1952 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

The 1952 FIVB Women's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 17 to 29 August 1952 in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Squads
Source:


 * Bohumila Valaskova
 * Libuse Svozilova
 * Ruzena Svobodova
 * Jindra Hola
 * Vera Bochénkova
 * Zdenka Cerna
 * Emilia Roobova
 * Regina Matalikova
 * Bozena Lutockova
 * Bela Cigrova
 * Bronislava Stulcova
 * Bronislava Dostálova
 * Coach: Miroslav Rovný


 * Klementyna Celjnik
 * Danuta Noszka
 * Urszula Figwer
 * Krysztyna Hajec
 * Aleksandra Kubiakowna
 * Halina Ordzechowska
 * Halina Tomaszewska
 * Katarzyna Welsyng
 * Zofia Wojewodzka
 * Krysztyna Zakajewska
 * Miroslawa Zakrzewska
 * Coach: Zigmund Kzcizanowski


 * Tatiana Bunina
 * Aleksandra Tschudina
 * Sofia Gorbunova
 * Militia Kononova
 * Serafirna Kundirenko
 * Sinaida Kuskina
 * Vera Oserova
 * Anna Ponomariova
 * Miniona Sakse
 * Valentina Sviridova
 * Simonina
 * Maria Toporkova
 * Coach: Valentina Oskolkova

Format
The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all eight participant teams in a single pool and played each other once.