Men’s team
| Winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 21 | |||
| Hungary | 12 | |||
| Japan | 7 | |||
| Czech Republic | 6 | |||
| Sweden | 5 | |||
| Austria | 1 | |||
| England | 1 | |||
| United States | 1 | |||
| Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1926 | London | Hungary | Austria | England India |
| 1928 | Stockholm | Hungary | Austria | England |
| 1929 | Budapest | Hungary | Austria | England |
| 1930 | Berlin | Hungary | Sweden | Czechoslovakia |
| 1931 | Budapest | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Not awarded , |
| as there was a tie for silver. | ||||
| England | ||||
| 1932 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | Hungary | Austria |
| 1933 | Baden bei Wien | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Austria |
| England | ||||
| 1934 | Paris | Hungary | Austria Czechoslovakia | |
| 1935 | Wembley | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Austria |
| Poland | ||||
| 1936 | Prague | Austria | Romania | Czechoslovakia |
| France | ||||
| Hungary | ||||
| Poland | ||||
| 1937 | Baden bei Wien | United States | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| 1938 | Wembley | Hungary | Austria | Czechoslovakia |
| United States | ||||
| 1939 | Cairo | Czechoslovakia | Yugoslavia | England |
| 1947 | Paris | Czechoslovakia | United States | Austria |
| France | ||||
| 1948 | Wembley | Czechoslovakia | France | Austria |
| United States | ||||
| 1949 | Stockholm | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | England |
| United States | ||||
| 1950 | Budapest | Czechoslovakia | Hungary | England |
| France | ||||
| 1951 | Vienna | Czechoslovakia | Hungary | Yugoslavia |
| 1952 | Bombay | Hungary | England | Hong Kong |
| Japan | ||||
| 1953 | Bucharest | England | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| France | ||||
| 1954 | Wembley | Japan | Czechoslovakia | England |
| 1955 | Utrecht | Japan | Czechoslovakia | England |
| Hungary | ||||
| 1956 | Tokyo | Japan | Czechoslovakia | China |
| Romania | ||||
| 1957 | Stockholm | Japan | Hungary | China |
| Czechoslovakia | ||||
| 1959 | Dortmund | Japan | Hungary | China |
| South Vietnam | ||||
| 1961 | Beijing | China | Japan | Hungary |
| 1963 | Prague | China | Japan | Sweden |
| West Germany | ||||
| 1965 | Ljubljana | China | Japan | North Korea |
| 1967 | Stockholm | Japan | North Korea | Sweden |
| 1969 | Munich | Japan | West Germany | Yugoslavia |
| 1971 | Nagoya | China | Japan | Yugoslavia |
| 1973 | Sarajevo | Sweden | China | Japan |
| 1975 | Calcutta | China | Yugoslavia | Sweden |
| 1977 | Birmingham | China | Japan | Sweden |
| 1979 | Pyongyang | Hungary | China | Japan |
| 1981 | Novi Sad | China | Hungary | Japan |
| 1983 | Tokyo | China | Sweden | Hungary |
| 1985 | Gothenburg | China | Sweden | Poland |
| 1987 | New Delhi | China | Sweden | North Korea |
| 1989 | Dortmund | Sweden | China | North Korea |
| 1991 | Chiba City | Sweden | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |
| 1993 | Gothenburg | Sweden | China | Germany |
| 1995 | Tianjin | China | Sweden | South Korea |
| 1997 | Manchester | China | France | South Korea |
| 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | Sweden | China | Italy |
| Japan | ||||
| 2001 | Osaka | China | Belgium | South Korea |
| Sweden | ||||
| 2004 | Doha | China | Germany | South Korea |
| 2006 | Bremen | China | South Korea | Germany |
| Hong Kong | ||||
| 2008 | Guangzhou | China | South Korea | Hong Kong |
| Japan | ||||
| 2010 | Moscow | China | Germany | Japan |
| South Korea | ||||
