Lausanne, Switzerland, June 10, 2017 - The Netherlands and Egypt clash Sunday in Ceske Budejovice for the second time this season, after the Dutch's opening day win in straight sets in Ankara - but The Netherlands have never been beaten African side in five previous head-to-head encounters.
Head-to-Head• These nations started their 2017 World League campaign facing each other. On 2 June, Netherlands triumphed in straight sets in Ankara.
• Netherlands have won all five of their encounters on a major stage and Egypt have never been able to take Holland to a fifth set.
• Netherlands have won all 12 of their major encounters with opponents representing Africa.
Egypt• Egypt's last match was a five-set victory against Portugal. It ended a seven-match World League losing streak, including the opening four fixtures of this year's competition.
• That victory against Portugal came after a five-set defeat versus Czech Republic. Egypt have never had three consecutive World League fixtures go to a deciding set.
• Both Ahmed Abdelhay (65) and Ahmed Shafik (63) have scored more than 60 points in Group 2.
Netherlands• In Netherlands' last nine World League campaigns (including 2017), they have started with three wins out of five in eight of them. The only exception was 2015 (W4-L1).
• Netherlands have dropped only one set in their three World League victories this year.
• Netherlands have won at least one set in 22 of their last 23 World League matches. The only exception in that run was the straight-set defeat versus Turkey last year.