Lausanne, Switzerland, June 3, 2017 - Korea have not beaten Finland since 1993 and enter Sunday's match in Seoul on an 3-8 head-to-head record in the world league, but Finland are still seeking their first win this season after back-to-back defeats to the Czech Republic and Slovenia.
Head-to-Head• Korea and Finland have met 11 times before in the World League.
• The Koreans won the first three matches - all in 1993 - without dropping a set. Since those three wins they have lost all eight encounters.
• In 2016, Finland beat Korea 3-2 (19-17 in the final set).
• Their most recent meeting outside of the World League came at the 2014 World Championship in Poland (first round), also won by the Finnish team (3-0).
Korea• Korea have started their 2017 World League campaign with a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic on Friday, followed by a 3-1 defeat against Slovenia on Saturday.
• Jung Jiseok has been the hosts' most prolific attacker so far this weekend, amassing 31 points through both matches, with 27 of those points coming off spikes.
• Korea have won four of their last five World League matches.
Finland• Finland have started this World League campaign with back-to-back 3-1 defeats, against Slovenia on Friday and against Czech Republic on Saturday.
• In two of the previous three World League seasons (2014 and 2015), Finland started their campaign with three straight defeats.
• Antti Ropponen tallied 33 points for his team in its opening two matches, with all 33 points coming off spikes.