Head-to-Head· Brazil and Australia will meet for the first time in the World League.
· Australia will also play their first World League match against a team from South America.
· Brazil have lost three of their last four World League matches against teams representing the Asian Volleyball Confederation. Prior to these four matches they were unbeaten in 20 straight.
· Brazil beat Australia in straight sets at the 2007 World Cup and 2006 World Championships. They also met at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games: a 3-0 win for Brazil in 2000 and a 3-1 win for Brazil in 2004.
Brazil· Brazil have started their 2015 World League campaign with two wins over Serbia (3-2, 3-1). In 2014, they won only one of their first four matches.
· Beating Australia twice would see Brazil set a streak of four consecutive wins. Last year, Brazil's longest winning streak in the World League was a series of four consecutive wins.
· Only one of Brazil's last 10 matches ended in a five-setter, their 3-2 win against Serbia on 29 May.
· In 2012, Brazil played three matches in São Bernardo do Campo (FIN, CAN, POL) winning all three of them.
Australia· Australia have lost their last four World League matches (including their last two of 2014) and can lose five in a row for the first time since a streak of 14 successive defeats dating back to their World League debut in 1999.
· This streak of four losses follows their team record streak of four consecutive wins, set in 2014.
· Australia lost twice to eight-times World League winner last weekend. They now face nine-time World League winner Brazil and they can beat winner of the World League for the second time after a 3-0 win against Netherlands last year.