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This article gives the detailed results of each FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.[1][2]
Debut of national teams
editA total of 67 national teams have participated in at least one tournament (until the 2025 tournament).
Year | Debutants | Total |
---|---|---|
1949 | Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union | 10 |
1952 | Finland, India, Israel, Lebanon | 4 |
1956 | Austria, Brazil, China, Cuba, East Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, South Korea, Turkey, United States, West Germany, Yugoslavia | 12 |
1960 | Argentina, Japan, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela | 6 |
1962 | Albania, Mongolia, North Korea | 3 |
1966 | Denmark | 1 |
1970 | Guinea, Iran, Tunisia | 3 |
1974 | Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico | 6 |
1978 | None | 0 |
1982 | Australia, Chile, Iraq, Libya | 4 |
1986 | Chinese Taipei, Greece | 2 |
1990 | Cameroon, Sweden | 2 |
1994 | Algeria, Germany, Russia | 3 |
1998 | Czech Republic, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine | 5 |
2002 | Croatia, Kazakhstan | 2 |
2006 | None | 0 |
2010 | Serbia | 1 |
2014 | None | 0 |
2018 | Slovenia | 1 |
2022 | Qatar | 1 |
2025 | Colombia, Philippines | 2 |
Summary
edit- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
Albania | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 3 |
Argentina | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 11th | 6th | 13th | 9th | 11th | 15th | 8th | Q | 14 |
Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | 17th | 19th | 21st | 19th | 15th | 14th | • | • | 7 |
Austria | • | • | 20th | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Belgium | 9th | • | 17th | • | 20th | 14th | 8th | 11th | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 10th | • | Q | 10 |
Brazil | • | • | 11th | 5th | 10th | 13th | 12th | 9th | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | Q | 19 |
Bulgaria | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | • | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 7th | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 7th | 13th | 3rd | 7th | 13th | 11th | 20th | Q | 20 |
Cameroon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | 13th | 21st | 19th | 23rd | • | 5 |
Canada | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 20th | 11th | • | 12th | 9th | 12th | 17th | 11th | 19th | 7th | 9th | 17th | Q | 13 |
Chile | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
China | • | • | 9th | • | 9th | 9th | • | 15th | 7th | 7th | 12th | • | 15th | 15th | 13th | 17th | 19th | 15th | 22nd | 24th | Q | 16 |
Chinese Taipei | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Colombia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||
Cuba | • | • | 19th | • | • | 17th | 13th | 8th | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 19th | 15th | 2nd | 11th | 18th | 14th | Q | 17 |
Czech Republic | See Czechoslovakia | • | 19th | 13th | 13th | 10th | • | • | • | Q | 5 | |||||||||||
Denmark | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | 2 |
Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 23rd | • | 14th | • | • | 19th | 19th | 21st | 13th | 21st | 20th | 19th | Q | 11 |
Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
Finland | • | 11th | • | • | 18th | 19th | 20th | • | 17th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 16th | • | Q | 9 |
France | 6th | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | 18th | 17th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 6th | 8th | • | • | 3rd | 6th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 5th | Q | 18 |
Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | 9th | • | • | 9th | 8th | 3rd | • | 15th | Q | 6 | |||||||||||
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 6th | 13th | 7th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
Guinea | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Hungary | 7th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 11th | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
India | • | 8th | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | 21st | 19th | 6th | 13th | 13th | Q | 8 |
Iraq | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Israel | • | 10th | 16th | • | 15th | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
Italy | 8th | • | 14th | • | 14th | 16th | 15th | 19th | 2nd | 14th | 11th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 5th | 4th | 13th | 5th | 1st | Q | 19 |
Japan | • | • | • | 8th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 11th | 4th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 15th | 9th | 8th | 13th | • | 17th | 12th | Q | 17 |
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 19th | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
