Pool H: Brazil - China
Head-to-head
• These teams have met six times at the World Championship. China beat Brazil four times (1974, 1978 and twice in 2002) and Brazil won twice (1994 and 2006).
• Brazil defeated China 3-2 in their 2006 meeting after trailing two sets.
• Brazil have won all of their last 14 meetings with China at the World Grand Prix, World Cup and Olympic Games (July 2008 – August 2014).
Brazil
• Brazil are still unbeaten at the 2014 World Championship, winning all nine matches.
• Brazil have won 30 of their last 32 world championship matches, only losing those two finals in 2006 and 2010.
• Brazil have won at least two sets in each of their last 36 world championship matches.
• They can grab their fifth top 4 finish after 1994 (2), 1998 (4), 2006 (2) and 2010 (2).
• Since 2006, Brazil have won all of their world championship matches against teams representing Asia.
• Thaisa Menezes is this competition's best blocker with an average of 1.03 per set. Fabiana Claudino is in fifth place with an average of 0.78 per set.
• Brazil also have two players in the top 10 of best diggers: Camila Brait in first place with an average of 5.00 per set and Jaqueline Pereira De Carvalho Endres in fourth place with an average of 3.56 per set.
China
• China longest winning streak (8 matches) since 1982-1990 (20 matches) ended after falling to hosts Italy in their last second round match. It was China's first defeat at the 2014 World Championship.
• China are looking for their first top 4 finish since 2002, which would be their sixth top 4 finish in total.
• China have lost only two of their 10 world championship meetings with South American sides. Both defeats came against Brazil.
• Three players of China are in the top 10 best spikers in the competition. Chunlei Zeng is in third place with a success rate of 47.37%, Ting Zhu in sixth with 45.42% and Ruoqi Hui in seventh with 44.51%.