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Spain chase second win against Kazakhstan in Pool H

 

Pool H: Head-to-head Spain v Kazakhstan (June 20)  
· Spain beat Kazakhstan 3-1 last week in their first ever World League encounter.
· Spain outscored (97-79), outspiked (53-38), outblocked (16-11) and outserved (5-3) Kazakhstan in this match.
· Five players reached double figures for Spain in this match: Daniel Rocamora Blazquez (18 points), Sergio Noda Blanco (16), Jorge Fernández Valcarcel (14), Miguel Angel Fornes (11) and Francisco J. Ruiz (11).

Spain  
· Spain started their 2015 World League campaign with three wins. They beat Egypt 3-2 and Venezuela and Kazakhstan 3-1.
· They are now on a four-match winning streak, their longest since winning 10 successive matches between 2001 and 2002.
· The only World League campaign in which Spain won more than three matches from the start was 2002, winning the first eight matches.
· Five of their last seven World League matches went into a fifth set (W3-L2).

Kazakhstan
· Kazakhstan won their debut match in the World League by beating Venezuela in five sets. They lost the following two matches: 3-0 to Egypt and 3-1 to Spain.
· Maxim Mamedov has scored most points for Kazakhstan so far in the World League with 36 points.
· Kazakhstan will play their first World League matches away from home after hosting week 1.

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