Yokohama, Japan, October 3, 2018 - The Netherlands already earned three matches and are aiming to claim another win in their match against Argentina for a perfect start in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Head-to-Head
• Argentina and Netherlands will meet for the second time at the World Championship. Netherlands won the first encounter 3-0 in 1982.
• Netherlands have a W6-L0 record against Argentina at major world level tournaments.
• World level major competitions are: Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Prix, Grand Champions Cup and Nations League.
• The two teams also faced each other in the 2018 Nations League, with Netherlands winning 3-1 against Argentina.
• Argentina (43) scored almost as many points from spikes as Netherlands (45) in that match, but it made 33 errors versus 18 errors for Holland.
Argentina• Argentina opened their 2018 World Championship campaign with 3-0 defeats against Japan, Mexico and Germany.
• Argentina could lose four consecutive World Championship matches in straight sets for the first time.
• Argentina can lose their opening four matches of a World Championship campaign for the second time, after 2014 (also opening four).
• Four Argentine players reached double figures in scoring against Germany: Lucia Fresco (15), Elina Rodriguez (12), Emilce Sosa (11) and Josefina Fernandez (10).
Netherlands• Netherlands beat Germany 3-1, Japan 3-2 and Cameroon 3-0 in their first three matches of the 2018 World Championship.
• This marks the first time Netherlands have started a World Championship campaign with three successive victories.
• Netherlands also won their final match of the 2014 World Championship. The Dutch can win five World Championship matches in a row for the first time.
• Celeste Plak scored a match-high 23 points in the match against Cameroon. No other Dutch player scored more than 10 points in that match.