Head-to-Head
· Mexico have never played Canada at the world championship.
· Mexico are on a four-match losing streak against fellow NORCECA sides at the world championship, with their most recent two meetings at the 2010 edition (USA and CUB).
· Their last four meetings at the NORCECA Championship all ended in victory for Canada, with Mexico taking only three sets.
Mexico
· Mexico can lose six matches in a row at the world championship for the first time since a team record nine in 1978-1982.
· They have won two sets in their last five matches.
· Their only win in their last nine world championship matches came against a team from the Americas, Venezuela in 2010.
Canada
· Canada can win three matches in a row for the first time since 1978. They have played 51 matches in between that streak of three and their first win in 2014, against Bulgaria on 3 September.
· Canada can clinch two straight set wins in a row for the first time since 1978, against Tunisia and Belgium.
· Once before have Canada won three matches in a first round group phase, three wins in 2006.