Lausanne, Switzerland, June 18, 2017 - Egypt and Finland meet for the sixth time in the history of the FIVB World League Sunday in Cairo, with the Europeans leading the series 3-2. Occupying the last two positions in the table, neither Finland, on 2-6, nor Egypt, on 1-7, are in contention for tickets to the Final Four of Group 2.
Head-to-Head• Egypt and Finland have met five times before at a major competition, with all five encounters taking place in the World League.
• Finland have won three of those five, including the most recent one, a 3-0 triumph in Cairo last season.
• Egypt's last World League victory over Finland dates back to 8 July 2010, when the home side triumphed 3-0 in Cairo.
Egypt• Egypt have won one and lost seven matches in the 2017 World League.
• After losing the first three matches of the campaign in straight sets, Egypt have won seven sets in their following five encounters.
• Ahmed Abdelhay (13 points) was the only player reaching double figures for Egypt against Portugal.
Finland• Finland suffered a third successive World League defeat on Saturday, in straight sets against Slovenia. For the first time since June 2015, they could lose four in a row.
• Their straight-sets defeat against Slovenia ended a 15-match streak of World League matches with at least one set won by Finland. Their previous 3-0 defeat came against Japan in the 2016 season opener.
• Finland have won two and lost six World League matches in Group 2 this season.
• Eight different players contributed with at least one point in Finland's 66-point effort against Slovenia on Saturday, Urpo Sivula came closest to double figures with nine points.