Head-to-head• Cameroon and Argentina will meet for the first time at the World Championships as well as for the first time at a major tournament.
• Argentina are unbeaten in their World Championship meetings with African teams (four wins).
• Cameroon have won and lost a World Championship match against South American opposition. In 1990 they beat Venezuela 3-0 while on 2 September of this year they lost 3-1 to the same team.
Cameroon• Cameroon have equalled their record losing streak at the World Championships as they have now lost four matches in a row (starting back in 2010). They previously lost four successive matches in 1990.
• They have claimed just one set in their last three matches, against Venezuela (3-1 loss).
• They are still waiting on their first straight set win in the competition since 1990 (3-0 vs Venezuela)
• At the same time, they have lost at least three matches in straight sets in their two previous World Championship participations (1990, 2010). They are currently on one straight set loss in the 2014 editions,
Argentina• Argentina's three-match winning streak at the World Championships was ended by Serbia who beat them 3-1 on 2 September.
• They have won (3-0 vs Venezuela) and lost (3-1 vs Serbia) one match so far. This is the first time in all of Argentina's 11 World Championship participations that the result of their first two matches has alternated.
• Regarding set wins, Argentina are almost in perfect balance: 158 sets won, 156 sets against.