Saskatoon, Canada, June 25, 2016 - Both Korea and Portugal are on very long FIVB Volleyball World League losing streak and will both be desperately trying to end them as they meet at the 2016 Group 2 tournament in Canada.
Head-to-Head
• This will the seventh match between these teams at the World League.
• Both countries won three of the previous six matches.
• These teams also met at the 1956 World Championship, when Portugal won 3-0.
Korea
• Korea are on a 10-match losing streak in the World League, since a 3-0 win over Japan on 14 June 2015.
• They can lose 11 in a row in the competition for the first time since a run of 13 defeats from 2011-2012.
• Hak-Min Kim was Korea's topscorer in the first three matches of this year's World League. Jiseok Jung scored most points for his team in Korea's last match.
• Sun-Soo Han is currently among Group 2's best setters in the competition with an average per set of 12.31.
Portugal
• Portugal have lost 16 of their last 17 matches in the competition. Their only victory in this streak was a 3-2 win against Netherlands on 20 June 2015.
• Their last 3-1 or 3-0 win in the World League came against Korea on 5 July 2014 (3-0).
• Marco Ferreira (12) scored most points for Portugal in their last match against China (3-1 defeat).
• Alexandre Ferreira (59) has scored most points for Portugal so far in this year's competition.