Belgrade, Serbia, June 21, 2016 - The two unbeaten teams that currently lead the standings in FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 1, Brazil and Serbia, will face each other on Thursday in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Head-to-Head
• Brazil have won 18 of their 22 World League matches against Serbia (incl. Serbia and Montenegro).
• Serbia's 18% winning percentage against Brazil is their lowest against any team in the World League.
• These teams met four times in last year's Intercontinental Rounds. Brazil won three times and Serbia won once.
• The last two matches between Brazil and Serbia ended in five-setters (both one win).
• The last time this World League fixture ended in a straight-set win for one of the teams was in the 2004 semifinals (12 matches since), when Brazil beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-0.
• The first six meetings between Brazil and Serbia at the World League all ended in straight sets (four wins Brazil, two wins Serbia).
Brazil
• Brazil can win five World League matches in a row for the first time since 2013.
• Just like last year, Brazil can start their World League campaign with four consecutive wins.
• Brazil suffered their first defeat at the 2015 World League in match five against Serbia (3-2).
• They have only lost one set at the 2016 World League so far, against United States (25-19, 25-15, 22-25 and 25-22).
• Wallace De Souza (18), Ricardo Lucarelli Santos De Souza (17) and Eder Carbonera (16) finished as Brazil's top scorers in their match against United States.
• Only Bulgaria's Tsvetan Sokolov (56) has scored more points in Group 1 of the 2016 World League than Ricardo Lucarelli Santos De Souza (52).
Serbia
• Serbia could win their opening four World League matches of a season for the first time since 2014.
• They have won three consecutive World League matches by a 3-0 scoreline and can record four successive straight sets victories for the second time in team history, after 1997 (two 3-0 wins versus both China and Spain).
• Aleksandar Atanasijevic was top scorer in the match against Poland, scoring all his 16 points from spikes.