Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 25, 2016 - Chinese Taipei are much higher than Kazakhstan in the current FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Group 3 standings, but the Kazakhs' only victory so far was a shutout of the island country.
Head-to-Head
• On 18 June 2016, Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei faced each other for the first time at the World League. Kazakhstan won in straight sets.
• Anton Kuznetsov scored seven points from blocks that match, no other player had more than three.
• Prior that match, Chinese Taipei had a winning streak of four matches against Kazakhstan (at the Asian Championships and Asian Games).
• The last victory of Kazakhstan over Chinese Taipei in any other competition than the World League came at the 2011 Asian Championships (3-0).
Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan lost their most recent match in the World League: 3-0 to Spain.
• Kazakhstan have won only two of their 11 World League matches, but one of those wins came against Chinese Taipei (3-0).
• They have won just three sets in this year's competition, their 3-0 win against Chinese Taipei.
• Alexandr Stolnikov (11) scored most points for Kazakhstan against Spain.
• Vitaliy Vorivodin is Kazakhstan top scorer in the competition so far with 54 points.
Chinese Taipei
• Chinese Taipei claimed back-to-back wins for the first time in the World League after following up a 3-1 win against Spain with a 3-1 win over Germany.
• Chien-Chen Chen scored 23 points against Germany (20 spikes). He has now combined for a total of 72 points, currently placing him among the best scorers in Group 3.
• Chen also has a place among the best servers of Group 3 with seven aces and an average per set of 0.39.
• Tsung-Hsuan Wu is currently among the best spikers in Group 3 of the World League with a success rate of 56.32%.