The victory also marks France's first world title in all age groups as the defeated their opponents 3-1 at the Aldo Cantoni.

The French blockers provided a commanding presence at the net with 18 kill blocks to help their team to a 25-22, 16-25, 25-18, 25-21 triumph.

"We're very happy!" French outside hitter Adrien Roure said.

"We fought hard to win this game.

"It was very difficult, maybe the hardest game of my life, but we did it and we're champions.

"We played very well in block, we were great in service and we respected what we had planned to face them.

"I wanted to cry when the last ball touched the floor, I was so happy.

"I was just thinking that we did it."

Roure revealed that lifting this title had long been the team's target.

"We started our preparation very soon," he said. 

"We made a big sacrifice to win this competition and we were confident about our game.

"That's how everything happened.

"I feel also happy because we have many supporters in France that were there for us despite the hours that we played.

"They were there watching and I want to thank them because it's unbelievable."

Earlier in the day, South Korea clinched the bronze medal as they beat the United States 3-1 in the third place match.

They led the spike charts but the win ultimately came down to several unforced errors from the Americans, with the score ending 25-18, 25-19, 21-25, 25-23.

France's outside hitter and captain Mathis Henno was named as the competition's most valuable player.

He was joined by compatriots Amir Tizi-Oualou, Thomas Pujol, and Joris Seddik on the team of the tournament, as well as South Korea's Lee Woo-jin, and Iranians Armin Ghelichniazi and Seyed Morteza Tabatabaei.