Belgrade, Serbia, June 24, 2016 - Serbia have won all their four FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 1 matches so far, while Bulgaria have lost all their four games until now. The two Balkan neighbours are set to meet in Belgrade on Friday.
Head-to-Head
• Serbia have won all five World League matches against Bulgaria since the end of the state union with Montenegro.
• Including their appearances as Serbia and Montenegro their head-to-head record with Bulgaria reads eight wins and four defeats.
• Bulgaria last beat Serbia on 24 August 2006: 3-0.
• Six of their last seven meetings at the World League ended in 3-0. The only exception was Serbia's 3-2 win on 8 June 2014.
• This will be the second meeting between Serbia and Bulgaria this season. On 18 June Serbia won 3-0, although Bulgaria's Tsvetan Sokolov finished the match as top scorer (20 points).
Serbia
• Serbia won all four matches in the 2016 World League. Only against Brazil they have lost one set.
• Serbia are the only team to remain unbeaten in Group 1.
• Only in 2010 Serbia won their first five World League matches. They eventually finished third in that campaign.
• Last year, when they came second in the final ranking of the World League after losing the final against France, Serbia won only two of their first five World League matches.
• Srecko Lisinac scored a team-high 60 points in the 2016 World League.
Bulgaria
• Bulgaria are still looking for their first win in the 2016 World League.
• Bulgaria can lose five consecutive World League matches for the first time since 2014-2015 when they also lost five (four in 2014 and the opener in 2015).
• Bulgaria lost twice by 3-1 and twice in straight sets this tournament. In both 3-1 losses they claimed the first set.
• Bulgaria's most experienced player Tsvetan Sokolov (75) has scored more than twice as much points as any of his teammates as Viktor Yosifov follows with 30.