Major achievements in volleyball by nation
These are lists of achievements in major senior-level international indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and sitting volleyball tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.
Results
For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:
Form | Organization | Tournament |
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Indoor volleyball | Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) |
Volleyball at the Summer Olympics (since 1964, quadrennially) |
FIVB Volleyball World Championship (since 1949, quadrennially[a][b]) | ||
FIVB Volleyball World Cup (since 1965, quadrennially) | ||
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup (since 1993, quadrennially) | ||
FIVB Volleyball Nations League (since 2018, annually) | ||
FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017, annually, defunct) | ||
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (1993–2017, annually, defunct) | ||
Beach volleyball | Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) |
Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics (since 1996, quadrennially) |
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships (since 1997, biennially) | ||
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals (since 2015, annually) | ||
Sitting volleyball | World ParaVolley | Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics (since 1980, quadrennially) |
World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championship (since 1983, quadrennially) |
Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not combine medals of these nations.
The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.
Indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and sitting volleyball
Men and women
*M for Men, W for Women.
†From 2018, the World League was replaced by the men's Nations League, and the World Grand Prix was replaced by the women's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Men
†From 2018, the World League was replaced by the men's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Women
†From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the women's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Indoor volleyball and beach volleyball
Men and women
*M for Men, W for Women.
†From 2018, the World League was replaced by the men's Nations League, and the World Grand Prix was replaced by the women's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Men
†From 2018, the World League was replaced by the men's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Women
†From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the women's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Indoor volleyball
Men and women
Last updated after the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Indoor volleyball | Number of | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / World League† | Nations League / Grand Prix† | ||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
1 | Brasilien | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
2 | Cuba | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
3 | Russland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||
5 | Italien | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
6 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
7 | Soviet Union‡ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
8 | Niederlande | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
9 | Polen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
10 | Serbia and Montenegro‡ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
Indoor volleyball | Number of | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / World League† | Nations League / Grand Prix† | ||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
11 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
12 | Serbien | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
13 | East Germany‡ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
14 | Czechoslovakia‡ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
15 | Bulgarien | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
16 | Südkorea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
17 | Rumänien | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
18 | Frankreich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
19 | Peru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Indoor volleyball | Number of | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / World League† | Nations League / Grand Prix† | ||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
20 | Argentinien | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Deutschland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
23 | Unified Team‡ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
24 | Kanada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dominikanische Republik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Türkei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
†From 2018, the World League was replaced by the men's Nations League, and the World Grand Prix was replaced by the women's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Men
Last updated after the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship | ||||||||||
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Indoor volleyball | Number of | |||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / World League† | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Total | |||
1 | Brasilien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
2 | Italien | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
4 | Russland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
5 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
6 | Niederlande | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
7 | Serbia and Montenegro‡ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||
8 | Polen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
9 | Soviet Union‡ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||
10 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
Indoor volleyball | Number of | |||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / World League† | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Total | |||
11 | East Germany‡ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
12 | Czechoslovakia‡ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
13 | Bulgarien | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
14 | Frankreich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Serbien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
16 | Rumänien | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
17 | Argentinien | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
18 | Kanada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Deutschland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
†From 2018, the World League was replaced by the men's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Women
Last updated after the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League | ||||||||||
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Indoor volleyball | Number of | |||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / Grand Prix† | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total | |||
1 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Cuba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
3 | Brasilien | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Russland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
5 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
6 | Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
7 | Italien | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
8 | Südkorea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
9 | Soviet Union‡ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
10 | Serbien | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
11 | Peru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
12 | Polen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Indoor volleyball | Number of | |||||||||
Olympic Games | World Champion- ship |
World Cup | World Grand Champions Cup | Nations League / Grand Prix† | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total | |||
13 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
14 | Niederlande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
15 | East Germany‡ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Rumänien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Unified Team‡ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
18 | Bulgarien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Czechoslovakia‡ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Dominikanische Republik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Deutschland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Serbia and Montenegro‡ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Türkei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
†From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the women's Nations League.