| 2012 | Dortmund | China | Germany | Japan |
| South Korea | ||||
| 2014 | Tokyo | China | Germany | Chinese Taipei |
| Japan | ||||
| 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | China | Japan | England |
| South Korea | ||||
| 2018 | Halmstad | China | Germany | South Korea |
| Sweden |
Women’s team
| Winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 21 | |||
| Japan | 8 | |||
| Romania | 5 | |||
| Czech Republic | 3 | |||
| England | 2 | |||
| Germany | 2 | |||
| United States | 2 | |||
| South Korea | 1 | |||
| Singapore | 1 | |||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||
| Korea | 1 | |||
| Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1934 | Paris | Germany | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| 1935 | Wembley | Czechoslovakia | Hungary | Germany |
| 1936 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | Germany United States | Not awarded , |
| 1937 | Baden bei Wien | United States | Germany | Czechoslovakia |
| 1938 | Wembley | Czechoslovakia | England | Austria |
| 1939 | Cairo | Germany | Czechoslovakia | Romania |
| 1947 | Paris | England | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| United States | ||||
| 1948 | Wembley | England | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| Romania | ||||
| 1949 | Stockholm | United States | England | France |
| Hungary | ||||
| 1950 | Budapest | Romania | Hungary | England |
| Czechoslovakia | ||||
| 1951 | Vienna | Romania | Austria | England |
| Wales | ||||
| 1952 | Bombay | Japan | Romania | England |
| 1953 | Bucharest | Romania | England | Austria |
| Hungary | ||||
| 1954 | Wembley | Japan | Hungary | England |
| 1955 | Utrecht | Romania | Japan | England |
| 1956 | Tokyo | Romania | England | Japan |
| 1957 | Stockholm | Japan | Romania | China |
| 1959 | Dortmund | Japan | South Korea | China |
| 1961 | Beijing | Japan | China | Romania |
| 1963 | Prague | Japan | Romania | China |
| Hungary | ||||
| 1965 | Ljubljana | China | Japan | England |
| 1967 | Stockholm | Japan | Soviet Union | Hungary |
| 1969 | Munich | Soviet Union | Romania | Japan |
| 1971 | Nagoya | Japan | China | South Korea |
| 1973 | Sarajevo | South Korea | China | Japan |
| 1975 | Calcutta | China | South Korea | Japan |
| 1977 | Birmingham | China | South Korea | North Korea |
| 1979 | Pyongyang | China | North Korea | Japan |
| 1981 | Novi Sad | China | South Korea | North Korea |
| 1983 | Tokyo | China | Japan | North Korea |
| 1985 | Gothenburg | China | North Korea | South Korea |
| 1987 | New Delhi | China | South Korea | Hungary |
| 1989 | Dortmund | China | South Korea | Hong Kong |
| 1991 | Chiba City | Korea | China | France |
| 1993 | Gothenburg | China | North Korea | South Korea |
| 1995 | Tianjin | China | South Korea | Hong Kong |
| 1997 | Manchester | China | North Korea | Germany |
| 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | China | Chinese Taipei | Romania |
| South Korea | ||||
| 2001 | Osaka | China | North Korea | Japan |
| South Korea | ||||
| 2004 | Doha | China | Hong Kong | Japan |
| 2006 | Bremen | China | Hong Kong | Belarus |
| Japan | ||||
| 2008 | Guangzhou | China | Singapore | Hong Kong |
| Japan | ||||
| 2010 | Moscow | Singapore | China | Germany |
| Japan | ||||
| 2012 | Dortmund | China | Singapore | Hong Kong |
| South Korea | ||||
| 2014 | Tokyo | China | Japan | Hong Kong |
| Singapore | ||||
| 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | China | Japan | Chinese Taipei |
| North Korea | ||||
| 2018 | Halmstad | China | Japan | Hong Kong |
| Korea |