Yokohama, Japan, October 4, 2018 - Argentina will be meeting Cameroon and will be seeking to end their losing spell in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Head-to-Head
• Cameroon and Argentina have faced each other once before at a world major level tournament.
• The women's world level major competitions are: the Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Prix, Grand Champions Cup and the Nations League.
• Argentina beat Cameroon 3-2 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 15-13 in the final set.
• Christelle Tchoudjang Nana scored 25 points for Cameroon in that 3-2 defeat. Emilce Sosa scored 21 points for Argentina.
• Cameroon have faced South American opposition twice at the World Championship - losing 3-0 to Brazil in 2006 and in 2014.
• Argentina have won their three matches against African sides at the World Championship, all by a 3-0 scoreline.
Cameroon
• Cameroon claimed their first ever win at the World Championships on Saturday (3-1 versus Mexico), but failed to win a set since in their defeats against Germany, Netherlands and Japan.
• Cameroon have one win and 13 defeats at World Championships. Twelve of those 13 losses came in straight sets, with a 3-1 defeat against Canada in their first match of the 2014 edition as the only exception.
• Laetitia Crescence Moma Bassoko is Cameroon's top scorer after three matches on 48 points. She scored seven points against Japan, before sitting out the third set.
Argentina• Argentina have lost all four matches at the 2018 World Championship by a 3-0 score, against Japan, Mexico, Germany and Netherlands.
• Argentina have never lost their first five matches at a World Championship.
• Argentina have lost four consecutive World Championship matches in straight sets for the first time.
• Argentina have won at least one match at each of their previous five World Championships.
• Elina Rodriguez (38) and Josefina Fernandez (36) lead Argentina in scoring at the 2018 World Championship.