Lausanne, Switzerland, June 9, 2017 - Finland and Australia meet for the fifth time in FIVB World League history Saturday in Helsinki, with record of their series tied at 2-2.
Head-to-Head• These teams have met four times previously in the World League.
• All of these encounters took place in 2014 and each won twice and recorded one win and one defeat on home court.
• Their only other meeting in a major competition came at the 1982 World Championship. Finland won that match in straight sets.
Finland• Finland have won both their D2 fixtures after losing their opening three matches of the 2017 World League.
• Finland's three defeats have already equalled the total number of losses they sustained in last year's World League.
• Finland have won the opening set in 12 of their last 13 World League matches, winning eight and losing four of those 12 fixtures they took the first set.
Australia• Australia have won both D2 matches in straight sets. They had only two straight-set victories in their previous four World League participations combined.
• Australia also beat Portugal in the opening weekend of the 2017 World League. They could win more than three matches in a single edition for the second time, after 2014 (7).
• Australia's 2014 World League campaign included a run of four victories in a row. That is the only other occasion they have won consecutive World League matches.
• Australia have two players that have scored more than 60 points in Group 2 this year (Nathan Roberts 76 and Paul Carroll 64), a feat also achieved by Finland (Elviss Krastins 71 and Antti Ropponen 61).