Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 25, 2016 - The
Netherlands have lost their last two matches in the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2016, but are still in contention for the Group 1 finals in Thailand as they meet winless Germany on Saturday in Hong Kong.
Head-to-Head
• Netherlands have won each of their four previous World Grand Prix meetings with Germany.
• Netherlands have only played more World Grand Prix matches against Poland (6) and Thailand (5) without losing once.
• Netherlands is one of two teams Germany have yet to beat in the competition alongside Argentina (L1).
• Their most recent meeting came at the 2016 European Olympic Qualification tournament. Germany won in five sets.
Netherlands
• Netherlands have lost their last two matches in the World Grand Prix and could lose three in a row for the first time since 2013 (run of 4).
• Despite their defeat in their last match against United States, they outspiked their opponent 50 to 48. Lonneke Slöetjes scored a total of 21 points in that match of which 19 points from spikes.
• Slöetjes is currently among the best scorers (149 points) and best spikers (44.52%) in Group 1 of the competition.
• Yvon Belien is currently one of the best servers in Group 1 with 10 aces, averaging 0.36 per set.
Germany
• Germany are eyeing their first win at the 2016 World Grand Prix. Their last win in the competition came in their last match of 2015, a 3-1 win over Serbia.
• The last time Germany lost nine successive World Grand Prix matches was from 2010-2011.
• Only once they failed to win a match in a single edition of the World Grand Prix: 1995.
• Louisa Lippmann leads her teammates in scoring with 113 points (101 spikes, 11 blocks, 1 ace).
• Lenka Dürr is currently among Group 1's best diggers with an average per set of 2.31.