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Beach volleyball
Men and women
Last updated after the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals | |||||||||||
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Beach volleyball | Number of | ||||||||||
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Tour Finals | |||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
1 | Brasilien | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
2 | Deutschland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
4 | Australien | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
5 | Schweiz | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
6 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
7 | Niederlande | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Norwegen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
9 | Tschechische Republik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Italien | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Beach volleyball | Number of | ||||||||||
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Tour Finals | |||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
11 | Argentinien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
12 | Österreich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Polen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Russland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Spanien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
16 | Lettland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Men
Last updated after the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals | ||||||||
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Beach volleyball | Number of | |||||||
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Tour Finals | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Total | |||
1 | Brasilien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Vereinigte Staaten | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
3 | Deutschland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
4 | Niederlande | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Norwegen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
6 | Italien | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Schweiz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
8 | Argentinien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Beach volleyball | Number of | |||||||
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Tour Finals | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Total | |||
9 | Österreich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Polen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Russland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Spanien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
13 | Australien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Kanada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Lettland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
Last updated after the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals | ||||||||
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Beach volleyball | Number of | |||||||
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Tour Finals | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Women | Women | Women | Total | |||
1 | Brasilien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Deutschland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
3 | Australien | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
4 | Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
5 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
6 | Tschechische Republik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
7 | Schweiz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sitting volleyball
Men and women
Last updated after the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championship | |||||||||
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Sitting volleyball | Number of | ||||||||
Paralympic Games | World Championship | ||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
1 | Niederlande | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
2 | Finnland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
3 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
4 | Bosnien und Herzegowina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
7 | Vereinigte Staaten | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
8 | Russland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
9 | Norwegen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
West Germany‡ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Sitting volleyball | Number of | ||||||||
Paralympic Games | World Championship | ||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |||
11 | Brasilien | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Deutschland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Yugoslavia‡ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
14 | Ägypten | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
15 | Ungarn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Lettland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Slowenien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Schweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
19 | Litauen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Men
Last updated after the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championship | |||||||
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Sitting volleyball | Number of | ||||||
Paralympic Games | World Championship | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Total | |||
1 | Bosnien und Herzegowina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Niederlande | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
4 | Norwegen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
West Germany‡ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
6 | Finnland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Deutschland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Yugoslavia‡ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
9 | Ägypten | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sitting volleyball | Number of | ||||||
Paralympic Games | World Championship | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Total | |||
10 | Brasilien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ungarn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Schweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
13 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Russland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
‡Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.
Women
Last updated after the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championship | |||||||
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Sitting volleyball | Number of | ||||||
Paralympic Games | World Championship | ||||||
Rk. | Nation | Women | Women | Total | |||
1 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2 | Niederlande | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Vereinigte Staaten | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
4 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | Russland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
6 | Finnland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Lettland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Slowenien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
9 | Brasilien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Litauen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
Major international indoor volleyball tournaments
- Volleyball at the Summer Olympics (since 1964, quadrennially)
- FIVB Volleyball World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (since 1949, quadrennially[a])
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship (since 1952, quadrennially[b])
- FIVB Volleyball World Cup
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup (since 1965, quadrennially)
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (since 1973, quadrennially)
- FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup (since 1993, quadrennially)
- FIVB Volleyball Nations League
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League (since 2018, annually)
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League (since 2018, annually)
- FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017, annually, defunct)
- FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (1993–2017, annually, defunct)
Major international beach volleyball tournaments
- Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics (since 1996, quadrennially)
- FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships (since 1997, biennially)
- FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (since 1989, annually)
Major international sitting volleyball tournaments
- Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics (since 1980, quadrennially)
- World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championship (since 1983, quadrennially)
Others
- List of indoor volleyball World Champions
- List of indoor volleyball world medalists
- FIVB World Rankings
- FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
- Volleyball records and statistics
Notes
References
- FIVB 2017 Media Guide (pages 48–75) – Indoor Volleyball Records
- FIVB 2017 Media Guide (pages 76–103) – Beach Volleyball Records