Brazil and Bulgaria have gone head-to-head six times at the world championship. Both teams have won on three occasions. Their most recent meeting in 2002 ended in a 3-0 win for Brazil.
Brazil have won 21 of their last 23 matches. Their only two defeats in this period came in the 2006 and 2010 final, losing in five sets against Russia on both occasions.
Bulgaria are on a three-match losing streak. They last lost more matches in a row in 1986-1998 (6).