

Alvaro Caira

M. Campos

J. Parahos

João J. Quaresima

Joel Ramalho

R. Silva

S. Tavares

Coach: Samy Mehinsky

12.East Germany

Brandenburg

Brockow

Burger

Doring

Dosiehn

Einer

Heintze

Kurt

Kolodniak

Kringer

Renthaler

Loscher

Coach: Eberhard Schulz

13.Netherlands

De Beer

De Kroov

De Ruiter

De Vries

Kaptein

Maas

Smit

Tuinrian

van der Ploes

Zimmerman

14.Italy

Barberi

Bellagambi

Bigoni

Bortolomasi

De Bernardi

Gasparini

Giacchetti

Manetti

Moise

Rasori

Tedeschi

Coach: Ivan Trinajstic

15.Portugal

António Augusto

Borget

Brasil

Cohen

Costa

Duarte

Fernández

Mapaltrain

Moira

Pereira

Roqueter

16.Israel

Bouer

Dekel

Ealinger

Graff

Hanegbi

Jeruchalmi

Kafri

Maller

Mika

Porat

Rotchild

Unsteit

17.Belgium

18.South Korea

19.Cuba

20.Austria

21.India

22.Turkey

23.Luxembourg

24.West Germany

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Men 2002	Teams Men 2002
Men 1998
Men 1994	Men WQ 1993
Men 1990	Men B 1990
Men B 1990 Qual
Men 1986	Men B 1986
Men 1982	Men 1978
Men 1974	Men 1970
Men 1966	Men 1962
Men 1960	Men 1956
Men 1952	Men 1949

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todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 13 May 2011