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This article gives the detailed results of each FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.[1][2]
A 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 |
- 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 |
| # | 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) |
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