Cairo, Egypt, June 23, 2016 - The last FIVB Volleyball World League match that Egypt lost at home was against Finland back in 2010, but they have won the next four games in Cairo. The African team will open their 2016 Group 2 home tournament against Finland and hope to continue winning.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the fifth World League meeting between these teams, following their four matches in 2010. Both teams have won twice.
• Two of these matches were played in Cairo, with Finland winning the first match 3-0 on 7 July 2010 and Egypt winning the second match 3-0 on 8 July 2010.
• These teams have also met three times at the European Championship. Finland won all three meetings in 1955 and 1958 (twice).
Egypt
• Egypt have won their last four World League matches on home soil (all in Cairo), since losing 3-0 against Finland in 2010.
• They can win back-to-back World League matches by a 3-0 scoreline for the second time, following their wins against Kazakhstan and Venezuela in 2015.
• Egypt have won 10 of their last 12 World League matches. Prior to this run of 12 matches, they won only five of their 47 matches in the competition.
• Ahmed Elkotb has 52 spikes, most of all players in Group 2 this World League season.
Finland
• Finland can win three World League matches in a row for the first time since 2011.
• They have won four of their last five World League matches. Their only defeat in this span was against Japan on 17 June (3-0).
• Olli-Pekka Ojansivu has the most serve points (11) and most total points (68) of all players in Group 2 this World League season.