Lausanne, Switzerland, June 10, 2017 - Iran host Argentina Sunday in Tehran, looking to stay undefeated after their fourth head-to-head match across all official FIVB competitions.
Head-to-Head• Their most recent major encounter took place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Argentina beat Iran 3-0 in the pool phase.
• Earlier that year, they played their only two World League encounters with each other so far. Iran won both matches in five sets.
• Argentina have won three of seven major encounters with Iran, but have yet to record back-to-back victories against them.
Iran• Iran started their 2016 World League campaign L-L-W-W-L. They have the exact same record from their opening five matches of this season's competition.
• Last year, they went on to lose their sixth match 3-1 against Serbia.
• Iran have won each of their last five World League five-setters.
• Iran have lost the opening set in nine of their last 11 World League matches.
Argentina• Argentina (149) could become the fourth team, after Japan (221), Korea (176) and Cuba (150), to lose 150 World League matches.
• Argentina have lost four of their five 2017 World League matches. The exception was the 3-2 victory against Bulgaria.
• Of those four defeats, three came in straight sets. They took Belgium to a deciding set in their last match.
• Argentina could lose five of their opening six matches of a World League campaign for the first time since 2013.