Head-to-Head• Brazil and Bulgaria have met 12 times at the World Championship, with Brazil winning seven times.
• Brazil have won all of their World Championship meetings with Bulgaria by either 3-0 or 3-1.
• Their last meeting in the competition came in 2010 with Bulgaria winning in straight sets. This victory by Bulgaria followed three consecutive wins by Brazil.
Brazil• Brazil finished first in Pool B winning all five matches and are now on a nine-match winning streak in the competition.
• Brazil can win 10 consecutive World Championship matches for the fourth time in team history.
• They can record their 99th win at the World Championship.
Bulgaria• Bulgaria won three of their five matches in the first round and finished third in Pool C behind Russia and Canada.
• Their last two matches went to five sets winning the former and losing the latter. They can lose two five-setters in a row for the second time in the competition after 2002.
• The last time and only time Bulgaria played three five-setters in a row was back in 1962 alternating the results: W-L-W.