Volleyball Alltimetable Men World Championships 1949-2018
Note: 3-0 and 3-1 in sets are three points each (W3), 3-2 is two points for the winner (W2) and one for the looser (L1).
SW = Sets won, SL = Sets lost, SR = Set ratio, W% = Winning percentage, Ranking: 1. P, 2. W%, 3. SR, 4. SW.
The first ever world championship in volleyball was won by the Soviet Union in 1949 and, as can be seen above, was played outdoors. (Source: poland2014.fivb.org)
| TEAM | T | GP | W3 | W2 | L1 | L0 | SW | SL | SR | P | W% |
| Brazil | 17 | 170 | 100 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 397 | 217 | 1,829 | 342 | 67,06 % |
| Poland | 17 | 153 | 87 | 17 | 11 | 38 | 349 | 216 | 1,616 | 306 | 67,97 % |
| Bulgaria | 18 | 160 | 81 | 19 | 17 | 43 | 357 | 248 | 1,440 | 298 | 62,50 % |
| Soviet Union | 12 | 114 | 94 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 313 | 80 | 3,913 | 294 | 85,09 % |
| Italy | 17 | 159 | 87 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 341 | 239 | 1,427 | 294 | 61,01 % |
| United States | 16 | 150 | 79 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 327 | 234 | 1,397 | 280 | 62,00 % |
| Czechoslovakia | 12 | 111 | 64 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 269 | 135 | 1,993 | 236 | 73,87 % |
| France | 16 | 148 | 63 | 13 | 12 | 60 | 275 | 271 | 1,015 | 227 | 51,35 % |
| Cuba | 15 | 128 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 47 | 259 | 222 | 1,167 | 212 | 58,59 % |
| Romania | 10 | 97 | 50 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 222 | 157 | 1,414 | 184 | 62,89 % |
| Japan | 15 | 126 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 51 | 235 | 241 | 0,975 | 182 | 50,00 % |
| Netherlands | 12 | 107 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 195 | 189 | 1,032 | 165 | 52,34 % |
| Russia | 7 | 70 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 172 | 84 | 2,048 | 150 | 71,43 % |
| Argentina | 12 | 97 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 185 | 184 | 1,005 | 145 | 50,52 % |
| East Germany | 7 | 71 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 153 | 94 | 1,628 | 137 | 64,79 % |
| China | 14 | 111 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 175 | 224 | 0,781 | 137 | 42,34 % |
| Yugoslavia | 7 | 76 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 159 | 119 | 1,336 | 133 | 57,89 % |
| Hungary | 8 | 77 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 165 | 135 | 1,222 | 133 | 55,84 % |
| Canada | 11 | 85 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 135 | 178 | 0,758 | 105 | 42,35 % |
| South Korea | 9 | 73 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 118 | 147 | 0,803 | 93 | 41,10 % |
| Belgium | 9 | 74 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 91 | 170 | 0,535 | 72 | 29,73 % |
| Finland | 8 | 72 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 97 | 164 | 0,591 | 70 | 30,56 % |
| Germany | 6 | 51 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 75 | 100 | 0,750 | 65 | 41,18 % |
| Serbia | 3 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 64 | 49 | 1,306 | 54 | 60,00 % |
| Venezuela | 11 | 78 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 74 | 196 | 0,378 | 52 | 23,08 % |
| Israel | 4 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 79 | 0,759 | 49 | 40,00 % |
| Iran | 6 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 94 | 0,649 | 48 | 35,71 % |
| Tunisia | 10 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 65 | 185 | 0,351 | 44 | 19,72 % |
| North Korea | 2 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 1,759 | 43 | 68,18 % |
| Mexico | 5 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 59 | 84 | 0,702 | 43 | 38,46 % |
| Greece | 5 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 52 | 82 | 0,634 | 41 | 37,84 % |
| Spain | 3 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 59 | 0,966 | 37 | 44,44 % |
| Egypt | 9 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 54 | 137 | 0,394 | 35 | 17,31 % |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 59 | 0,712 | 30 | 33,33 % |
| Portugal | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 0,895 | 29 | 50,00 % |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 36 | 95 | 0,379 | 24 | 18,92 % |
| India | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 1,400 | 19 | 54,55 % |
| Australia | 7 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 38 | 108 | 0,352 | 19 | 17,50 % |
| Mongolia | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 80 | 0,250 | 16 | 16,67 % |
| Turkey | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 44 | 0,386 | 14 | 22,22 % |
| Slovenia | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 1,063 | 13 | 50,00 % |
| Albania | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0,727 | 13 | 36,36 % |
| Ukraine | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 0,556 | 11 | 33,33 % |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 0,390 | 11 | 18,75 % |
| Sweden | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 0,667 | 10 | 33,33 % |
| Cameroon | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 55 | 0,291 | 10 | 14,29 % |
| Chile | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 0,409 | 7 | 22,22 % |
| Iraq | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 0,391 | 6 | 22,22 % |
| Lebanon | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0,333 | 5 | 28,57 % |
| Luxemburg | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0,250 | 3 | 20,00 % |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 0,250 | 3 | 16,67 % |
| Guinea | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 0,219 | 3 | 9,09 % |
| Uruguay | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0,222 | 1 | 0,00 % |
| Libya | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 0,148 | 1 | 0,00 % |
| Panama | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 0,121 | 1 | 0,00 % |
| Paraguay | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0,111 | 1 | 0,00 % |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 0,167 | 0 | 0,00 % |
| Croatia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0,111 | 0 | 0,00 % |
| Peru | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0,111 | 0 | 0,00 % |
| Denmark | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 0,074 | 0 | 0,00 % |
| Algeria | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0,056 | 0 | 0,00 % |
| Austria | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 63 | 0,032 | 0 | 0,00 % |
| Thailand | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0,000 | 0 | 0,00 % |