# National team appearances in the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

This article gives the detailed results of each FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.

## Debut of national teams

A total of 68 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 |
| Total | Total | 68 |

## Summary
### Legend

| 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 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 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 | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | 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 | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | See Czechoslovakia | 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 | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West Germany | See East Germany and West 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 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | 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 | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | See Soviet Union | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | × | × | 7 |
| Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia and Montenegro | 3rd | 9th | 4th | 9th | Q | 5 |
| Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | 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 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | 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 | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | See Czech Republic | 12 |
| East Germany | • | • | 12th | • | 11th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 9th | 12th | • | • | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | 7 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | See Yugoslavia | • | 2nd | 4th | 4th | See Serbia | See Serbia | See Serbia | See Serbia | See Serbia | 3 |
| Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | See Russia | 12 |
| West Germany | • | • | 24th | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | See Germany | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | •• | • | 10th | • | 8th | 8th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia | See Serbia | See Serbia | See Serbia | 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

| # | 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) | 3 |
| 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 |
| 12 | Russia | – | 1 (2002) | – | – | 1 |
| 14 | Japan | – | – | 2 (1970, 1974) | 1 (1982) | 3 |
| 15 | France | – | – | 1 (2002) | 1 (2014) | 2 |
| 15 | Serbia | – | – | 1 (2010) | 1 (2018) | 2 |
| 17 | Argentina | – | – | 1 (1982) | – | 1 |
| 17 | Germany | – | – | 1 (2014) | – | 1 |
| 19 | South Korea | – | – | – | 1 (1978) | 1 |
| 19 | Slovenia | – | – | – | 1 (2022) | 1 |

## Hosts

Results of host nations :
| Year | Host Nation | Finish |
| 1949 | Czechoslovakia | Runners-up |
| 1952 | Soviet Union | Champions |
| 1956 | France | 7th place |
| 1960 | Brazil | 5th place |
| 1962 | Soviet Union | Champions |
| 1966 | Czechoslovakia | Champions |
| 1970 | Bulgaria | Runners-up |
| 1974 | Mexico | 10th place |
| 1978 | Italy | Runners-up |
| 1982 | Argentina | Third place |
| 1986 | France | 6th place |
| 1990 | Brazil | Fourth place |
| 1994 | Greece | 6th place |
| 1998 | Japan | 15th place |
| 2002 | Argentina | 6th place |
| 2006 | Japan | 8th place |
| 2010 | Italy | Fourth place |
| 2014 | Poland | Champions |
| 2018 | Italy | 5th place |
| 2018 | Bulgaria | 11th place |
| 2022 | Poland | Runners-up |
| 2022 | Slovenia | Fourth place |
| 2025 | Philippines | TBD |

## Active consecutive participations

This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the FIVB Men's World Championship.
    As of 7 February 2025
| Team | Managed to qualify since | Consecutive participations |
| Brazil | 1956 | 19 |
| Bulgaria | 1962 | 17 |
| Italy | 1962 | 17 |
| Cuba | 1966 | 16 |
| United States | 1966 | 16 |
| Argentina | 1978 | 13 |
| Canada | 1990 | 10 |
| China | 1994 | 9 |
| Egypt | 1998 | 8 |
| Poland | 1998 | 8 |
| Serbia | 1998 | 8 |
| France | 2002 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 2002 | 7 |
| Iran | 2006 | 6 |
| Japan | 2018 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2018 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 2018 | 3 |
| Germany | 2022 | 2 |
| Qatar | 2022 | 2 |
| Turkey | 2022 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2022 | 2 |