Day two of the qualifying stages of the Open, Women’s and Seniors events is now in the books – and teams are planning their strategies for five more days of play. Most teams likely will welcome the day off on Thursday to prepare for the final day of qualifying on Friday.

All of the contenders have their eyes on the top of the standings. In the Open, the top four teams from each of the four groups will advance to knockout play. In the Women’s three groups, the top five in each will play on – plus the remaining team with the best record.

The Seniors are in two groups, so the top eight in each will advance.

The team with the best record so far comes from the Seniors. USA has 132 victory points out of a possible 150, or 88%. USA won the event in 2004, but none of the defenders is playing in Beijing.

In the Open event, Norway and Germany took the lead with 128 VPs each, and Italy, despite losing to Albania in round 4, moved to the head of Group A.

England and Spain had the best VP totals in the Women’s event.