Cairo, Egypt, June 26, 2016 - Egypt will rely on the home-court advantage to stop Turkey's unbeaten streak in FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 2. The two teams never met in the World League before, but Egypt might want to seek revenge for that 1-3 loss to Turkey
at the 1958 European Championship.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the first World League match between these teams.
• These countries previously met at the 1958 European Championship, when Turkey won 3-1.
Egypt
• Egypt beat Japan 3-2 on Saturday. They have now won 11 of their last 14 World League matches. Prior to this run, they won only five of their 47 matches in the competition.
• Egypt have now won their last three five-setters in the World League. Before that run, they lost four successive five-setters.
• Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou and Ahmed Elkotb both scored 19 points against Japan, most of all players.
• Elkotb is four points shy from scoring 100 points in the 2016 World League (82 spikes, 9 blocks, 5 aces).
• Hossam Abdalla is currently among Group 2's best servers in the competition with 11 aces and an average per set of 0.57.
Turkey
• Turkey are still unbeaten in the 2016 World League, winning all five matches. The only other team in Group 2 without defeat is Canada (before Canada - Portugal).
• They have won 10 of their 11 World League matches since the start of 2015, including the last eight.
• Turkey's only defeat in this run was a 3-1 loss against Montenegro.
• Baturalp Burak Gungor scored 20 points in Turkey's last match against Finland (3-2), including four from stuff blocks and four aces.
• Gokhan Gokgoz and Metin Toy followed with 18 points each against Finland.