Yokohama, Japan, September 30, 2018 - Cameroon hope to maintain their winning start in the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, where they will play Germany for the first time on Sunday.
Head-to-Head
• This is the first time Cameroon and Germany will play against each other at the World Championship.
• This will also be the first time Cameroon and Germany face each other at a major world level competition.
• World level major competitions are: Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Prix, Grand Champions Cup and Nations League.
• German teams have won all five encounters with African teams at World Championships. Most recently, Germany beat Tunisia 3-0 in 2014.
• Cameroon have lost all four matches against European opposition at the World Championship.
Cameroon• After losing their first 10 matches at World Championships (2006, 2014), Cameroon claimed their first ever victory by beating Mexico 3-1 on Saturday.
• Cameroon also become the first African side to win a match at the World Championship.
• This was the second time Cameroon managed to win a set in a World Championship match. The other time was in a 3-1 defeat against Canada in 2014.
• Cameroon scored 92 points against Mexico. Until the match against Mexico, their highest number of points in a World Championship match was 66 (v Canada in 2014).
• Laetitia Crescence Moma Bassoko was Cameroon's top scorer against Mexico with 21 points.
Germany• Germany lost their 2018 World Championship opener against Netherlands: 3-1.
• In 2014, Germany also started with a defeat (3-2 v Dominican Republic) before winning their following two encounters against Argentina and Tunisia.
• The last time Germany started a World Championship with back-to-back defeats was in 1998, when they lost all three of their World Championship matches.
• Louisa Lippmann scored 24 of Germany's 98 total points against Netherlands, most of all German players.