Venezuela have a W5-L2 record in five-set matches at the world championship
Head-to-Head
• Venezuela (with 10 participations) and Australia (with 5 participations) have never met at the world championship or any other major tournament.
• Australia have won one of their four matches against South American teams at major tournaments, a 3-1 vs Chile at the 1982 world championship.
• They lost 3-0 against Argentina on Saturday.
• Venezuela have won three of their 11 world championship matches against teams from the Asian Confederation, including their last encounter, a 3-1 win against Iran in 2006.
Australia
• Australia's win against Cameroon on 31 August, remains their only win in their last 15 world championship matches.
• They can lose two matches in straight sets in a row for the first time since 2006.
• Australia's win percentage of 11% is less than half of Venezuela's 23%.
• They have lost 13 of their 26 matches without winning a set.
Venezuela
• Venezuela have lost six of their seven matches since the start of the 2010 world championship by a 3-0 scoreline. They have only beaten Cameroon (3-1) in this run.
• They have lost 44 of their 77 total world championship matches in straight sets.
• Venezuela have a W5-L2 record in five-set matches at the world championship, winning their last three fifth-set deciders.
• Their last five-set match was against Egypt (3-2) in 1986.