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List of indoor volleyball world medalists

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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 Bulgaria
1952 Soviet Union  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Bulgaria
1956 France  Czechoslovakia Romania Romania  Soviet Union
1960 Brazil  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia Romania Romania
1962 Soviet Union  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia Romania Romania
1964 Japan  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia  Japan
1965 Poland  Soviet Union  Poland  Czechoslovakia
1966 Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia Romania Romania  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico  Soviet Union  Japan  Czechoslovakia
1969 East Germany East Germany East Germany  Japan  Soviet Union
1970 Bulgaria East Germany East Germany Bulgaria Bulgaria  Japan
1972 Germany  Japan East Germany 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 Bulgaria Romania 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 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
1997 Moscow  Italy  Cuba  Russia Japan  Brazil  Netherlands  Cuba
1998 Milan  Cuba  Russia  Netherlands Japan  Italy Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia  Cuba
1999 Mar del Plata  Italy  Cuba  Brazil Japan  Russia  Cuba  Italy
2000 Rotterdam  Italy  Russia  Brazil Australia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia  Russia  Italy
2001 Katowice  Brazil  Italy  Russia Japan  Cuba  Brazil Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
2002 Belo Horizonte  Russia  Brazil Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Argentina  Brazil  Russia  France
2003 Madrid  Brazil Serbia and Montenegro Serbia  Italy Japan  Brazil  Italy Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
2004 Rome  Brazil  Italy Serbia and Montenegro Serbia Greece  Brazil  Italy  Russia
2005 Belgrade  Brazil Serbia and Montenegro 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 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 East Germany Bulgaria 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 Serbia Japan  Italy  United States  China
2012 Ningbo  United States  Brazil  Turkey Great Britain  Brazil  United States  Japan
2013 Sapporo  Brazil  China Serbia 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".