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Head-to-head

• Poland and Slovenia will meet for the fourth time at EuroVolley.

• Poland won the first encounter 3-1 in the 2015 group phase, but then lost in 3-2 in the quarterfinals (16-14 final set).

• Slovenia also won the third match between these two teams, the playoff match for the quarterfinals in 2017 (3-0).

• Last August, Poland qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after winning their qualifying group with Slovenia, France and Tunisia. They beat Slovenia 3-1 in that group. Slovenia's three top scoring players in that match - Klemen Cebulj (20), Toncek Stern (14) and Alen Pajenk (13) all scored more points than Poland's top scorer Mateusz Bieniek (12), but Slovenia also gave away 33 points in errors.

Poland

• Two-time reigning world champions Poland claimed eight podium finishes in EuroVolley tournaments - G1-S5-B2.

• After winning the European title in 2009, Poland finished in third (2011), ninth (2013), fifth (2015) and 10th place (2017).

• Poland won one (2009) and lost two (1977, 2011) of their three semi-final appearances at EuroVolley.

• Poland have won each of their last six matches in this EuroVolley in straight sets. Only two teams won seven matches in a row without dropping a set - Soviet Union (16, 1950-1955) and the German Democratic Republic (7, 1963).

• The last team to claim the European title with a maximum of one lost set was the Netherlands in 1997. Only Yugoslavia avoided a straight-set defeat against Holland that campaign (3-1 loss in the final).

• Poland have won their last 11 matches in EuroVolley, Olympic Qualification Tournament and Volleyball Nations League following a semi-final defeat against Russia (3-1) in the VNL on 13 July.

• Wilfredo Leon Venero (76) leads Poland in scoring in the 2019 EuroVolley. He also led his team in scoring in their 3-0 win versus Germany in the quarterfinals (18 points).

Slovenia

• Slovenia are aiming for their second podium in a EuroVolley tournament, after a second place in 2015. They lost the 2015 final in straight sets against France.

• Slovenia beat defending champions Russia 3-1 in the quarterfinals, after having lost the group match against Russia 3-0 at this EuroVolley.

• Tine Urnaut scored 13 points for Slovenia in their quarterfinal win. Mitja Gasparini scored 12 points including five aces in that match.

• Slovenia reached the semi-finals at EuroVolley once before - they won 3-1 against Italy in 2015.

• Slovenia have won five matches at a single EuroVolley for the first time. They could now win their sixth match in 2019.

• Tine Urnaut (87) is Slovenia's leading scorer in this year's EuroVolley.

• Alen Pajenk and Poland's Mateusz Bieniek have each scored 13 points from killing blocks in the 2019 EuroVolley.