Volley ball World Cup:
| Men’s World Cup | ||||
| Year | Host Country | Winner | Runners-up | 2nd Runners-up |
| 1965 | Poland | Soviet Union | Poland | Czechoslovakia |
| 1969 | East Germany | East Germany | Japan | Soviet Union |
| 1973 | Not held | |||
| 1977 | Japan | Soviet Union | Japan | Cuba |
| 1981 | Japan | Soviet Union | Cuba | Brazil |
| 1985 | Japan | United States | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia |
| 1989 | Japan | Cuba | Italy | Soviet Union |
| 1991 | Japan | Soviet Union | Cuba | United States |
| 1995 | Japan | Italy | Netherlands | Brazil |
| 1999 | Japan | Russia | Cuba | Italy |
| 2003 | Japan | Brazil | Italy | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 2007 | Japan | Brazil | Russia | Bulgaria |
| 2011 | Japan | Russia | Poland | Brazil |
| 2015 | Japan | United States | Italy | Poland |
| 2019 | Japan | Brazil | Poland | United States |
| Women’s World Cup | ||||
| Year | Host Country | Winner | Runners-up | 2nd Runners-up |
| 1973 | Uruguay | Soviet Union | Japan | South Korea |
| 1977 | Japan | Japan | Cuba | South Korea |
| 1981 | Japan | China | Japan | Soviet Union |
| 1985 | Japan | China | Cuba | Soviet Union |
| 1989 | Japan | Cuba | Soviet Union | China |
| 1991 | Japan | Cuba | China | Soviet Union |
| 1995 | Japan | Cuba | Brazil | China |
| 1999 | Japan | Cuba | Russia | Brazil |
| 2003 | Japan | China | Brazil | United States |
| 2007 | Japan | Italy | Brazil | United States |
| 2011 | Japan | Italy | United States | China |
| 2015 | Japan | China | Serbia | United States |
| 2019 | Japan | China | United States | Russia |