Lebanon | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Libya | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
Luxembourg | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Mexico | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 12th | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 17th | • | 18th | • | 6 |
Mongolia | • | • | • | • | 17th | 21st | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Netherlands | 10th | • | 13th | • | 12th | 12th | 14th | 12th | 16th | • | • | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | • | • | • | 8th | 10th | Q | 14 |
North Korea | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
Panama | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Paraguay | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Peru | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Philippines | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
Poland | 5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 8th | 6th | 9th | • | • | 17th | 9th | 2nd | 13th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Q | 19 |
Portugal | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 3 |
Puerto Rico | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 13th | 21st | 21st | 22nd | • | 6 |
Qatar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | Q | 2 |
Romania | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 13th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 11 |
Russia | See Soviet Union | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | DQ | DQ | 7 | |||||||||||
Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | 3rd | 9th | 4th | 9th | Q | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 4th | Q | 3 | |||||||||||
South Korea | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | 13th | 4th | 8th | • | 14th | 8th | 13th | • | 17th | • | 17th | • | • | Q | 10 |
Spain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 13th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Thailand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Tunisia | • | • | • | • | DQ | • | 22nd | 18th | 24th | 21st | • | • | • | • | 19th | 15th | 19th | 21st | 23rd | 16th | Q | 12 |
Turkey | • | • | 22nd | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | Q | 5 |
Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | Q | 3 | |||||||||||
United States | • | • | 6th | 7th | • | 11th | 18th | 14th | 19th | 13th | 1st | 13th | 3rd | 9th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | Q | 18 |
Uruguay | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Venezuela | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 23rd | 21st | 21st | 19th | 16th | 16th | • | • | 17th | 17th | 19th | 17th | • | • | • | 11 |
Discontinued teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 8th | 9th | See Czech Republic | 12 | ||||||||
East Germany | • | • | 12th | • | 11th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 9th | 12th | • | • | See Germany | 7 | ||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | • | 2nd | 4th | 4th | See Serbia | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | See Russia | 12 | ||||||||
West Germany | • | • | 24th | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | See Germany | 2 | ||||||||
Yugoslavia | • | • | 10th | • | 8th | 8th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia | 4 | |||||||
Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
All-time performance
edit# | Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | 6 (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1978, 1982) | 2 (1974, 1986) | 3 (1956, 1966, 1990) | – | 11 |
2 | Italy | 4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022) | 1 (1978) | – | 1 (2010) | 6 |
3 | Brazil | 3 (2002, 2006, 2010) | 3 (1982, 2014, 2018) | 1 (2022) | 3 (1986, 1990, 1998) | 10 |
4 | Poland | 3 (1974, 2014, 2018) | 2 (2006, 2022) | – | 2 (1956, 1960) | 7 |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 2 (1956, 1966) | 4 (1949, 1952, 1960, 1962) | – | 1 (1970) | 7 |
6 | United States | 1 (1986) | – | 2 (1994, 2018) | – | 3 |
7 | East Germany | 1 (1970) | – | – | 2 (1966, 1974) | |
8 | Romania | – | 2 (1956, 1966) | 2 (1960, 1962) | 2 (1949, 1952) | 6 |
9 | Cuba | – | 2 (1990, 2010) | 2 (1978, 1998) | 1 (1994) | 5 |
10 | Bulgaria | – | 1 (1970) | 4 (1949, 1952, 1986, 2006) | 1 (1962) | 6 |
11 | Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro |
– | 1 (1998) | – | 2 (2002, 2006) | 3 |
12 | Netherlands | – | 1 (1994) | – | – | 1 |
Russia | – | 1 (2002) | – | – | ||
14 | Japan | – | – | 2 (1970, 1974) | 1 (1982) | 3 |
15 | France | – | – | 1 (2002) | 1 (2014) | 2 |
Serbia | – | – | 1 (2010) | 1 (2018) | ||
17 | Argentina | – | – | 1 (1982) | – | 1 |
Germany | – | – | 1 (2014) | – | ||
19 | South Korea | – | – | – | 1 (1978) | |
Slovenia | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |