Bratislava, Slovakia, June 24, 2016 - Slovakia and the Netherlands meet for their second FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 2 match with a 2-2 win-loss record each. But while the Dutch started with two wins (one of them against Slovakia), the Slovaks scored victories in their last two matches.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the second World League meeting between these teams, after Netherlands won 3-1 last weekend in Izmir (Turkey).
• Netherlands also beat Slovakia 3-1 at the 2007 European Championship and 3-0 at the 2001 European Championship.
Slovakia
• Slovakia started the 2016 World League campaign with two defeats (against Netherlands 3-1 and Turkey 3-0) but are now on a two match winning streak after defeating Portugal in five sets and Cuba in four.
• Slovakia can win three in a row in the World League for the first time ever.
• With another win, Slovakia already equalled their team record three wins in a single campaign. They won three in both their previous participations in 2014 and 2015.
• Slovakia have failed to win a single set in only two of their 20 World League matches, both against Turkey.
Netherlands
• Netherlands started the 2016 World League with two victories but lost the following two. They won against Slovakia (3-1) and Portugal (3-0) before they were defeated against Turkey and straight sets and lost in five sets against Czech Republic.
• Netherlands can lose three consecutive World League matches for the first time since they lost seven in row in 2010.
• Wouter ter Maat became the match top scorer against Czech Republic with 19 points. Although Maarten van Garderen is still the Dutch top scorer of the tournament with 46 points ahead of Ter Maat (43).