| Competition: | FIVB World Championship |
| Continent: | World |
| Gender: | Men |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Dates: | 10–18 September |
| Opened: | Klement Gottwald |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | URS |
| Champions-Flagvar: | 1936 |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Last: | first |
| Next: | 1952 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship |
The 1949 FIVB Men's World Championship was the first edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 10 to 18 September 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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| align=center | 4 | ||
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| align=center | 6 | ||
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| align=center | 9 | ||
| align=center | 10 |
| Team roster |
| Einhorn, Kitayev, Mikheyev, Nefedov, Pimenov, Reva, Savin, Shagin, Ulyanov, Vasilchikov, Voronin, Yakushev |
| Head coach |
| Berlyand |