Volleyball Women's World Championship

Sport Volleyball
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1952—2022
Editions 19
Competitors 556
Countries 16

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1952 various URS 17 – 29 August 1952 1 35 3
1956 various FRA 30 August – 12 September 1956 1 34 3
1960 various BRA 29 October – 13 November 1960 1 36 3
1962 various URS 13 – 25 October 1962 1 36 3
1967 various JPN 25 – 29 January 1967 1 36 3
1970 various BUL 22 September – 2 October 1970 1 36 3
1974 various MEX 13 – 27 October 1974 1 35 3
1978 various URS 25 August – 7 September 1978 1 36 3
1982 various PER 12 – 25 September 1982 1 35 3
1986 various TCH 2 – 13 September 1986 1 36 3
1990 various CHN 22 – 31 August 1990 1 36 3
1994 various BRA 17 – 30 October 1994 1 36 3
1998 various JPN 3 – 12 November 1998 1 36 3
2002 various GER 30 August – 15 September 2002 1 36 3
2006 various JPN 31 October – 16 November 2006 1 36 3
2010 various JPN 29 October – 14 November 2010 1 42 3
2014 various ITA 23 September – 12 October 2014 1 42 3
2018 various JPN 29 September – 20 October 2018 1 42 3
2022 various No flag MUL 23 September – 15 October 2022 1 42 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 2 1 8
2 Japan JPN 3 3 1 7
3 Cuba CUB 3 1 0 4
4 China CHN 2 3 1 6
5 Russia RUS 2 0 3 5
6 Serbia SRB 2 0 0 2
7 United States USA 1 2 2 5
8 Italy ITA 1 2 0 3
9 Brazil BRA 0 3 2 5
10 Poland POL 0 1 2 3
11 Peru PER 0 1 1 2
12 Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
13 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 2 2
= South Korea KOR 0 0 2 2
15 North Korea PRK 0 0 1 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 0 1 1