Following the Italian men's volleyball team's victory in the men's
world championship
The strength of the volleyball team is undoubtedly marvelous. When it comes to the men's three major balls - soccer, basketball and volleyball - who are the champions of the men's three major balls, and have each team ever reached the top of the world? Let's find out (
the Olympics
The men's soccer tournament has evolved into a U-series tournament, which is smaller and therefore not considered, and the men's volleyball team
World Cup
(Also excluded from the inventory).
In the Olympic men's basketball tournament, the U.S. team almost monopolized the title, with Argentina only surging forward in 2004. Men's Basketball
world championship
(i.e., the World Cup), the U.S. team has given even more opportunities to other teams, including the former Yugoslavia, which has won four times since the 1990s, and Spain, which has won twice. Notably, Brazil won in 1959 and 1963.
Brazil is undoubtedly the biggest winner of the Olympic men's volleyball tournament, having won the title 3 times, in addition to the United States, the Netherlands, the former Yugoslavia, Russia, France, and in the early days, Japan and Poland. Men's Volleyball
world championship
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Italy, Brazil and Poland have been the biggest winners, with the three teams monopolizing the title.
However, nothing is more elusive than the men's soccer team
World Cup
. Men's soccer has no other chance to win a world championship (the Olympics are a U-series event), only the World Cup is called a world championship. In terms of number of titles, Brazil 5, Germany, Italy 4, Argentina, France, Uruguay 2, England & Spain 1 each.
Overall, the only team that has really won world championships in all three major men's sports is Brazil. The U.S. is a bit behind in soccer, Italy is lacking in basketball, and Spain and Argentina are a bit weak in volleyball. However, it's been too long since Brazil won the basketball title, and no other country has the potential to win all three major men's sports at the same time. As for China, it is still working towards its first world title in men's three major balls.
