FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
| Nation | Gold |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 6 |
| Brazil | 3 |
| Italy | 3 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| United States | 1 |
| East Germany | 1 |
| Year | Host | Champions (Head Coach) | Score (MVP) | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union Gregory Berlyand | Round-robin | Czechoslovakia |
| 1952 | Soviet Union | Soviet Union Anatolei Ivanovich Chinilin | Round-robin | Czechoslovakia |
| 1956 | France | Czechoslovakia | Round-robin | Romania |
| 1960 | Brazil | Soviet Union | Round-robin | Czechoslovakia |
| 1962 | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Round-robin | Czechoslovakia |
| 1966 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | Round-robin | Romania |
| 1970 | Bulgaria | East Germany Herbert Jenter | Round-robin | Bulgaria |
| 1974 | Mexico | Poland Hubert Jerzy Wagner | Round-robin | Soviet Union |
| 1978 | Italy | Soviet Union Viacheslav Platonov | 3–0 | Italy |
| 1982 | Argentina | Soviet Union Viacheslav Platonov | 3–0 Vyacheslav Zaytsev (USSR) | Brazil |
| 1986 | France | United States Marvin Dunphy | 3–1 Philippe Blain (FRA) | Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Brazil | Italy Julio Velasco | 3–1 Andrea Lucchetta (ITA) | Cuba |
| 1994 | Greece | Italy Julio Velasco | 3–1 Lorenzo Bernardi (ITA) | Netherlands |
| 1998 | Japan | Italy Paulo Roberto de Freitas | 3–0 Rafael Pascual (ESP) | FR Yugoslavia |
| 2002 | Argentina | Brazil Bernardo Rezende | 3–2 Marcos Milinkovic (ARG) | Russia |
| 2006 | Japan | Brazil Bernardo Rezende | 3–0 Gilberto Godoy Filho (BRA) | Poland |
| 2010 | Italy | Brazil Bernardo Rezende | 3–0 Murilo Endres (BRA) | Cuba |
| 2014 | Poland | Poland Stéphane Antiga | 3–1 Mariusz Wlazły (POL) | Brazil |
| 2018 | Bulgaria / Italy | Poland Vital Heynen | 3–0 Bartosz Kurek (POL) | Brazil |
| 2022 | Russia |