High-flying Germanyscored 50 goals in total to beat Ukraine 2-0 and go level on points with Argentina on top of Group D.

The Germans started both sets strongly and opened a gap that was impossible for the Ukrainians to bridge it. Liebeck and Zelserled the German attack with 14 pointsapiece.

Thesets: 10:18, 20:32

Ukraine: Protsiuk 6, Krasiun 8, Podborskyi 2, Blahodir 8, Hochachko, Ilin 4, Pysarevskyi, Shaybakov, Kushniruk 2, Savytskyi

Germany: Liebeck 14, Zelser 14, Duris, Bonnet 6, Geils, Kilp 6, Pichiri 8, Ewald, Wandtke, Alt

Referees: Al Hail, Alyafei (Qatar) S: 1-1

Quotes

RostyslavLanevich(Ukraine - Assisant Coach)

"Germany is a very good team, they are doing a great job and each year I see them they are stronger. In our case, you know the situation in our country. We met all together two weeks ago. It was very hard to do this. I think it was not a good start for us and we have a lot of work to do."

LauroPichiri(Germany – Player) 

"It was a really nice game and a really good start for us. Ourdefence was rock solid in the first half, and equally good in the second half. We need to keep that playing level in the next game against Argentina. We had people supporting us here, family and friends, so it was quite nice".