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Teams bunched at the top in Orbis Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup. Indonesia, which had slipped to third place after two losses Wednesday, had a huge 14th round against one of the other strong contenders in the Orbis Bermuda Bowl to regain first place in the round-robin standings.

Both the Orbis Bermuda Bowl and in the Orbis Venice Cup feature tight races for the top eight qualifying spots. Play in the quarterfinal stages of both events begins Saturday. Each team has five more chances to make the cut.

In the Orbis Bermuda Bowl, Indonesia routed Poland, 53-14, to surge back into first place with 256 Victory Points, just three ahead of second-place USA 1. Right behind the Americans are Norway with 250 VPs, followed by Poland with 242. Indonesia lost earlier in the day to Italy, 56-28, and to Brazil, 37-31. USA 1 was clobbered by Poland in the first match of the day, 73-32, but came back with victories against South Africa, 68-43, and Sweden, 44-31.

In the Orbis Venice Cup, Denmark's lead of 23 VPs starting play Wednesday was whittled to 3 after two losses and a narrow victory. After 14 matches, the Danes had 268 VPs to 265 for second-place Austria. France was within striking distance at 262 and USA 1 was close with 259. Denmark edged Canada, 41-37, to start off Wednesday, but dropped their next two matches, losing to the Netherlands, 47-33, and to Argentina, 45-32. Austria moved from fourth to second in the standings with three wins, 66-41 over Argentina, 58-27 over USA 1 and 44-19 over New Zealand.

In the Seniors Exhibition, Poland finished atop the standings in the first phase and will face North America in the next round. France was second and will face China in play starting today. The World Champs will play Australia. All matches will consist of 40 boards.