Pool D: Japan – ChinaHead-to-head- Japan and China have met a total of seven times at the World Championship. Japan won three times and China four times.
- China have won four of their last five world championship matches against Japan.
- Both teams clashed three times at the 2014 World Grand Prix with Japan winning the last two.
- They also met at the 2012 Olympic Games quarterfinal with Japan beating China 3-2.
Japan- Japan are on a three-match winning streak. They can make it four in a row for the first time since winning their first five matches in the 2010 competition
- Japan have won their last match against a fellow AVC nation (3-0 v KOR in 2010) and have a chance to book back-to-back wins for the first time since 1990-94.
- Japan have won the second-most matches (85) and sets (276) of all nations in the history of the tournament.
China- China have opened their World Championship campaign with four victories. They have not achieved this since 2002. Now they can win the first five for the first time since 1990, when they started with six victories
- China can win five World Championship matches in a row for the first time since that same six-match streak in 1990.
- China can win five consecutive World Championship matches in straight sets for the first time since, again, that same six-match streak in 1990.
- China are the only nation at this World Championship without a set conceded.