Pool F: Serbia – United States
Head-to-head
• Despite having played 123 matches and 38 matches at the World Championship respectively, United States and Serbia have never met in this competition.
• In major competitions, they have met on nine occasions with each match taking place after the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia. Team USA won six of those nine meetings and Serbia won three.
• Their most recent run-in in a major tournament dates back to last year's World Grand Prix, in which the teams exchanged victories. The US won 3-2 in the preliminary round and Serbia won 3-1 in the final round.
Serbia
• Serbia have won six of their seven matches in this tournament, their only defeat coming against Brazil in the first round.
• They have won back-to-back matches in straight sets. They have not recorded more than two successive straight sets victories in the competitions since winning four in a row by 3-0 in 2006 (when taking part as Serbia and Montenegro).
• Serbia can secure a passage into the third round, but it would involve a Russia defeat apart from Serbia beating the US. Serbia face Russia in their final Pool F match on Sunday.
United States
• Team USA are already certain of reaching Round III. Even in a worst case scenario for them, they can no longer finish outside of third place in Pool F. The worst case scenario involves Brazil finishing top on 17 points and USA, Russia and Serbia on 15. With all three on five victories in Pool F, set ratio would be the next tiebreaker and Team USA's will always be better than Russia's should this occur.
• United States are the only team that has taken maximum points in this tournament, winning all seven of their matches by 3-0 or 3-1.
• In 14 previous appearances at the World Championship, USA's best finish is runners-up (in 1967 and 2002).