Volleyball World Championship Results

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This article gives the detailed results of each Volleyball World Championship

[edit] 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 Prague,
Czechoslovakia
URS CZE BUL POL ROM FRA HUN ITA BEL NED  
1952 Moskow,
USSR
URS CZE BUL ROM HUN FRA POL IND LIB ISR FIN  
1956 Paris,
France
CZE ROM URS POL BUL USA FRA HUN CHN YUG BRA DDR NED ITA POR ISR BEL KOR CUB AUT  
1960 Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
URS CZE ROM POL BRA HUN USA JPN FRA VEN ARG PAR URU PER  
1962 Moskow,
USSR
URS CZE ROM BUL JPN POL HUN YUG CHN BRA DDR NED PKR ITA ISR ALB MGL FIN AUT *see below
1966 Prague,
Czechoslovakia
CZE ROM URS DDR JPN POL BUL YUG CHN HUN USA NED BRA BEL TUR ITA CUB FRA FIN BRD MGL DEN  
1970 Sofia,
Bulgaria
DDR BUL JPN CZE POL URS ROM BEL PKR YUG HUN BRA CUB NED ITA MGL FRA USA ISR FIN IRA TUN VEN GUI
1974 Mexico City,
Mexico
POL URS JPN DDR CZE ROM BUL CUB BRA MEX BEL NED KOR USA CHN FRA EGY TUN ITA CAN VEN DOM PUR PAN
1978 Rome,
Italy
URS ITA CUB KOR CZE BRA CHN POL DDR BUL JPN MEX ROM HUN FRA NED FIN BEL USA CAN VEN ARG EGY TUN
1982 Buenos Aires,
Argentina
URS ARG BRA JPN BUL POL CHN KOR CZE CUB CAN BRD USA ITA ROM FRA FIN MEX VEN IRQ TUN AUS CHI LBA
1986 Paris,
France
USA URS BUL BRA CUB FRA ARG CZE POL JPN ITA CHN GRE EGY TPE VEN  
1990 Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
ITA CUB URS BRA BUL ARG NED FRA CZE SWE JPN CAN USA KOR CAM VEN  
1994 Athens,
Greece
ITA NED USA CUB BRA GRE RUS KOR BUL, CAN, GER, JPN ALG, ARG, CHN, SWE  
1998 Tokyo,
Japan
ITA YUG CUB BRA RUS NED BUL ESP USA UKR ARG CAN GRE, KOR CHN, JPN AUS, POL ALG, CZE, EGY, IRA, THA, TUR
2002 Buenos Aires,
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
*Tunisia was excluded and Belgium retired from the competition
ALB, Albania; ALG, Algeria; ARG, Argentina; AUS, Australia; AUT, Austria; BEL, Belgium; BRA, Brazil; BRD, West Germany; BUL, Bulgaria; CAM, Cameroon; CAN, Canada; CHI, Chile;
CHN, China; CRO, Croatia; CUB, Cuba; CZE, Czechoslovakia before 1993, Czech Republic, 1993-present; DDR, East Germany; DEN, Denmark; DOM, Dominican Republic; EGY, Egypt; ESP, Spain; FIN, Finland; FRA, France;
GRE, Greece; GUI, Guinea; HUN, Hungary; IND, India; IRA, Iran; IRQ, Iraq; ISR, Israel; ITA, Italy; JPN, Japan; KAZ, Kazakhstan; KOR, Korea; LBA, Libya; LIB, Lebanon; MEX, Mexico;
MGL, Mongolia; NED, Netherlands; PAN, Panama; PAR, Paraguay; PER, Peru; PKR, North Korea; POL, Poland; POR, Portugal; PUR, Puerto Rico; ROM, Romania; RUS, Russia;
SCG, Serbia & Montenegro; SWE, Sweden; THA, Thailand; TPE, Taipei; TUN, Tunisia; TUR, Turkey; UKR, Ukraine; URS, Soviet Union; URU, Uruguay; USA, United States;
VEN, Venezuela; YUG, Yugoslavia;

[edit] 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