| Winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 10 | |||
| Brazil | 4 | |||
| Poland | 3 | |||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||
| Iran | 1 | |||
| South Korea | 1 | |||
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up |
| 1977 | Brazil | Soviet Union | 3–0 | China |
| 1981 | Denver | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Brazil |
| 1985 | Italy | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Italy |
| 1987 | Manama | South Korea | 3–2 | Cuba |
| 1989 | Athens | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Japan |
| 1991 | Cairo | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Italy |
| 1993 | Rosario / Santa Fe | Brazil | 3–1 | Italy |
| 1995 | Johor Bahru / Kuala Lumpur | Russia | 3–2 Giba (BRA) | Brazil |
| 1997 | Manama | Poland | 3–1 | Brazil |
| 1999 | Sisaket / Ubon Ratchathani | Russia | 3–1 Pavel Abramov (RUS) | France |
| 2001 | Wrocław | Brazil | 3–0 Ernardo Gómez (VEN) | Russia |
| 2003 | Tehran | Poland Grzegorz Ryś | 3–2 | Brazil |
| 2005 | Visakhapatnam | Russia | 3–0 Thiago Alves (BRA) | Brazil |
| 2007 | Casablanca / Rabat | Brazil Percy Oncken | 3–0 Deivid Costa (BRA) | Russia |
| 2009 | Pune | Brazil Percy Oncken | 3–2 Maurício Silva (BRA) | Cuba |
| 2011 | Rio de Janeiro / Niterói | Russia Sergey Shlyapnikov | 3–2 Leonid Shchadilov (RUS) | Argentina |
| 2013 | Ankara / Izmir | Russia Mikhail Nikolaev | 3–0 Viktor Poletaev (RUS) | Brazil |
| 2015 | Tijuana / Mexicali | Russia Mikhail Nikolaev | 3–2 Pavel Pankov (RUS) | Argentina |
| 2017 | Brno / Ceské Budejovice | Poland Sebastian Pawlik | 3–0 Jakub Kochanowski (POL) | Cuba |
| 2019 | Riffa, Bahrain | Iran Behrouz Ataei Nouri | 3–2 Amir Hossein Esfandiar (Iran) | Italy |
| 2021 |
