Head-to-Head · Korea Republic and Japan will meet for the 11th and 12th time in the World League. Korea have won seven of their previous ten World League encounters.
· Korea have lost just one of their last seven meetings with Japan in the World League. In 1995, they suffered a straight sets defeat.
· Their last main tournament meetings came in the 2013 World League with Korea winning both matches with a 3-1 scoreline.
Korea Republic · Korea Republic won their first match of the 2015 World League in their second match last week against Czech Republic (3-1).
· Korea have lost at least one set in 48 of their last 49 World League matches. Their only straight sets win in that span came against Czech Republic in 2014.
· Korea have lost their last nine World League matches that went to a fifth set, since a 3-2 win over Italy in 2012.
· They can win their 50th match in the competition, the third AVC team to achieve this alongside Japan (60) and China (50).
Japan· Japan started their 2015 World League campaign with a win over Czech Republic, but have recorded three defeats since that victory.
· They have lost at least one set in their last 65 World League matches. Japan recorded their last straight set win in the competition against China in 2008.
· Japan failed to win a single set in their last two World League matches and can lose three in a row in straight sets for the first time since 2012 (3). They last lost four in a row without winning a set in 2005 (4).