Only one day of qualifying is left in the Open, Women’s and Seniors competitions, and many teams remain in contention for qualifying spots. Only a few appear to be locks for the knockout phases of the respective events.

The Open and Women’s series have three matches to play, the Seniors two. Italy, the defenders in the Open, have a substantial lead in Group A and seem bound for qualification. In the Women’s series, defending champion Russia is just barely in qualifying position so must have a strong showing on the final day to assure themselves of a chance to repeat.

The German women continued a remarkable run with two more scores of 25 victory points yesterday, running their streak of  VP maximums to seven straight matches.