PHOTO VAULT: Serbia Wins 2018 Women's Volleyball World Championship

From our previous reporting:

The Serbian women earned their 2nd World Championship medal, and first-ever World Championship title, on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan.

The story of their first World Championship title was well-told, but they weren’t the only country to hit a new high.

But they weren’t the only country to hit a new best position. Below, see the final ranking of teams at the 2018 World Championship, and after that, see a chart of each country’s history at the World Championships, and some facts about how their 2018 performance stacks up historically.

2018 FINAL STANDINGS

RANK	TEAM
	SERBIA
	ITALY
	CHINA
4	NETHERLANDS
5	UNITED STATES
6	JAPAN
7	BRAZIL
8	RUSSIA
9	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
10	TURKEY
11	GERMANY
12	BULGARIA
13	THAILAND
14	PUERTO RICO
15	AZERBAIJAN
16	MEXICO
17	SOUTH KOREA
18	CANADA
19	ARGENTINA
20	KENYA
21	CAMEROON
22	CUBA
23	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
24	KAZAKHSTAN

ALL-TIME MEDADLS TABLE

#	TEAM	TITLES	RUNNERS-UP	THIRD PLACE	FOURTH PLACE	TOTAL
1	Russia	7 (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006, 2010)	2 (1962, 1974)	4 (1978, 1994, 1998, 2002)	–	13
2	Japan	3 (1962, 1967, 1974)	3 (1960, 1970, 1978)	1 (2010)	1 (1982)	8
3	Cuba	3 (1978, 1994, 1998)	1 (1986)	–	1 (1990)	5
4	China	2 (1982, 1986)	3 (1990, 1998, 2014)	1 (2018)	1 (2002)	7
5	United States	1 (2014)	2 (1967, 2002)	2 (1982, 1990)	1 (2010)	6
6	Italy	1 (2002)	1 (2018)	–	2 (2006, 2014)	4
7	Serbia	1 (2018)	–	1 (2006)	–	2
8	Brazil	–	3 (1994, 2006, 2010)	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	5
9	Poland	–	1 (1952)	2 (1956, 1962)	1 (1960)	4
10	Peru	–	1 (1982)	1 (1986)	1 (1967)	3
11	Romania	–	1 (1956)	–	1 (1962)	2
12	South Korea	–	–	2 (1967, 1974)	2 (1978, 1994)	4
13	Czech Republic	–	–	2 (1952, 1960)	1 (1956)	3
14	North Korea	–	–	1 (1970)	–	1
15	Germany	–	–	–	2 (1974, 1986)	2
16	Bulgaria	–	–	–	1 (1952)	1
16	Hungary	–	–	–	1 (1970)	1
16	Netherlands	–	–	–	1 (2018)	1