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The teams were nevertheless motivated to play for extra glory but in the end Israel suffered their first setback in the tournament as they dissipated a 2:0 lead to eventually lose to Hungary at the tie-break (25-23, 26-24, 18-25, 20-25, and 12-15). Switzerland also lost their last match of the tournament to Greece (1:3) while Latvia edged Montenegro 3:2 as these teams were searching for their first win in Ra’anana. The third and last stage of the qualification process scheduled for January 3-5 will see Israel, Hungary, and Switzerland join three out of five round robin tournaments – the venues will be announced soon – whose winners will make it to the 2014 World Champs in Italy together with the two second ranked teams with the best score across all pools.
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