Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8, 2017 - After meeting twice last season and splitting victories, the Czech Republic and Egypt come head-to-head Friday in Ceske Budejovice for the thrid time in FIVB World League history.
Head-to-Head• Czech Republic and Egypt will meet for the third time in the World League. Both previous encounter came in last year's competition.
• Egypt won their first meeting, a five-sets victory on 17 June 2016, while Czech Republic emerged victorious two weeks later, a 3-0 win.
• Egypt are hoping to end a four-match losing streak against European sides in the World League.
Czech Republic• Czech Republic started their 2017 World League campaign with two defeats and one victory, just like they did in 2016.
• Last year, they won all three World League matches in the second week of the competition.
• Michal Finger is Czech Republic's top scorer so far in the competition with 45 points scored.
• Finger is also the third best blocker in Group 2 as he averaged 0.77 points from blocks per set in the first weekend.
Egypt• Egypt failed to win a single set in the first weekend of the 2017 World League.
• Egypt could lose five successive World League matches in straight sets for the first time since a run of six 3-0 defeats in 2007.
• Ahmed Shafik is Egypt's leading scorer so far in the competition this season with 36 points. Ahmed Abdelhay is not far behind, as he scored 30 points in the first weekend.
• Omar Hassan is currently the fourth-best receiver in Group 2 of the competition with an efficiency of 60%.