The top three women's volleyball world championships.

In which year was the first and second place 1 1952 Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia 2 1956 French Soviet Union Romania Poland 3 1960 Brazil Soviet Union Japan Czechoslovakia 4 1962 Soviet Union? Japan, Soviet Union, Poland 5 1967 Japan, United States and South Korea 6 1970 Bulgaria, Soviet Union, Japan and South Korea 7 1974 Mexico, Japan, Soviet Union and South Korea 8 1978 Soviet Union, Cuba, Japan and Soviet Union 9 1. 982 Peru China Peru USA 10 1986 Czechoslovakia China Cuba Peru11990 China Soviet Union China USA 12 1994 Brazil Cuba Brazil Russia 65438. +03 1998 Japan Cuba China Russia 14 2002 Germany Italy USA Russia 15 2006 Japan Russia Brazil Serbia and Montenegro16 20/0 Japan Russia Brazil Japan 17 2. 0 14 Total number of gold medals, silver medals and bronze medals in Italy, USA, China and Brazil 1 Soviet Union 5 2 1 9 2 Japan 3 3 1 7 3 Cuba 3 1 0 4 4 China 2 3 0 5 5 Russia 20356 USA. 12257 Italy 1 0 1 8 Brazil 0 3 1 4 9 Poland 0 1 2 3 10 Peru 0165438 Romania. 0 1 1 12 Czechoslovakia 0 2 2 13 Korea 0 2 2 14 North Korea 0115 Saihei 01/kloc.

1952 World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union (1 session, 8 teams): 1. Soviet Union II. Poland. Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria. Romania. Hungary. France. India.

1956 World Championships in Paris, France (2nd, 16 teams): 1. Soviet Union II. Romania. Poland. Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria. China Democratic Germany. North Korea United States 10. Netherlands 1658.

1960 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3rd team): 1. Soviet Union II. Japan. Czechoslovakia. Poland. Brazil. America. Peru. Argentina. Uruguay 10. Federal Republic of Germany.

1962 World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union (Team 4, 14): 1. Japan II. Soviet Union III. Poland. Romania. Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria. Democratic Germany. Brazil. China 10. North Korea 1658.

1967 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan (teams 5 and 4): 1. Japan II. America 3. Korea 4. Peru.

1970 World Championships in Varna, Bulgaria (6th place, 16 team): 1. Soviet Union II. Japan. North Korea 4. Hungary. Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria. Romania. Cuba. Poland 10. Democratic Germany 168.

1974 World Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico (Teams 7 and 23): 1. Japan II. Soviet Union III. Korea 4. Democratic Germany 5. Romania. Hungary. Cuba. Peru. Poland 10. Mexico 1 1. Canada 12. United States 13. +06. Netherlands 17. Czechoslovakia 18. Philippines 19. Federal Republic of Germany. France 2 1. Dominic. Puerto Rico. Panama.

1978 world championships in Leningrad, Soviet Union (teams 8 and 23): 1. Cuba 2. Japan. Soviet Union 4. Korea. America. China Brazil. Democratic Germany. Bulgaria 10. Peru 1 1. Poland 12. Czechoslovakia 13. 38+06. Yugoslavia 17. Netherlands 18. Federal Republic of Germany 19. Dominic. Italy 2 1. Finland. Belgium. Tunisia.

1982 world championships in Lima, Peru (teams 9 and 23): 1. China II. Peru. America 4. Japan. Cuba. Soviet Union 7. Korea. Brazil. Bulgaria 10. Hungary 1 1. Canada 12. Australia 13. 8+06. Netherlands 17. Puerto Rico 18. Argentina 19. Paraguay. Spain 2 1. Indonesia. Chile. Nigeria.

1986 Pracha World Championships in Czechoslovakia (10, 16 teams): 1. China II. Cuba. Peru. Democratic Germany. Soviet Union 6. Brazil. Japan. Korea. Italy 10. United States 1 1. Czechoslovakia 12. Bulgaria 65438.

1990 China (1 1, with 16 teams): 1. Soviet Union II. China America 4. Cuba. Korea. Peru. Brazil. Japan. Netherlands 10.

1994 World Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil (12, 16 teams): 1. Cuba 2. Brazil. Russia. Korea. Germany. America. Japan. China Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Ukraine 65438.

1998 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan (13, 16 Team): 1. Cuba 2. China Russia. Brazil. Italy. Croatia. Holland. Japan. Korea, Peru 165438.

2002 World Championships in Germany (14, 24 teams): 1. Italy 2. America 3. Russia. China Cuba. Korea 7. Brazil. Bulgaria. Netherlands 10. Germany, Greece and Puerto Rico 13.

2006 World Championships in Japan (1 5,24 teams):1. Russia II. Brazil. Serbia and Montenegro. Italy. China Japan. Cuba. Holland. United States 10. Turkey 1 1. Germany 12. China Taipei 12.

20 10 World Championships in Japan (1 6,24 teams):1. Russia II. Brazil. Japan. America. Italy. Turkey. Germany. Serbia. Poland 10. China 165438.

20 14 World Championships in Italy (1 7,24 teams):1. America 2. China Brazil. Italy. Russia, Dominica 7. Japan, Serbia. Germany, Turkey.