The 1960 FIVB Women's World Championship was the third edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB.

It was held from 29 October to 13 November 1960 in Brazil.

[1] [2] Source:[1] The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds).

A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.

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.