Pool A: Tunisia – CroatiaHead-to-head- This will be the first world championship meeting between Tunisia and Croatia.
- These teams met at the 1999 World Cup with Croatia beating Tunisia in straight sets.
- Croatia will play their first world championship match against a team representing Africa.
Tunisia- Tunisia are yet to win a set at the World Championship. So far, they have played 17 world championship matches which all ended in straight set defeats.
- Tunisia have played most matches at the World Championship without winning a set. Egypt follow with 16 matches.
- The 26 points they scored against Germany in the third matchround were their fewest in a world championship match since the introduction of the rally point system.
Croatia- After beating Argentina in the opening match, Croatia failed to win their meetings with Italy and Dominican Republic.
- Dominican Republic beat Croatia 3-2 which marked the first time in 14 world championship matches Croatia lost a match in five sets.
- Croatia can lose three world championship matches in a row for the second time in the competition. In 2010 they were beaten by United States, Thailand and Germany.
- With a win against Tunisia, Croatia will qualify for the second round.