Varna, Bulgaria, September 22, 2018 – Poland is one win away from earning their 100th match victory in the FIVB Volleyball World Championship, facing France, which look to rebound from their 3-2 loss to Serbia.
Head-to-Head
• Poland have won all four World Championship meetings with France (1949, 1956, 1960 and 2014).
• France have only played more World Championship matches against Romania (7) without ever winning than versus Poland (4).
• The head-to-head in world level major competitions is nine victories for France and 11 for Poland.
• World level major tournaments are Nations League, Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Grand Champions Cup.
• Poland won their most recent meeting with France, 3-0 in the Nations League in Lódz (Poland) in June 2018.
• These teams have also met in a final of the European Championship, with Poland beating France 3-1 in 2009.
Poland
• Defending world champions Poland won the five first round matches in their 2018 World Championship campaign, but lost to Argentina in a five-setter on Friday.
• Poland saw their run of 12 consecutive World Championship matches come to an end on Friday. Argentina ended Poland's second-longest run of World Championship wins, after a streak of 19 in a row from 1970 to 1978.
• Poland could now lose back-to-back World Championship matches for the first time since the last two matches of the 2010 campaign, against Brazil and Bulgaria.
• Poland are one shy of 100 wins at World Championships. They have 99 wins and 48 defeats so far.
France
• France have won three and lost three matches in their 2018 World Championship campaign, winning at least two sets in all six matches.
• Including the bronze medal match in 2014, losses and wins have alternated in the last seven World Championship matches for France (L-W-L-W-L-W-L). According to this run, they should win the match versus Poland.
• France could lose back-to-back World Championship matches for the first time since the last two encounters of 2014, the semifinal against Brazil and the bronze medal match against Germany.
• Stephen Boyer scored 34 points in the thriller against Serbia, but is was not enough to win. Boyer has scored 96 total points in this World Championship, most for France.