Pool B: Brazil – TurkeyHead-to-head- In 126 world championship matches, Brazil have never met Turkey. Turkey is one of the three teams competing at the 2014 World Championship to have never met Brazil before at the worlds, with the others being Croatia and Tunisia.
- Brazil and Turkey recently met at the World Grand Prix with Turkey winning in five sets.
- Turkey have won both world championship meetings with South American sides. They defeated Peru twice: 3-2 in 2006 and 3-0 in 2010.
Brazil- Brazil have won their first three matches at the 2014 World Championship in straight sets. The only time this century they won four consecutive world championship matches in straight sets was in 2010.
- Brazil can win their 80th match at the World Championship. Only Russia (117) and Japan (84) have won more.
- Their last four defeats in the competition all came in five sets, dating back to 2002.
Turkey- Turkey took only one win (3-0 v Canada) in their three matches at the 2014 World Championship. They lost their opener 3-1 against Serbia and their last match against Bulgaria 3-2.
- Turkey have never lost two consecutive world championship matches in five sets.
- Turkey have failed to win a single set in only one of their last 16 world championship matches.
- Kubra Akman gave a top blocking performance in the competition with 10 points from blocks in Turkey's match against Bulgaria.