List of indoor volleyball world medalists

This list is of those countries who have won an indoor volleyball world medal, referring to any of the Men's and Women's World Championship, Men's and Women's World Cup, Olympic Games, men's and women's Volleyball Nations League (replacing FIVB World League and FIVB World Grand Prix respectively) or FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.

Men's Volleyball World Medalists[1][2][3][4]

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World Championship
Olympic Games
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup

1949–1989

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Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1949 Czechoslovakia   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Bulgaria
1952 Soviet Union   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Bulgaria
1956 France   Czechoslovakia   Romania   Soviet Union
1960 Brazil   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Romania
1962 Soviet Union   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Romania
1964 Japan   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia   Japan
1965 Poland   Soviet Union   Poland   Czechoslovakia
1966 Czechoslovakia   Czechoslovakia   Romania   Soviet Union
1968 Mexico   Soviet Union   Japan   Czechoslovakia
1969 East Germany   East Germany   Japan   Soviet Union
1970 Bulgaria   East Germany   Bulgaria   Japan
1972 Germany   Japan   East Germany   Soviet Union
1974 Mexico   Poland   Soviet Union   Japan
1976 Canada   Poland   Soviet Union   Cuba
1977 Japan   Soviet Union   Japan   Cuba
1978 Italy   Soviet Union   Italy   Cuba
1980 Soviet Union   Soviet Union   Bulgaria   Romania
1981 Japan   Soviet Union   Cuba   Brazil
1982 Argentina   Soviet Union   Brazil   Argentina
1984 United States   United States   Brazil   Italy
1985 Japan   United States   Soviet Union   Czechoslovakia
1986 France   United States   Soviet Union   Bulgaria
1988 South Korea   United States   Soviet Union   Argentina
1989 Japan   Cuba   Italy   Soviet Union

1990–present

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World League (1990–2017)

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Year World League Host Gold Silver Bronze Host Gold Silver Bronze
1990 Osaka   Italy   Netherlands   Brazil Brazil   Italy   Cuba   Soviet Union
1991 Milan   Italy   Cuba   Soviet Union Japan   Soviet Union   Cuba   United States
1992 Genoa   Italy   Cuba   United States Spain   Brazil   Netherlands   United States
1993 São Paulo   Brazil   Russia   Italy Japan   Italy   Brazil   Cuba
1994 Milan   Italy   Cuba   Brazil Greece   Italy   Netherlands   United States
1995 Rio de Janeiro   Italy   Brazil   Cuba Japan   Italy   Netherlands   Brazil
1996 Rotterdam   Netherlands   Italy   Russia United States   Netherlands   Italy   Yugoslavia
1997 Moscow   Italy   Cuba   Russia Japan   Brazil   Netherlands   Cuba
1998 Milan   Cuba   Russia   Netherlands Japan   Italy   Yugoslavia   Cuba
1999 Mar del Plata   Italy   Cuba   Brazil Japan   Russia   Cuba   Italy
2000 Rotterdam   Italy   Russia   Brazil Australia   Yugoslavia   Russia   Italy
2001 Katowice   Brazil   Italy   Russia Japan   Cuba   Brazil   Yugoslavia
2002 Belo Horizonte   Russia   Brazil   Yugoslavia Argentina   Brazil   Russia   France
2003 Madrid   Brazil   Serbia   Italy Japan   Brazil   Italy   Serbia
2004 Rome   Brazil   Italy   Serbia Greece   Brazil   Italy   Russia
2005 Belgrade   Brazil   Serbia   Cuba Japan   Brazil   United States   Italy
2006 Moscow   Brazil   France   Russia Japan   Brazil   Poland   Bulgaria
2007 Katowice   Brazil   Russia   United States Japan   Brazil   Russia   Bulgaria
2008 Rio de Janeiro   United States   Serbia   Russia China   United States   Brazil   Russia
2009 Belgrade   Brazil   Serbia   Russia Japan   Brazil   Cuba   Japan
2010 Córdoba   Brazil   Russia   Serbia Italy   Brazil   Cuba   Serbia
2011 Gdańsk   Russia   Brazil   Poland Japan   Russia   Poland   Brazil
2012 Sofia   Poland   United States   Cuba Great Britain   Russia   Brazil   Italy
2013 Mar del Plata   Russia   Brazil   Italy Japan   Brazil   Russia   Italy
2014 Florence   United States   Brazil   Italy Poland   Poland   Brazil   Germany
2015 Rio de Janeiro   France   Serbia   United States Japan   United States   Italy   Poland
2016 Kraków   Serbia   Brazil   France Brazil   Brazil   Italy   United States
2017 Curitiba   France   Brazil   Canada Japan   Brazil   Italy   Iran

Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)

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Year VNL Host Gold Silver Bronze Host Gold Silver Bronze
2018 Lille   Russia   France   United States Italy–Bulgaria   Poland   Brazil   United States
2019 Chicago   Russia   United States   Poland Japan   Brazil   Poland   United States
2021 Rimini   Brazil   Poland   France Japan   France   Russia   Argentina
2022 Bologna   France   United States   Poland Poland–Slovenia   Italy   Poland   Brazil
2023 Gdansk   Poland   United States   Japan Japan [a]
2024 Łódź   France   Japan   Poland France   France   Poland   United States

Men's Medals summary

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Medals Summary Excluding World League and Volleyball Nations League

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia[a]1610834
2  Brazil148426
3  Italy68620
4  United States61714
5  Poland46111
6  Cuba26614
7  Czech Republic[b]25310
8  Germany[c]2114
9  France2013
10  Netherlands1405
11  Japan1348
12  Serbia[d]1146
13  Bulgaria0257
14  Romania0235
15  Argentina0033
16  Iran0011
Totals (16 entries)575757171

World League and Volleyball Nations League Medals Summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil107421
2  Italy83415
3  Russia[a]55717
4  France4228
5  United States24410
6  Poland2147
7  Cuba1539
  Serbia[d]1539
9  Netherlands1113
10  Japan0112
11  Canada0011
Totals (11 entries)343434102

Women's Volleyball World Medalists[5][6][7][8]

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World Championship
Olympic Games
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup

1952–1992

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Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Soviet Union   Soviet Union   Poland   Czechoslovakia
1956 France   Soviet Union   Romania   Poland
1960 Brazil   Soviet Union   Japan   Czechoslovakia
1962 Soviet Union   Japan   Soviet Union   Poland
1964 Japan   Japan   Soviet Union   Poland
1967 Japan   Japan   United States   South Korea
1968 Mexico   Soviet Union   Japan   Poland
1970 Bulgaria   Soviet Union   Japan   North Korea
1972 Germany   Soviet Union   Japan   North Korea
1973 Uruguay   Soviet Union   Japan   South Korea
1974 Mexico   Japan   Soviet Union   South Korea
1976 Canada   Japan   Soviet Union   South Korea
1977 Japan   Japan   Cuba   South Korea
1978 Soviet Union   Cuba   Japan   Soviet Union
1980 Soviet Union   Soviet Union   East Germany   Bulgaria
1981 Japan   China   Japan   Soviet Union
1982 Peru   China   Peru   United States
1984 United States   China   United States   Japan
1985 Japan   China   Cuba   Soviet Union
1986 Czechoslovakia   China   Cuba   Peru
1988 South Korea   Soviet Union   Peru   China
1989 Japan   Cuba   Soviet Union   China
1990 China   Soviet Union   China   United States
1991 Japan   Cuba   China   Soviet Union
1992 Spain   Cuba   Unified Team   United States

1993–2017

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World Grand Prix (1993–2017)

