FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body.

History

The history of the World Championship began as the sport was starting to turn professional. Once FIVB was formed, the first goal was to set up an international competition from more than one continent. In 1949, the first World Championship was played in Czechoslovakia between ten European teams with the Soviet Union taking out the first two titles. The next edition in the Soviet Union, would see the first Asian teams enter with Lebanon and India both entering the competition.

Results

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1949	Czechoslovakia		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Czechoslovakia		Poland	Round-robin	Bulgaria		10
1952	Soviet Union		Soviet Union	Round-robin	Bulgaria		Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Romania		11
1956	France		Soviet Union	Round-Robin	Czechoslovakia		Romania	Round-Robin	Poland		24
1960	Brazil		Czechoslovakia	Round-Robin	Romania		Soviet Union	Round-Robin	Brazil		14
1962	Soviet Union		Soviet Union	Round-Robin	Czechoslovakia		Romania	Round-Robin	Bulgaria		21