Bendigo, Australia, June 4, 2016 - Croatia will face winless hosts Australia on the last day of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2016 tournament in Bendigo in an effort to stay unbeaten in all three legs.
Head-to-Head
• This will be the third World Grand Prix encounter between Australia and Croatia. Croatia won both previous meetings both played in 2014 (3-1, 3-0).
• Australia are looking for their first World Grand Prix win over a CEV side.
• Croatia have won all four encounters with AVC sides - two wins over Australia and two over Kazakhstan.
Australia
• Australia can claim their first ever win at the World Grand Prix.
• Australia's last win a major competition was against India (3-2) at the 2015 Asian Championships.
• Eliza (Karley) Hynes has scored 31 points for Australia in the two matches at the 2016 World Grand Prix.
• Australia had 10 successful blocks in the 3-1 defeat against Cuba, eight more than in their first match against Colombia.
Croatia
• Croatia can win three matches in a row at the World Grand Prix for the first time since four successive wins in 2014.
• Croatia beat Australia two times in that run of four wins at the 2014 World Grand Prix.
• The last time Croatia won three matches in a row in any major competitions was at the 2014 World Championships, when they beat Tunisia, Germany and Japan.
• Samanta Fabris has scored 56 points in her two 2016 World Grand Prix matches.