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Head-to-head

• The Netherlands have met Germany (incl. the former East and West Germany) 10 times in the European Championship. Both countries have won five encounters this far.
• The Netherlands have won each of the last four encounters with Germany at the European Championship, including three straight-set victories.
• The last time Germany defeated the Netherlands in the European Championship came on 28 September 1977, when East Germany won 3-1 in the group stage.
• The Netherlands claimed their second European Championship medal by defeating Germany in straight sets in the 1991 bronze-medal match.

The Netherlands

• The Netherlands won the European title (1997) a year after claiming the Olympic gold medal (1996). 
• The Netherlands claimed five podium finishes in the European Championship, in consecutive editions from 1989 to 1997 - one first, two second and two third places.
• The Netherlands won three of their five pool matches at the 2019 European Championship. Their defeats came against Poland and Czech Republic.
• The Netherlands could win more than three matches in a single European Championship for the first time since 2003 (4).
• Nimir Abdel-Aziz is this year's top scorer in the European Championship on 123 points, at least 10 more than any other player (Adis Lagumdzija of Turkey follows next on 113).
• Abdel-Aziz was also the best server (24 aces) and the third-best spiker in the group stage on 87 killing spikes, behind Turkey’s Adis Lagumdzija (101) and North Macedonia’s Nikola Gjorgiev (93).

Germany

• Germany finished runners-up to Russia at the 2017 European Championship, their only podium finish in the competition (incl. as East and West Germany).
• Germany are hoping to become the first country to win the European title after finishing runners-up in the previous edition since 2003 (Italy).
• Germany won only two of their five pool matches at the 2019 European Championship, straight-set victories against Austria and Slovakia.
• Germany could lose more than three matches at a single European Championship for the first time since 2001 (4).
• Christian Fromm was Germany's top scorer in the group stage on 59 points, not even half of the Dutch top scorer Nimir Abdel-Aziz (123).
• Julian Zenger was ranked in the top-10 of the best receivers in the group stage on 37% perfect receptions (7th place).