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Year World Grand Prix Host Gold Silver Bronze Host Gold Silver Bronze
1993 Hong Kong   Cuba   China   Russia Japan   Cuba   China   Russia
1994 Shanghai   Brazil   Cuba   China Brazil   Cuba   Brazil   Russia
1995 Shanghai   United States   Brazil   Cuba Japan   Cuba   Brazil   China
1996 Shanghai   Brazil   Cuba   Russia United States   Cuba   China   Brazil
1997 Kobe   Russia   Cuba   South Korea Japan   Russia   Cuba   Brazil
1998 Hong Kong   Brazil   Russia   Cuba Japan   Cuba   China   Russia
1999 Yuxi   Russia   Brazil   China Japan   Cuba   Russia   Brazil
2000 Quezon City   Cuba   Russia   Brazil Australia   Cuba   Russia   Brazil
2001 Macau   United States   China   Russia Japan   China   Russia   Japan
2002 Hong Kong   Russia   China   Germany Germany   Italy   United States   Russia
2003 Andria   China   Russia   United States Japan   China   Brazil   United States
2004 Reggio Calabria   Brazil   Italy   United States Greece   China   Russia   Cuba
2005 Sendai   Brazil   Italy   China Japan   Brazil   United States   China
2006 Reggio Calabria   Brazil   Russia   Italy Japan   Russia   Brazil   Serbia
2007 Ningbo   Netherlands   China   Italy Japan   Italy   Brazil   United States
2008 Yukohama   Brazil   Cuba   Italy China   Brazil   United States   China
2009 Tokyo   Brazil   Russia   Germany Japan   Italy   Brazil   Dominican Republic
2010 Ningbo   United States   Brazil   Italy Japan   Russia   Brazil   Japan
2011 Macau   United States   Brazil   Serbia Japan   Italy   United States   China
2012 Ningbo   United States   Brazil   Turkey Great Britain   Brazil   United States   Japan
2013 Sapporo   Brazil   China   Serbia Japan   Brazil   United States   Japan
2014 Tokyo   Brazil   Japan   Russia Italy   United States   China   Brazil
2015 Omaha   United States   Russia   Brazil Japan   China   Serbia   United States
2016 Bangkok   Brazil   United States   Netherlands Brazil   China   Serbia   United States
2017 Nanjing   Brazil   Italy   Serbia Japan   China   Brazil   United States

Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)

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Year VNL Host Gold Silver Bronze Host Gold Silver Bronze
2018 Nanjing   United States   Turkey   China Japan   Serbia   Italy   China
2019 Nanjing   United States   Brazil   China Japan   China   United States   Russia
2021 Rimini   United States   Brazil   Turkey Japan   United States   Brazil   Serbia
2022 Ankara   Italy   Brazil   Serbia Netherlands–Poland   Serbia   Brazil   Italy
2023 Arlington   Turkey   China   Poland Japan [b]
2024 Bangkok   Italy   Japan   Poland France   Italy   United States   Brazil

Women's Medals Summary

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Medals Summary Excluding World Grand Prix and Volleyball Nations League

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia[a]1310932
2  China126725
3  Cuba114116
4  Japan67518
5  Italy5117
6  Brazil410620
7  United States210820
8  Serbia[d]2226
9  Peru0213
10  Poland0145
11  Germany[c]0101
  Romania0101
13  South Korea0055
14  Czech Republic[b]0022
  North Korea0022
16  Bulgaria0011
  Dominican Republic0011
Totals (17 entries)555555165

World Grand Prix and Volleyball Nations League Medals Summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil128222
2  United States91212
3  Russia36413
4  Cuba2428
5  Italy2349
6  China16512
7  Turkey1124
8  Netherlands1012
9  Japan0202
10  Serbia0044
11  Germany0022
  Poland0022
13  South Korea0011
Totals (13 entries)31313193

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship".
  2. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup".
  3. ^ "Volleyball at the Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament".
  4. ^ "FIVB Volleyball World League".
  5. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship".
  6. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup".
  7. ^ "Volleyball at the Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament".
  8. ^ "FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix".