| YEAR | LOCATION | CHAMPIONS | RUNNERS-UP | THIRD PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tenerife (Spain) |
United States of America | Australia | Spain |
| 2014 | Ankara, Istanbul (Turkey) |
United States of America | Spain | Australia |
| 2010 | Brno, Karlovy Vary, Ostrava (Czech Republic) |
United States of America | Czech Republic | Spain |
| 2006 | Sao Paolo (Brazil) |
Australia | Russia | United States of America |
| 2002 | Changshu, Changzhou, Taicang, Suzhou, Huaian, Nanjing, Wuzhong, Zhangjiagang, Zhenjiang (China) |
United States of America | Russia | Australia |
| 1998 | Berlin, Bremen, Wuppertal, Dessau, Rotenburg/Fulda, Karlsruhe, Münster (Germany) |
United States of America | Russia | Australia |
| 1994 | Adelaide, Sydney, Hobart, Launceston (Australia) |
Brazil | People's Republic of China | United States of America |
| 1990 | Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching (Malaysia) |
United States of America | Yugoslavia | Cuba |
| 1986 | Moscow, Vilnius, Minsk (Soviet Union) |
United States of America | Soviet Union | Canada |
| 1983 | Sao Paula, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
Soviet Union | United States of America | People's Republic of China |
| 1979 | Seoul (Korea) |
United States of America | Korea | Canada |
| 1975 | Bucaramanga, Bogotà, Cali (Colombia) |
Soviet Union | Japan | Czechoslovakia |
| 1971 | Sao Paula (Brazil) |
Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Brazil |
| 1967 | Prague (Czechoslovakia) |
Soviet Union | Korea | Czechoslovakia |
| 1964 | Lima (Peru) |
Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Bulgaria |
| 1959 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Soviet Union | Bulgaria | Czechoslovakia |
| 1957 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
United States of America | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia |
| 1953 | Santiago de Chile (Chile) |
United States of America | Chile | France |