This article gives the detailed results of each FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.[1][2]
Debut of national teams
editA total of 66 national teams have participated in at least one tournament (until the 2025 tournament)
Year | Debutants | Total |
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1952 | Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, India, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union | 8 |
1956 | Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, East Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Korea, United States, West Germany | 11 |
1960 | Argentina, Japan, Peru, Uruguay | 4 |
1962 | None | 0 |
1967 | South Korea | 1 |
1970 | Cuba, Mexico, Mongolia | 3 |
1974 | Bahamas, Canada, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Puerto Rico | 5 |
1978 | Finland, Italy, Tunisia, Yugoslavia | 4 |
1982 | Australia, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria, Paraguay, Spain | 6 |
1986 | None | 0 |
1990 | Chinese Taipei, Egypt | 2 |
1994 | Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, Russia, Ukraine | 6 |
1998 | Croatia, Thailand | 2 |
2002 | Greece | 1 |
2006 | Cameroon, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey | 5 |
2010 | Algeria, Serbia | 2 |
2014 | None | 0 |
2018 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
2022 | Colombia | 1 |
2025 | Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Vietnam | 4 |
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 | 1952 (8) |
1956 (17) |
1960 (10) |
1962 (14) |
1967 (4) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (23) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Argentina | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 15th | • | • | 17th | • | • | 17th | 19th | 16th | Q | 8 |
Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Austria | • | 15th | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Azerbaijan | Part of Soviet Union | 9th | • | • | 13th | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||
Bahamas | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Belgium | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 9th | Q | 5 |
Brazil | • | 11th | 5th | 8th | • | 13th | 15th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | Q | 18 |
Bulgaria | 4th | 5th | • | 6th | • | 6th | 13th | 9th | 9th | 12th | • | • | 11th | 8th | • | • | 11th | 12th | 17th | Q | 14 |
Cameroon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | 21st | 21st | 24th | Q | 5 |
Canada | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 14th | 11th | 15th | 14th | • | • | 17th | • | 21st | 17th | 18th | 10th | Q | 11 |
Chile | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
China | • | 6th | • | 9th | • | • | 14th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | Q | 16 |
Chinese Taipei | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Colombia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | Q | 2 |
Costa Rica | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 17th | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | 6th | • | • | 17th | 13th | • | 22nd | • | 4 | ||||||||||
Cuba | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 7th | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 5th | 7th | 12th | 21st | 22nd | • | Q | 14 |
Czech Republic | See Czechoslovakia | 9th | • | 17th | • | 15th | • | • | 18th | Q | 5 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | 19th | • | • | • | • | 11th | 13th | 17th | 17th | 5th | 9th | 11th | Q | 10 |
Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | 21st | 21st | • | • | • | • | Q | 4 |
Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
France | 7th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 4 |
Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | 5th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 14th | Q | 9 | ||||||||||
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
Hungary | 6th | • | • | 11th | • | 4th | 6th | 13th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
India | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Indonesia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Team | 1952 (8) |
1956 (17) |
1960 (10) |
1962 (14) |
1967 (4) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (23) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
Israel | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Italy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 15th | 9th | 10th | 13th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | Q | 13 |
Japan | • | • | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 13th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 5th | Q | 18 |
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | 17th | 21st | 15th | 24th | 23rd | • | 5 | ||||||||||
Kenya | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | 21st | 21st | 21st | • | 20th | 19th | Q | 8 |
Luxembourg | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Mexico | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 10th | 15th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 21st | 21st | • | 21st | 16th | • | Q | 9 |
Mongolia | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Netherlands | • | 10th | • | 12th | • | 15th | 16th | 17th | 16th | • | 9th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 11th | 13th | 4th | 12th | Q | 16 |
Nigeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
North Korea | • | 7th | • | 10th | • | 3rd | 24th | 24th | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
Paraguay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Peru | • | • | 7th | • | 4th | 14th | 8th | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 13th | 9th | • | 17th | 15th | • | • | • | • | 12 |
Philippines | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Poland | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | • | 9th | 9th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 15th | 9th | • | • | 7th | Q | 12 |
Puerto Rico | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | 10th | 15th | 17th | 17th | 14th | 15th | Q | 9 |
Romania | 5th | 2nd | • | 4th | • | 7th | 5th | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
Russia | See Soviet Union | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 8th | DQ | DQ | 7 | ||||||||||
Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | 8th | 7th | 1st | 1st | Q | 5 | |||||||||||||
Slovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
Slovenia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
South Korea | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 13th | 13th | • | 17th | 20th | • | 13 |
Spain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
Thailand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 17th | • | 13th | 17th | 13th | 13th | Q | 7 |
Trinidad and Tobago | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | 1 |
Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | 3 |
Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 6th | 9th | 10th | 8th | Q | 6 |
Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | ||||||||||
United States | • | 9th | 6th | • | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 13th | 2nd | 9th | 4th | 1st | 5th | 4th | Q | 18 |
Uruguay | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Vietnam | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
Discontinued teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | • | 5th | 17th | 12th | • | 11th | • | See Czech Republic | 8 | ||||||||
East Germany | • | 8th | • | 7th | • | 10th | 4th | 8th | • | 4th | 12th | See Germany | 7 | ||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | • | • | • | 3rd | See Serbia | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | • | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 1st | See Russia | 10 | ||||||||
West Germany | • | 16th | 10th | 13th | • | • | 19th | 18th | 14th | 13th | 13th | See Germany | 8 | ||||||||
Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia | 1 | |||||||
Team | 1952 (8) |
1956 (17) |
1960 (10) |
1962 (14) |
1967 (4) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (23) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (16) |
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 |
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1 | Soviet Union | 5 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990) | 2 (1962, 1974) | 1 (1978) | – | 8 |
2 | Japan | 3 (1962, 1967, 1974) | 3 (1960, 1970, 1978) | 1 (2010) | 1 (1982) | |
3 | Cuba | 3 (1978, 1994, 1998) | 1 (1986) | – | 1 (1990) | 5 |
4 | China | 2 (1982, 1986) | 3 (1990, 1998, 2014) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2002) | 7 |
5 | Russia | 2 (2006, 2010) | – | 3 (1994, 1998, 2002) | – | 5 |
6 | Serbia | 2 (2018, 2022) | – | – | – | 2 |
7 | United States | 1 (2014) | 2 (1967, 2002) | 2 (1982, 1990) | 2 (2010, 2022) | 7 |
8 | Italy | 1 (2002) | 1 (2018) | 1 (2022) | 2 (2006, 2014) | 5 |
9 | Brazil | – | 4 (1994, 2006, 2010, 2022) | 1 (2014) | 1 (1998) | 6 |
10 | Poland | – | 1 (1952) | 2 (1956, 1962) | 1 (1960) | 4 |
11 | Peru | – | 1 (1982) | 1 (1986) | 1 (1967) | 3 |
12 | Romania | – | 1 (1956) | – | 1 (1962) | 2 |
13 | South Korea | – | – | 2 (1967, 1974) | 2 (1978, 1994) | 4 |
14 | Czechoslovakia | – | – | 2 (1952, 1960) | 1 (1956) | 3 |
15 | North Korea | – | – | 1 (1970) | – | 1 |
Serbia and Montenegro | – | – | 1 (2006) | – | ||
17 | East Germany | – | – | – | 2 (1974, 1986) | 2 |
18 | Bulgaria | – | – | – | 1 (1952) | 1 |
Hungary | – | – | – | 1 (1970) | ||
Netherlands | – | – | – | 1 (2018) |