Lausanne, Switzerland, June 18, 2017 - Table leaders Slovenia take on Portugal Sunday in Cairo as the two sides come head-to-head for the very first time in FIVB World League history. Newly-promoted Slovenia, on 7-1, have already qualified to the Group 2 Final Four in Australia's Gold Coast, whereas Portugal, at 3-5, are out of contention.
Head-to-Head• These sides have never before met at a major competition.
• Slovenia have won their last six World League matches against European sides since the 3-1 defeat against Greece on 26 June 2016.
Slovenia• After their 3-0 win against Finland on Saturday, Slovenia now have back-to-back straight-set successes in the tournament. They can claim three straight-set World League wins in a row for the first time ever.
• Slovenia now have 14 World League wins and only two defeats in the competition.
• In the 2017 World League, Slovenia have seven wins and one defeat, exactly the same as they had in their entire 2016 campaign.
• Alen Sket outscored Slovenia’s tournament top scorer Tine Urnaut (126 total points) by 15 to 13 points against Finland.
Portugal• Against Egypt on Saturday, Portugal booked their third win in the 2017 World League, They lost five matches.
• With their win against Egypt, Portugal rebounded off their defeat against that same team last weekend. That is still Egypt’s only win in the World League in 2017.
• Portugal have won their last two World League matches. They can now equal their team record of three wins in a row, set on two occasions, in June 2005 and in June 2014.
• Valdir Sequeira, on Friday good for six aces against Finland, led his team in scoring against Egypt with 23 points. Portugal scored 12 serve winners as a team on Saturday.