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Turkey and Tunisia meet in Pool F

 

Pool F: Head-to-head Turkey v Tunisia (June 20)
· Turkey and Tunisia will meet for the fourth time in the World League.
· Turkey have won all their previous three meetings, winning twice in four sets in 2014 and once in straight sets in 2015.
· Turkey had three players reaching double figures in their encounter last week: Gokhan Gokgoz (14 points), Baturalp Burak Gungor (13) and Kadir Cin (10). Marouen Garci led the scoring for Tunisia (9).

Turkey
· Turkey started their 2015 World League campaign with two wins and one defeat. They beat Puerto Rico 3-2 and Tunisia 3-0, but lost 3-1 to Montenegro.
· Istanbul, Turkey, will host the second week of play for Pool F. Last year's Final Four of Group 3 was also held in Turkey. Turkey beat Slovakia in the semifinal (3-0), but were beaten in the final by Cuba in five sets.
· Turkey have won at least one set in every single World League match they have played so far (11).

Tunisia
· Tunisia recorded one win and two defeats in the opening weekend for Group 3 in the World League.
· They were beaten in straight sets by Montenegro and Turkey but won their third match against Puerto Rico.
· Tunisia can win back-to-back World League matches for the first time. They can also win two matches in a single edition for the first time after claiming only one victory in their debut appearance in 2014.
· Marouen Garci led the scoring for Tunisia with 46 points in their first three matches. Only Puerto Rico's Maurice Torres has scored as many points in Group F.

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