Head-to-head· These teams will go head-to-head for the second time in the competition. In 2011, United States beat Iran in straight sets.
· United States and Iran met at this year's World League. The Americans won both meetings in San Diego, California by 3-1 while Iran recorded two straight set wins in Tehran.
· In United States' winning World League campaign of 2014, they beat Iran in the semi-final (3-0). The Iranian team bounced back with a 3-2 victory at the 2014 World Championship.
United States· USA can win five World Cup matches in a row in straight sets for the first time since six in 1995.
· United States have now won six of their last seven competitive matches in 2015 by a 3-0 score (5 World Cup, 1 World League). They had only recorded one straight-sets win in the 11 matches before this run, all in the World League.
· They can win seven consecutive World Cup matches for the first time since 2007.
· USA can win their first seven World Cup matches for the third time after 1985 and 1991. They won the tournament in 1985 and finished third in 1991.
Iran· Iran can lose four World Cup matches in a row after having won the previous two.
· Iran have now won 14 of their competitive matches in 2015 and lost 12. Last year they had a W14-L14 record.
· Iran lost 3-0 to Italy on 16 September despite 12 successful blocks.