Cúp bóng chuyền nam thế giới
Các quốc gia tham dự

1st – Vô địch
2nd – Á quân
3rd – Vị trí thứ ba
4th – Vị trí thứ 4
•  – Không tham gia / Không vượt qua vòng loại
– Chủ nhà
= – More than one team tied for that rank
Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
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| Đội |  1965 (11) |  1969 (12) |  1977 (12) |  1981 (8) |  1985 (8) |  1989 (8) |  1991 (12) |  1995 (12) |  1999 (12) |  2003 (12) |  2007 (12) |  2011 (12) |  2015 (12) |  2015 (12) | Tổng cộng |  |
|  Algérie | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |  |
|  Argentina | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | 7th | 9th | • | 7th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 7 |  |
|  Úc | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 9th | 11th | 3 |  |
|  Brasil | • | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 1st | 12 |  |
|  Bulgaria | 9th | 4th | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | 4 |  |
|  Cameroon | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |  |
|  Canada | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 10th | 8th | 7th | • | • | 7th | 9th | 6 |  |
|  Chile | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |  |
|  Trung Quốc | • | • | 5th | 5th | • | • | • | 9th | 11th | 10th | • | 11th | • | • | 6 |  |
|  Cuba | • | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | • | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | • | • | 5th | • | • | 8 |  |
|  Ai Cập | • | • | 11th | • | 8th | • | • | 11th | • | 12th | 10th | 12th | 10th | 10th | 8 |  |
|  Pháp | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | 2 |  |
|  Đức | See  Đông Đức and  Tây Đức | See  Đông Đức and  Tây Đức | See  Đông Đức and  Tây Đức | See  Đông Đức and  Tây Đức | See  Đông Đức and  Tây Đức | See  Đông Đức and  Tây Đức | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |  |
|  Hungary | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |  |
|  Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | 4 |  |
|  Ý | • | • | • | 7th | • | 2nd | • | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | • | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 8 |  |
|  Nhật Bản | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 4th | 14 |  |
|  México | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |  |
|  Hà Lan | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |  |
|  Ba Lan | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 7 |  |
|  Puerto Rico | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | 1 |  |
|  România | 6th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |  |
|  Nga | Xem  Liên Xô | Xem  Liên Xô | Xem  Liên Xô | Xem  Liên Xô | Xem  Liên Xô | Xem  Liên Xô | Xem  Liên Xô | • | 1st | • | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 6th | 5 |  |
|  Serbia | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  Nam Tư | Xem  SCG | Xem  SCG | Xem  SCG | • | 8th | • | • | 1 |  |
|  Hàn Quốc | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | 7th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 11th | • | • | • | 8 |  |
|  Tây Ban Nha | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | 5th | • | • | • | 2 |  |
|  Tunisia | • | 11th | • | 8th | • | • | 8th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 12th | • | 12th | 12th | 9 |  |
|  Hoa Kỳ | • | • | 10th | • | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 11 |  |
|  Venezuela | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 11th | • | 2 |  |
Discontinued nations
|  Tiệp Khắc | 3rd | 5th | • | • | 3rd | • | • | See  Cộng hòa Séc | See  Cộng hòa Séc | See  Cộng hòa Séc | See  Cộng hòa Séc | See  Cộng hòa Séc | See  Cộng hòa Séc |  | 3 |  |
|  Đông Đức | 5th | 1st | • | • | • | • | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức |  | 2 |  |
|  Serbia và Montenegro | See  Nam Tư | See  Nam Tư | See  Nam Tư | See  Nam Tư | See  Nam Tư | See  Nam Tư | See  Nam Tư | • | • | 3rd | See  Serbia | See  Serbia | See  Serbia |  | 1 |  |
|  Liên Xô | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | See  Nga | See  Nga | See  Nga | See  Nga | See  Nga | See  Nga |  | 7 |  |
|  Tây Đức | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức | See  Đức |  | 1 |  |
|  Nam Tư | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | See  SCG | See  SCG | See  SCG | See  Serbia | See  Serbia | See  Serbia |  | 1 |  |