A shoot-out set decided the do-or-die match between France and Romania. The French were the ones who punched the ticket for the next round with a 2-1 victory, sending their opponents to the classification round.

Although France easily won the first set, in the second the Romanians made it all square, however in the shoot-out, Les Bleus missed in only one attempt (Almeida) while the Romanians lost two shots withMoga and Cucu.

The sets: 32:16, 14:16, 7:6

France: Blaise 11, Guirassy, Dury 8, Colinot 7, Almeida 2, Estachy 2, Jospeh 2, Viogne 7, Atemici 2, Michaud 12.

Romania: Chirila 12, Moga 4, Manole 6, Pavel6, Dragoescu 2, Muresan 14, Campean, Cucu, Cristea, Banu

Referees: Al Hail, Alyafei (Qatar)

Quotes

Atemici(France - Player) 

"It was a fantastic victory after an exciting match. We were extremely happy and we want to win more matches for our country.

"Our team is good and we are happy to play in this great venue."

Muresan (Romania - Player)

"We are disappointed because we lost. We gave everything we had, but we did not succeed.

“I hope we will play better in the following matches and avoid to have so many ups and downs during the game”.