FIVB World Championship results

This article gives the detailed results of each FIVB World Championship

Men

Year	Host (finals)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1949	Czechoslovakia	URS	TCH	BUL	POL	ROU	FRA	HUN	ITA	BEL	NED
1952	Soviet Union	URS	TCH	BUL	ROU	HUN	FRA	POL	IND	LIB	ISR	FIN
1956	France	TCH	ROU	URS	POL	BUL	USA	FRA	HUN	CHN	YUG	BRA	GDR	NED	ITA	POR	ISR	BEL	KOR	CUB	AUT	IND	TUR	LUX	FRG
1960	Brazil	URS	TCH	ROU	POL	BRA	HUN	USA	JPN	FRA	VEN	ARG	PAR	URU	PER
1962	Soviet Union	URS	TCH	ROU	BUL	JPN	POL	HUN	YUG	CHN	BRA	GDR	NED	PRK	ITA	ISR	ALB	MGL	FIN	AUT	*see below
1966	Czechoslovakia	TCH	ROU	URS	GDR	JPN	POL	BUL	YUG	CHN	HUN	USA	NED	BRA	BEL	TUR	ITA	CUB	FRA	FIN	FRG	MGL	DEN
1970	Bulgaria	GDR	BUL	JPN	TCH	POL	URS	ROU	BEL	PRK	YUG	HUN	BRA	CUB	NED	ITA	MGL	FRA	USA	ISR	FIN	IRI	TUN	VEN	GUI
1974	Mexico	POL	URS	JPN	GDR	TCH	ROU	BUL	CUB	BRA	MEX	BEL	NED	KOR	USA	CHN	FRA	EGY	TUN	ITA	CAN	VEN	DOM	PUR	PAN
1978	Italy	URS	ITA	CUB	KOR	TCH	BRA	CHN	POL	GDR	BUL	JPN	MEX	ROU	HUN	FRA	NED	FIN	BEL	USA	CAN	VEN	ARG	EGY	TUN
1982	Argentina	URS	BRA	ARG	JPN	BUL	POL	CHN	KOR	TCH	CUB	CAN	BRD	USA	ITA	ROU	FRA	FIN	MEX	VEN	IRQ	TUN	AUS	CHI	LBA
1986	France	USA	URS	BUL	BRA	CUB	FRA	ARG	TCH	POL	JPN	ITA	CHN	GRE	EGY	TPE	VEN
1990	Brazil	ITA	CUB	URS	BRA	BUL	ARG	NED	FRA	TCH	SWE	JPN	CAN	USA	KOR	CMR	VEN
1994	Greece	ITA	NED	USA	CUB	BRA	GRE	RUS	KOR	BUL, CAN, GER, JPN				ALG, ARG, CHN, SWE
1998	Japan	ITA	YUG	CUB	BRA	RUS	NED	BUL	ESP	USA	UKR	ARG	CAN	GRE, KOR		CHN, JPN		AUS, POL		ALG, CZE, EGY, IRI, THA, TUR
2002	Argentina	BRA	RUS	FRA	YUG	ITA	ARG	GRE	POR	JPN, POL, NED, USA				BUL, CHN, CZE, ESP				CAN, VEN		AUS, CRO, CUB, EGY, KAZ, TUN
2006	Japan	BRA	POL	BUL	SCG	ITA	FRA	RUS	JPN	GER	USA	CAN	PUR	ARG, CZE		CUB, TUN		CHN, GRE, KOR, VEN				AUS, EGY, IRI, KAZ
2010	Italy	BRA	CUB	SRB	ITA	RUS	USA	BUL	GER	ARG	CZE	FRA	ESP	CMR, EGY, JPN, MEX, POL, PUR						AUS, CAN, CHN, IRI, TUN, VEN
*Tunisia was excluded and Belgium retired from the competition ALB, Albania; ALG, Algeria; ARG, Argentina; AUS, Australia; AUT, Austria; BEL, Belgium; BRA, Brazil; FRG, West Germany; BUL, Bulgaria; CMR, Cameroon; CAN, Canada; CHI, Chile; CHN, China; CRO, Croatia; CUB, Cuba; CZE, Czech Republic; GDR, East Germany; DEN, Denmark; DOM, Dominican Republic; EGY, Egypt; ESP, Spain; FIN, Finland; FRA, France; GRE, Greece; GUI, Guinea; HUN, Hungary; IND, India; IRI, Iran; IRQ, Iraq; ISR, Israel; ITA, Italy; JPN, Japan; KAZ, Kazakhstan; KOR, South Korea; LBA, Libya; LIB, Lebanon; MEX, Mexico; MGL, Mongolia; NED, Netherlands; PAN, Panama; PAR, Paraguay; PER, Peru; POL, Poland; POR, Portugal; PRK, North Korea; PUR, Puerto Rico; ROU, Romania; RUS, Russia; SCG, Serbia & Montenegro; SWE, Sweden; TCH, Czechoslovakia; THA, Thailand; TPE, Chinese Taipei; TUN, Tunisia; TUR, Turkey; UKR, Ukraine; URS, Soviet Union; URU, Uruguay; USA, United States; VEN, Venezuela; YUG, Yugoslavia;

