Past World Champions – Honour Roll of Excellence
| PDWC | Year | City | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 32 | 2022 | Zagreb | Croatia | Finland | Germany | Poland | |
| 31 | 2018 | Gent | Belgium | Finland | Netherlands | Germany | |
| 30 | 2016 | Jyväskylä | Finland | Germany | Finland | Netherlands | |
| 29 | 2014 | Krakow | Poland | Germany | Netherlands | Finland | |
| 28 | 2012 | Sun City | South Africa | South Africa | Germany | Finland | |
| 27 | 2010 | Rankweil | Austria | Switzerland | Netherlands | Finland | |
| 26 | 2008 | Turin | Italy | Finland | Germany | France | |
| 25 | 2006 | Luxemburg | Luxemburg | Finland | Luxemburg | Netherlands | |
| 24 | 2004 | Varazdin | Croatia | Germany | Finland | Switzerland | |
| 23 | 2002 | Oldenburg | Germany | Germany | Switzerland | Finland | |
| 22 | 2000 | Budapest | Hungary | Finland | Switzerland | Germany | |
| 21 | 1998 | Teesdorf | Austria | Germany | Switzerland | Finland | |
| 20 | 1996 | Bratislava | Slovakia | Finland | Germany | France | |
| 19 | 1994 | Brno | Czech Republic | Finland | Germany | Slovakia | |
| 18 | 1992 | Gstaad | Switzerland | Finland | Germany | Switzerland | |
| 17 | 1990 | Turin | Italy | Germany | Netherlands | Switzerland | |
| 16 | 1989 | Bourg-En-Bresse | France | Netherlands | Germany | Switzerland | |
| 15 | 1988 | Luxemburg | Luxemburg | Netherlands | Switzerland | Germany | |
| 14 | 1987 | Södertälje | Sweden | Sweden | Switzerland | Germany | |
| 13 | 1986 | Breda | Netherlands | Netherlands | Finland | Switzerland | |
| 12 | 1985 | Munich | Germany | Germany | Netherlands | Finland | |
| 11 | 1984 | Tampere | Finland | Finland | Netherlands | Switzerland | |
| 10 | 1983 | Oslo | Norway | Netherlands | Germany | Finland | |
| 9 | 1982 | Lausanne | Switzerland | Germany | South Africa | Finland | |
| 8 | 1981 | Gilze-Rijen | Netherlands | Netherlands | Germany | South Africa | |
| 7 | 1980 | London | England | (Conference, no competitions) | |||
| 6 | 1979 | Helsinki | Finland | Finland | Germany | Netherlands | |
| 5 | 1978 | Brussels | Belgium | Germany | Finland | Norway | |
| 4 | 1977 | Lausanne | Switzerland | Switzerland | Germany | Finland | |
| 3 | 1976 | Munich | Germany | ||||
| 2 | 1975 | Turin | Italy | ||||
| 1 | 1974 | Nice | France | ||||