Hamamatsu, Japan, September 30, 2018 - Opening day winners Serbia and Kenya will be meeting for the first time in the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Head-to-Head
• Kenya and Serbia will meet for the first time at the World Championships.
• Serbia have won all their previous three matches against Kenya in world level major competitions (Nations League, Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, World Grand Prix and Grand Champions Cup).
• Serbia beat Kenya in straight sets at both the 2015 and 2007 World Cup and recorded a 3-1 victory in the 2011 edition.
• Kenya have lost all their previous seven World Championships matches against CEV opposition, including six in straight sets.
• Serbia (including as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro) have won all their previous four World Championships matches against teams from Africa, all in straight sets.
Kenya• Kenya started their 2018 campaign with a 3-0 win over Kazakhstan.
• This was Kenya's first ever win in a World Championship match, after losing each of their first 21 matches in the competition.
• Before beating Kazakhstan 3-0 on Saturday, Kenya had failed to win a single set in six straight World Championship matches since a 3-2 defeat against Costa Rica in 2006.
• Cameroon (also first win on Saturday) and Kenya became the first African countries to win a match at the World Championship.
• Mercy Moim scored a match-leading 28 points against Kazakhstan, while Triza Atuka was the only player with at least one point from spikes (2), blocks (1) and serves (3) in that match.
Serbia• Serbia won their opener 3-0 against Dominican Republic on Saturday.
• Serbia kicked off with a win in their opening match in four of their five World Championships appearances. The only exception was 1978, when Peru proved too strong (3-0).
• In 2010 and 2014, Serbia won their first four matches at the World Championship, in 2006 their first seven.
• Serbia could win their first two World Championship matches in straight sets for the first time.
• Brankica Mihajlovic scored 22 points against Dominican Republic, at least seven more than any other player on the field.