While Russia continued to lead the Open series, Wednesday, nervous reshuflings took place in the qualifying positions behind them.

The day started with Greece losing to Spain and dropping to fifth place, as Poland and Italy remained in the medal positions and France took advantage to become fourth.

In the middle round, Italy smashed The Netherlands and climbed to second place, as Poland lost to Romania. Greece scored maximum points against Sweden to overtake France who were helplessly watching from the bye stand.

Thanks to yet another good result in the last round, Italy remained second. Poland also retained its (third) place despite losing to Romania, but Greece dropped fifth as the result of their defeat by Israel. This time, it was Norway who came back to a qualifying position scoring maximum against the Czech Republic.

In the Ladies Series, the sensational news of the day were the ruthless encounter between England and Austria, the two leaders. England was the clear winner (25-5), and thus took off in the general classification. They are now a full match ahead of runners-up The Netherlands. Austria is third, a mere VP behind the runners-up, while the two other qualifying positions are occupied by France and Israel. However, nothing is over yet, as four more teams, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Czech Repulik, are all capable of a place among the top five.

In the Seniors Series, France 2 continued to lead the race having built a handy advanrtage of over 20 points from runner-up Poland. Sweden follows at a distance behind, but The Netherlands, Italy 2 and France 1 are very close and can catch up at any time.