Pool C: Mexico – KazakhstanHead-to-head- These teams will meet for the first time at the World Championship.
- Mexico and Kazakhstan met at the 2014 World Grand Prix. Kazakhstan won the match in straight sets.
- Kazakhstan have lost all their five previous matches against NORCECA teams at the world championship.
Mexico- Mexico have lost all three matches at the 2014 World Championship and are now on a 13-match losing streak in the competition. Their last victory was against West Germany in 1982.
- In those 13 matches, Mexico took only three sets.
- Before this negative streak they had never lost more than four in a row.
Kazakhstan- One of three teams that have yet to win a set in this tournament, the others being Tunisia and Cuba.
- In fact, Kazakhstan have lost their last five world championship matches in straight sets.
- Kazakhstan have lost 12 of their 13 matches at the World Championship, the only exception being a 3-0 triumph over Cameroon in 2006.