Lausanne, Switzerland, June 16, 2017 - Slovenia meet Finland Saturday in Cairo in a rematch of their opening week clash which Slovenia won in four sets. It was the two sides' first ever encounter in FIVB World League history, though Finland have won twice in the European Championships.
Head-to-Head• Slovenia beat Finland 3-1 on 2 June. Tine Urnaut (SLO) and Antti Ropponen (FIN) were their teams' top scorers on 18 points each.
• Finland had won their previous two competitive matches against Slovenia, at the European Championships in 2011 (3-1) and 2013 (3-2).
Finland• Finland have won two of their seven 2017 World League matches, in straight sets against Slovakia and 3-1 versus China.
• Of their five defeats in this year's competition, four were by a 3-1 scoreline (also 3-2 v Korea).
• Finland have won the opening set in 15 of their last 18 World League matches.
Slovenia• Slovenia have won 13 of their 15 World League matches, with the only defeats against Greece (3-1 on 26 June 2016) and Japan (3-2 on 10 June 2017).
• Slovenia (87%) have the best World League win percentage (Estonia next 83%).
• Slovenia lost the opening set in only one of their 13 World League wins, 3-1 against Venezuela on 19 June 2016.
• Slovenia's 3-0 win against Egypt in their last match was their first straight-set victory of the 2017 World League. They recorded four straight-set wins in their debut campaign last year.