Bendigo, Australia, June 3, 2016 - Australia will be giving their best to manage their first ever FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix victory and will be counting on their home crowd in Bendingo in the match against Cuba. However, the Cubans also lost on the first competition day and will be striving to get back on track.
Head-to-Head
• Australia and Cuba have met once at the World Grand Prix. In 2015, Cuba won in straight sets.
• The previous meeting between these teams at a major tournament came at the 1982 World Championship with Cuba also winning in straight sets.
• This will be Cuba's 99th meeting with a AVC side at the World Grand Prix. Cuba won 71 of these encounters.
Australia
• Australia are still looking for their first ever win at the World Grand Prix, after 15 matches.
• Australia can end a nine-match losing streak in major tournaments. That run began after four successive wins at the 2015 Asian Championships.
• Eliza (Karley) Hynes was top scorer for Australia in the 3-0 defeat against Colombia with 11 points.
Cuba
• Cuba lost their first match at the 2016 World Grand Prix against Croatia 3-1, despite 21 points from Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu (16 spikes, 2 blocks, 3 serves).
• They won three matches at the 2015 World Grand Prix.
• Cuba won the first set in nine of their last 38 matches at the World Grand Prix. These are also their only wins in this run.