Head-to-Head· Poland have won only four of their 17 World League meetings with Russia.
· Their last meeting came in the 2011 semifinal with Russia beating Poland 3-1. Russia went on to win the tournament that year.
· Poland beat Russia in their most recent meeting in a competitive setting: a 3-2 win at the 2014 World Championships third round.
Poland· Poland have been ever present in the World League since their first participation in 1998. They will make their 18th World League appearance.
· Poland have won two medals in the competition: bronze in 2011 and gold in 2012. Last year they finished in eighth place.
· Poland are two defeats shy from suffering their 100th in the competition.
· Poland have won their last five World League matches played in Gdansk.
Russia· Russia (incl. CIS and URS) will make their 24th appearance in the World League.
· Russia have finished on the podium 15 times of their 23 previous participations (G3-S5-B7). Only Brazil have more silverware (18, G9-S5-B4).
· Russia have grabbed silverware in seven of their last nine participations in the World League. Only in 2012 (8th) and 2014 (5th) they failed to reach the podium.
· Sergey Tetyukhin is one of four players competing in the 2015 World League having reached the age of 39 years.
· Russia have the longest player of the World League in their squad with Dmitriy Muserskiy: 218 centimetres.