World Championship Winners

YEAR

VENUE

FINAL

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

1950

Buenos Aires (ARG)

LEAGUE STAGE

Argentina

USA

Brazil

1954

Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

LEAGUE STAGE

USA

Brazil

Philippines

1959

Santiago (CHI)

LEAGUE STAGE

Brazil

USA

Chile

1963

Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

LEAGUE STAGE

Brazil

Yugoslavia

Soviet Union

1967

Montevideo (URU)

LEAGUE STAGE

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

Brazil

1970

Ljubljana (YUG)

LEAGUE STAGE

Yugoslavia

Brazil

Soviet Union

1974

San Juan (PRC)

LEAGUE STAGE

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

USA

1978

Manila (PHI)

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union (82-81)

Yugoslavia

Soviet Union

Brazil

1982

Cali (COL)

Soviet Union - USA (95-94)

Soviet Union

USA

Yugoslavia

1986

Madrid (SPA)

USA - Soviet Union (87-85)

USA

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

1990

Buenos Aires (ARG)

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union (92-75)

Yugoslavia

Soviet Union

USA

1994

Toronto (CAN)

USA - Russia (137-91)

USA

Russia

Croatia

1998

Athens (GRE)

Yugoslavia - Russia (64-62)

Yugoslavia

Russia

USA

2002

Indianapolis (USA)

Yugoslavia - Argentina (84-77)

Yugoslavia

Argentina

Germany

2006

Saitama (JPN)

Spain - Greece (70-47)

Spain

Greece

USA

2010

İstanbul (TUR)

USA - Turkey (81-64)

USA

Turkey

Lithuania

2019

Madrid (SPA)

USA - Serbia (129-92)

USA

Serbia

France

2023

Manila (PHI)

Germany - Serbia (83-77)

Germany

Serbia

Canada



ALL-TIME MEDALS

Country

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

USA

5

3

4

12

Yugoslavia

5

3

2

10

Soviet Union / Russia

3

5

2

10

Brazil

2

2

3

7

Spain

2

-

-

2

Argentina

1

2

-

3

Germany

1

-

1

2

Serbia

-

2

-

2

Greece

-

1

-

1

Turkey

-

1

-

1

France

-

-

2

2

Chile

-

-

1

1

Philippines

-

-

1

1

Croatia

-

-

1

1

Lithuania

-

-

1

1

Canada

-

-

1

1

 

© www.linguasport.com
Website designed and maintained by Santiago Velasco