Hosts Poland play Venezuela in Pool A on Day 6 of the Men's World Championship
Head-to-head• Poland are unbeaten in their three meetings with Venezuela at the World Championship. All three meetings in 1960, 1978 and 1982 were won in straight sets.
• In the World League competition, both teams were drawn in the same group in 2001, 2003 and 2009. In 12 World League meetings, Venezuela took two victories against Poland.
• Venezuela's victories in the World League both came in Poland: Wroclaw 2001 and Bydgoszcz 2003.
Poland• Poland won their first two matches at the 2014 World Championship. At each of the last three World Championships (2010, 2006 and 2002), Poland won at least each of their first three matches.
• Each of their last four matches ended in straight sets: losses against Brazil and Bulgaria in 2010 and wins against Serbia and Australia in 2014.
• They can win three matches in straight sets for the first time since seven in a row in 2006.
Venezuela• Venezuela ended a seven-match losing streak at the World Championships by beating Cameroon 3-1.
• They can win back-to-back World Championship matches for the fifth time (75 matches in total, 18 wins) and for the first time since 2006.
• Venezuela have played 75 World Championship matches and are three sets short of winning 75.