Lausanne, Switzerland, June 11, 2017 - Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei come head-to-head for only the third time in FIVB World League history Sunday in Tunis, with victorires split in their two previous encounters - both last year.
Head-to-Head• Their two previous major encounters came in the World League last year.
• At first, Kazakhstan won 3-0 in Kozani, Greece, on 18 June 2016.
• Eight days later, visiting Chinese Taipei exacted revenge by winning 3-1 in Almaty.
Kazakhstan• Kazakhstan have lost 14 of their 17 World League matches, including four of five in this year's competition.
• Kazakhstan have won one match in each of their three World League participations – versus Venezuela in 2015, Chinese Taipei in 2016 and Tunisia in 2017.
• Kazakhstan have won the opening set in only two of their last 14 World League matches, with both of those coming against Chinese Taipei.
Chinese Taipei• Chinese Taipei have lost six of their last seven matches in the World League. The only exception was a 3-1 win against Montenegro at the start of this weekend.
• Chinese Taipei are waiting for the second straight set win, after achieving this in their very first World League match in 2016 against Puerto Rico.
• In the first weekend of the 2017 World League, Chinese Taipei won four sets. After two matches in the second weekend they are already on five set wins.
• Only once, they won more sets in a World League weekend, as they won all three matches on 24-26 June 2016, grabbing in a total of nine sets.