Korea hope to end losing start with a win against Czechs

• All previous World League meetings between these teams came in last year's edition. Czech Republic won the first three matches in five sets and Korea won the last in straight sets.

• That defeat against Korea is one of two matches Czech Republic lost against a team representing Asia (W8-L2), with the other defeat coming against Japan in their first meeting of last weekend (30 May).

• Korea have won only two of their last 12 World League matches against European opposition. 

• Korea have started their 2015 World League campaign with two losses. They can lose their opening three matches for the first time since 2012 when they started with five consecutive defeats.

• In their last four World League matches (including 2014), Korea have won a total of only four sets.

• They have lost their last eight matches that went to a fifth set, since a 3-2 win against Italy in the 2012 Intercontinental Rounds.

• They have lost their last four matches in Korea, with their last home win coming in straight sets against their forthcoming opponents Czech Republic in Suwon in 2014.

• With their win over Japan in their second meeting last weekend (31 May), Czech Republic ended a three-match losing streak in the World League.

• They can win back-to-back matches for the first time this campaign. In 2014, they won consecutive matches on two occasions, one time three in a row and one time two in a row.

• These will be their fifth and sixth consecutive away matches, after playing two matches in Rotterdam (NED) at the end of 2014 and their opening two matches of 2015 in Okayama (JPN).

• Coming into the weekend, Czech Republic have won 63 sets in the World League and lost 62.