Saskatoon, Canada, June 26, 2016 - Neither Korea nor China have been able to show their top level in FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 2 so far. As they face each other in an all-Asian clash in Canada on Sunday, each will try to use this opportunity to improve their situation in the standings.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the ninth match between these teams at the World League, and the first since 1995.
• China won five and Korea three of the previous eight meetings.
• These teams last met at the 2014 Asian Games, when Korea won 3-1 in the bronze medal match.
Korea
• Korea are on a 11-match losing streak in the World League, since a 3-0 win over Japan on 14 June 2015.
• They can lose 12 in a row in the competition for the first time since a run of 13 defeats from 2011-2012.
• Sun-Soo Han is currently one of Group 2's best setters in the competition with an average per set of 13.05.
• Jiseok Jung is among the best receivers in Group 2 with a success rate of 66.45%.
China
• China failed to follow-up on their win against Portugal on Friday as they were defeated by unbeaten team Canada on Saturday (3-0).
• China have now lost six of their last seven World League matches. Before this run of seven, China won seven successive World League matches.
• China failed to produce a single point from serve in their match against Canada. Qingyao Dai (12) scored most points with 11 from spikes and one from stuff blocks.
Runming Li is currently among Group 2's best setters with an average per set of 11.29.