Yokohama, Japan, October 4, 2018 - The Netherlands hope to record their fifth successive win when they play Mexico in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Head-to-Head
• Netherlands and Mexico have faced each other three times 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.
• All three encounters between Netherlands and Mexico came at the World Championship, with Mexico winning 3-0 in 1970 in their first-ever match in this competition.
• Mexico also won 3-2 in 1978, and Netherlands won 3-0 in 2014 (32-30, 25-17, 25-17).
• In that 3-0 defeat in 2014, Mexico were leading 22-18 in the first set and also wasted three set points, before Netherlands converted their third set point to claim the set 32-30.
Netherlands
• Netherlands beat Germany 3-1, Japan 3-2, and Cameroon and Argentina both by a 3-0 scoreline at the 2018 World Championship.
• This marks the first time Netherlands have started a World Championship campaign with four successive victories. Their previous best was two wins in 1998, 2002 and 2014.
• Including 2014, Netherlands have won five World Championship matches in a row for the first time.
• Against Argentina, Lonneke Slöetjes confirmed her status as one of the most prolific scorers at the 2018 World Championship with 23 points. Slöetjes has 79 total points in the tournament.
Mexico• Mexico have one win and three losses in this edition of the World Championship.
• Mexico have lost 18 of their last 19 World Championship matches. The only exception in this run was their 3-0 victory over Argentina on 30 September.
• Mexico could win multiple matches at a single edition of the World Championship for the first time since 1982 (then seven).
• Mexico have won four total sets at the 2018 World Championship, one more than in their last three World Championships combined (2002, 2006, 2014).
• Andrea Rangel is Mexico's top scorer this tournament on 65 points. Samantha Bricio follows with 59 points.