Women

Year	Host (finals)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1952	Moskow, USSR	URS	POL	CZE	BUL	ROM	HUN	FRA	IND
1956	Paris, France	URS	ROM	POL	CZE	BUL	CHN	DDR	PKR	USA	NED	BRA	FRA	BEL	ISR	AUT	BRD	LUX
1960	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	URS	JPN	CZE	POL	BRA	USA	PER	ARG	URU	BRD
1962	Moskow, USSR	JPN	URS	POL	BUL	ROM	CZE	DDR	BRA	CHN	PKR	HUN	NED	BRD	AUT
1967	Tokyo, Japan	JPN	USA	KOR	PER
1970	Sofia, Bulgaria	URS	JPN	PKR	HUN	CZE	BUL	ROM	CUB	POL	DDR	USA	MEX	BRA	NED	PER	MGL
1974	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	JPN	URS	KOR	DDR	ROM	HUN	CUB	PER	POL	MEX	CAN	USA	BUL	CHN	BRA	NED	CZE	PHI	BRD	FRA	DOM	PUR	BAH
1978	Leningrad, USSR	CUB	JPN	URS	KOR	USA	CHN	BRA	DDR	BUL	PER	POL	CZE	HUN	CAN	MEX	YUG	NED	BRD	DOM	ITA	FIN	BEL	TUN
1982	Lima, Peru	CHN	PER	USA	JPN	CUB	URS	KOR	BRA	BUL	HUN	CAN	AUS	MEX	BRD	ITA	NED	PUR	ARG	PAR	ESP	INA	CHI	NIG	PER (jr.)*
1986	Prague, Czechoslovakia	CHN	CUB	PER	DDR	BRA	URS	JPN	KOR	ITA	USA	CZE	BUL	BRD	PKR	CAN	TUN
1990	Beijing, China	URS	CHN	USA	CUB	KOR	PER	BRA	JPN	NED	ITA	TPE	DDR	BRD	CAN	ARG	EGY
1994	São Paulo, Brazil	CUB	BRA	RUS	KOR	GER	USA	JPN	CHN	CZE, AZE, UKR, NED				PER, ITA, ROM, KEN
1998	Tokyo, Japan	CUB	CHN	RUS	BRA	ITA	CRO	NED	JPN	KOR, PER		BUL, DOM		GER, KEN, THA, USA
2002	Berlin, Germany	ITA	USA	RUS	CHN	CUB	KOR	BRA	BUL	NED	GER, GRE, PUR			DOM, JPN, POL, ROM				ARG, CAN, CZE, THA				AUS, EGY, KEN, MEX
*Peru's Women's Junior Team ARG, Argentina; AUS, Australia; AUT, Austria; AZE, Azerbaijan; BAH, Bahamas; BEL, Belgium; BRA, Brazil; BRD, West Germany; BUL, Bulgaria; CAN, Canada; CHI, Chile; CHN, China; CRO, Croatia; CUB, Cuba; CZE, Czechoslovakia through 1990 and Czech Republic since 1994; DDR, East Germany; DOM, Dominican Republic; EGY, Egypt; ESP, Spain; FRA, France; GER, (unified) Germany; GRE, Greece; HUN, Hungary; INA, Indonesia; IND, India; ISR, Israel; ITA, Italy; JPN, Japan; KEN, Kenya; KOR, Korea; LUX, Luxembourg MEX, Mexico; MGL, Mongolia; NED, Netherlands; NIG, Nigeria; PAR, Paraguay; PER, Peru; PHI, Philippines; PKR, North Korea; POL, Poland; PUR, Puerto Rico; ROM, Romania; RUS, Russia; THA, Thailand; TUN, Tunisia; UKR, Ukraine; URS, Soviet Union; URU, Uruguay; USA, United States; YUG, Yugoslavia