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Estonia and Qatar in unchartered waters

 

Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8, 2017 - FIVB World League debutants Estonia host Qatar in Tallin Friday in what is the first ever encounter between the two sides across any official competition.

Head-to-Head
• Estonia and Qatar will meet for the first time in a major competition.
• Qatar won two of their last three World League matches against European opposition. Both victories came in straight sets, both against Greece.

Estonia
• World League debutants Estonia kicked off their campaign with wins over Chinese Taipei (3-2) and Montenegro (3-0) and a 3-1 defeat against Tunisia.
• Andrus Raadik scored a team-high 32 points in the opening weekend, three more than teammate Renee Teppan (29).
• Only Mexico's Jorge Barajas (71.43%) had a higher efficiency as receiver than Kristo Kollo (71.19%) in Group 3 last weekend.

Qatar
• Qatar followed up on a 3-0 win over Greece in their 2017 World League opener with defeats against Spain (3-1) and Mexico (3-0).
• Qatar have won three of their last five World League matches. These three wins all came in straight sets.
• Papemaguette Diagne (27), Renan Ribeiro (26), Samb Tamsir (25) and Bojan Djukic (22) scored a combined 100 points for Qatar in this year's opening weekend (212 points in total).

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