Bratislava, Slovakia, June 25, 2016 - Former compatriots Czechia and Slovakia will meet in the FIVB Volleyball World League
for the first time. At home, in Bratislava, the Slovaks will try to balance their slightly negative 2016 Group 2 record and catch up with the Czechs in the current standings.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the first World League match between these teams.
• The countries have met each other three times at the European Championships, with Czech Republic winning on all three occasions.
• Czech Republic won 3-0 in 1997, 3-0 in 2001 and 3-1 in 2003.
Czech Republic
• Czech Republic have won two World League matches in a row and both by a 3-2 score.
• They could claim three five-set wins in a row for the first time in the competition.
• The Czechs last won three successive World League matches in 2014, in a run of 3-0, 3-2, 3-2 victories.
• Michal Finger leads his team in scoring: 90 points, including 82 spikes.
• Donovan Dzavoronok has served 12 aces.
Slovakia
• Slovakia have won two and lost three of their 2016 World League matches. Two of these three defeats came against Netherlands.
• A third win would equal their number of wins from the 2015 World League.
• Matej Patak (65 points) and his teammates Peter Mlynarcik (56) and Stefan Chrtiansky (54) lead Slovakia in scoring.