Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 22, 2016 - Neither Kazakhstan (with one win), nor Germany (without wins) made a very good start in their FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 3 campaigns last week. As they meet in Almaty to start the second week, they will both be looking for improvement.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the first encounter between Kazakhstan and Germany at a major tournament this century.
• Kazakhstan have lost all three World League matches against CEV sides.
• Germany have won 10 of their 18 matches against AVC teams at the World League, but lost their last encounter with an AVC side in 2014: 3-2 against Japan. They could lose consecutive World League matches against AVC teams for the second time, after a run of four defeats in 1993-1994.
Kazakhstan
• All of Kazakhstan's three matches at the 2016 World League were played in three sets: they defeated Chinese Taipei in straight sets, but lost 3-0 against both Greece and Puerto Rico.
• Kazakhstan could lose consecutive matches in the competition by straight sets for the first time.
• Vitaliy Vorivodin has scored a team-high 38 points in this year's World League.
Germany
• Germany lost their first three matches at the 2016 World League against Montenegro (3-2), Spain (3-1) and Mexico (3-1).
• In total they are on a four-match losing streak, as they also lost their final match in 2014. The last time they lost more consecutive World League matches was in 2003: six.
• Daniel Malescha has scored most points for the German team at this World League edition: 33.