Osaka, Japan, October 9, 2018 - Third-ranked China take on second-ranked USA in Pool F in Osaka on Wednesday.
Head-to-Head· United States have won four of their seven World Championship meetings with China, including the 2014 final (3-1).
· Apart from the 2014 final, USA won the first three World Championship encounters: 3-2 in 1956, 3-0 in 1978 and 1982. China won the following three: 3-0 in 1986 and 1990, and 3-1 in 2006.
· China leads the head-to-head against USA at major world level with 37 wins to 31.
· USA have won six of their last eight major world level meetings with China, including a 3-1 victory in the 2018 Nations League semifinals.
· China's last victory against USA at world level came at the 2017 Grand Champions Cup (3-1).
· The women's world level major competitions are: the Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Prix, Grand Champions Cup and the Nations League.
China· China have won six matches and suffered one defeat at the 2018 World Championship. Their only defeat came in their last match of the first round, against Italy (3-1).
· China could claim their seventh win at the 2018 World Championship. In 2014, they registered a team-record 10 wins to reach the final, which they lost 3-1 to United States.
· China can win a sixth match in straight sets at this World Championship. This century, they reached this tally only once (6 in 2014).
· Zhu Ting is China's top scorer on 119 points.
· Zhu scored 15 points in the 3-1 defeat in the final against United States in 2014. Zeng Chunlei was China's top scorer in that final on 20 points.
United States· United States have won all seven matches at the 2018 World Championship. In 2014, they won their first eight en route to the trophy.
· Including 2014, United States have won 10 matches in a row at the World Championships. They are one win short of equalling their best run in the tournament - 11 successive wins in 1978-1982.
· United States can win three matches in a row in straight sets for the first time since the first round in 2014.
· Kelly Murphy leads United States in scoring (73 points).
· With an efficiency of 54.9%, Kelsey Robinson has one of the highest efficiency rates as receiver in this tournament.
· Kimberly Hill scored 20 points in the gold-medal match against China at the 2014 World Championship. She was also voted MVP of the tournament that year.