Thessaloniki, Greece, June 23, 2016 - Slovenia achieved a 3-1 victory over Qatar in their first FIVB Volleyball World League encounter last week. It is time for these two teams to meet again in the 2016 edition, at the Group 3 tournament starting in Greece on Friday.
Head-to-Head
• Slovenia and Qatar played their first ever World League match against each other last week on 17 June. Slovenia won 3-1: 25-15, 25-21, 18-25, 25-18.
• Slovenia's Mitja Gasparini was top scorer in that match with 19 points, two points more than Qatar's Bojan Djukic.
• It was the ever meeting between these teams at a major tournament.
Slovenia
• Slovenia won their first ever three World League matches against Qatar (3-1), Tunisia (3-0) and Venezuela (3-1).
• Coming into the second week of the World League, Slovenia, Greece and Montenegro are the only unbeaten teams in Group 3.
• Mitja Gasparini has scored nine points from aces at this World League season, most of all players in Group 3.
Qatar
• Qatar lost their first two ever matches at the World League against forthcoming opponents Slovenia (3-1) and Venezuela (3-1), but won their last match on 19 June against Tunisia (3-1).
• They could win consecutive World League matches for the first time.
• Bojan Djukic has scored a team-high 42 points at this World League.