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National team appearances in the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
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This article gives the detailed results of each FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.[1][2]
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A total of 68 national teams have participated in at least one tournament (until the 2025 tournament).
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| Team |  1949 (10) |
 1952 (11) |
 1956 (24) |
 1960 (14) |
 1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
 1970 (24) |
 1974 (24) |
 1978 (24) |
 1982 (24) |
 1986 (16) |
 1990 (16) |
 1994 (16) |
 1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
 2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
 2014 (24) |
 2018 (24) |
 2022 (24) |
 2025 (32) |
Total |
 Albania |
• | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Algeria |
Part of France | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 3 | |||
| Argentina |
• | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 11th | 6th | 13th | 9th | 11th | 15th | 8th | Q | 14 |
 Australia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | 17th | 19th | 21st | 19th | 15th | 14th | • | • | 7 |
 Austria |
• | • | 20th | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Belgium |
9th | • | 17th | • | 20th | 14th | 8th | 11th | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 10th | • | Q | 10 |
 Brazil |
• | • | 11th | 5th | 10th | 13th | 12th | 9th | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | Q | 19 |
| Bulgaria |
3rd | 3rd | 5th | • | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 7th | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 7th | 13th | 3rd | 7th | 13th | 11th | 20th | Q | 20 |
 Cameroon |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | 13th | 21st | 19th | 23rd | • | 5 |
 Canada |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 20th | 11th | • | 12th | 9th | 12th | 17th | 11th | 19th | 7th | 9th | 17th | Q | 13 |
 Chile |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
 China |
• | • | 9th | • | 9th | 9th | • | 15th | 7th | 7th | 12th | • | 15th | 15th | 13th | 17th | 19th | 15th | 22nd | 24th | Q | 16 |
 Chinese Taipei |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | •[a] | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Colombia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
 Croatia |
Part of  Yugoslavia | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||
 Cuba |
• | • | 19th | • | • | 17th | 13th | 8th | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 19th | 15th | 2nd | 11th | 18th | 14th | Q | 17 |
| Czech Republic |
See Czechoslovakia | • | 19th | 13th | 13th | 10th | • | • | • | Q | 5 | |||||||||||
 Denmark |
• | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Dominican Republic |
• | • | • | •• | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | 2 |
 Egypt |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 23rd | • | 14th | • | • | 19th | 19th | 21st | 13th | 21st | 20th | 19th | Q | 11 |
| Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
 Finland |
• | 11th | • | • | 18th | 19th | 20th | • | 17th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 16th | • | Q | 9 |
 France |
6th | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | 18th | 17th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 6th | 8th | • | • | 3rd | 6th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 5th | Q | 18 |
 Germany |
See  East Germany and West Germany | 9th | • | • | 9th | 8th | 3rd | • | 15th | Q | 6 | |||||||||||
| Greece |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 6th | 13th | 7th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
 Guinea |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Hungary |
7th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 11th | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
 India |
• | 8th | 21st | •• | •• | • | •• | • | • | •• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | 2 |
 Iran |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | 21st | 19th | 6th | 13th | 13th | Q | 8 |
 Iraq |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Israel |
• | 10th | 16th | • | 15th | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
| Italy |
8th | • | 14th | • | 14th | 16th | 15th | 19th | 2nd | 14th | 11th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 5th | 4th | 13th | 5th | 1st | Q | 19 |
| Japan |
• | • | • | 8th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 11th | 4th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 15th | 9th | 8th | 13th | • | 17th | 12th | Q | 17 |
 Kazakhstan |
Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 19th | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
 Lebanon |
• | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Libya |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
 Luxembourg |
• | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Mexico |
• | • | • | •• | • | • | • | 10th | 12th | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 17th | • | 18th | • | 6 |
 Mongolia |
• | • | • | • | 17th | 21st | 16th [b] | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 Netherlands |
10th | • | 13th | • | 12th | 12th | 14th | 12th | 16th | • | • | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | • | • | • | 8th | 10th | Q | 14 |
 North Korea |
• | • | • | • | 13th | •• | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
 Panama |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Paraguay |
• | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Peru |
• | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Philippines |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
| Poland |
5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 8th | 6th | 9th | • | • | 17th | 9th | 2nd | 13th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Q | 19 |
 Portugal |
• | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 3 |
 Puerto Rico |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 13th | 21st | 21st | 22nd | • | 6 |
 Qatar |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | Q | 2 |
 Romania |
4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 13th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 11 |
 Russia |
See Soviet Union | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | × | × | 7 | |||||||||||
 Serbia |
See Yugoslavia | See  Serbia and Montenegro | 3rd | 9th | 4th | 9th | Q | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia |
Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 4th | Q | 3 | |||||||||||
 South Korea |
• | • | 18th | • | • | • | •[b] | 13th | 4th | 8th | • | 14th | 8th | 13th | •• | 17th | • | 17th | • | • | Q | 10 |
 Spain |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 13th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 Sweden |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Thailand |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Tunisia |
• | • | • | • | DQ | • | 22nd | 18th | 24th | 21st | • | • | • | • | 19th | 15th | 19th | 21st | 23rd | 16th | Q | 12 |
 Turkey |
• | • | 22nd | • | •• | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | Q | 5 |
 Ukraine |
Part of Soviet Union | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | Q | 3 | |||||||||||
 United States |
• | • | 6th | 7th | • | 11th | 18th | 14th | 19th | 13th | 1st | 13th | 3rd | 9th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | Q | 18 |
 Uruguay |
•• | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Venezuela |
• | • | • | 10th | • | • | 23rd | 21st | 21st | 19th | 16th | 16th | • | • | 17th | 17th | 19th | 17th | • | • | • | 11 |
| Discontinued teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 8th | 9th | See Czech Republic |
12 | ||||||||
| East Germany |
• | • | 12th | • | 11th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 9th | 12th | • | • | See Germany |
7 | ||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro |
See Yugoslavia | • | 2nd | 4th | 4th | See Serbia |
3 | |||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | See Russia |
12 | ||||||||
| West Germany |
• | • | 24th | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | See Germany |
2 | ||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
•• | • | 10th | • | 8th | 8th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia |
4 | |||||||
| Team | 1949 (10) |
1952 (11) |
1956 (24) |
1960 (14) |
1962 (21) |
1966 (22) |
1970 (24) |
1974 (24) |
1978 (24) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1994 (16) |
1998 (24) |
2002 (24) |
2006 (24) |
2010 (24) |
2014 (24) |
2018 (24) |
2022 (24) |
2025 (32) |
Total |
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Active consecutive participations
This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the FIVB Men's World Championship.
- As of 7 February 2025
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Notes
- People's Republic of China replaced Republic of China (Asian Qualification Runners-up) after FIVB recognised China as a legitimate Chinese state.
- Mongolia replaced South Korea (1966 Asian Games Runners-up) because of South Korea did not play due to political problems with Bulgaria.
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