Pool F: Turkey – Netherlands
Head-to-head
• This will be the first meeting between these teams at the World Championship.
• In major competitions, they have squared off on seven occasions with Netherlands winning five times and Turkey winning twice.
• Their most recent meeting in a major competition took place at the 2013 European Championship. In that match in Halle, Turkey emerged victorious in five sets.
Turkey
• In spite of their victory over reigning world champions Russia on Thursday, Turkey can no longer reach the third round, which will feature the six strongest sides. Turkey's best finish in the competition is sixth place, which they achieved four years ago.
• Turkey are easily the least streaky side in World Championship history. Fourteen of their 15 defeats in the competition were followed by a win. Twelve of their previous 13 victories were followed by a defeat.
• The only time Turkey achieved back-to-back wins in the competition was in 2010, when they defeated Dominican Republic and Canada in succession.
Netherlands
• Netherlands cannot reach the third round and cannot finish in the top eight either. Their best finish at the World Championship is seventh (1998).
• Netherlands won their first two matches in this tournament, but have since won only one of their next five.
• Judith Pietersen is among the best servers in this tournament. She has hit nine aces and has committed only one fault.