Head-to-head
• United States and France have met eight times at the World Championship. Their very first meeting in 1956 ended in a 3-1 victory for France.
• After France's victory in 1956, United States had a winning streak of five matches against France between 1960 and 1982.
• Their most recent meetings came in 2006 and 2010. In 2006, France grabbed their first World Championship win (3-2) over the United States since 1956, before losing again in their 2010 meeting.
• In the World League these teams have played 15 matches against each other (1990, 2007, 2012 and 2013). United States won on eight occasions, France on the other seven.
United States
• United States are now on a W-L-W-L-W-L-W record in their last seven matches at the World Championship.
• The last time they won two matches in a row was v Cameroon and France in 2010.
• They have not won two matches in a row by a 3-0 score at the World Championship since 2002.
France
• France can win two matches in a row at a single World Championship for the first time since three in the first group phase in 2010.
• France have a 49% win percentage in all of their World Championship matches. A win v USA would lift their percentage to 50%. USA have a winning percentage of 60%.
• Vaafuti Tavana plays for French team Toac-TUC in Toulouse.