Slovenia knocked Belgium out of contention for a place in the last two competition days shutting out the incumbent bronze medalists by 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-20) to start the fourth competition day in Brno.
Thus, for both Romania and Belgium the tournament will be over after the match between them on Wednesday.
Host Czech Republic and Turkey battled it out in their race for a spot in the semifinals and the spectacular five-set thriller between them finished at 3-2 (25-19, 18-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13) in favor of the squad from the Mediterranean.
The home side is still second in the standings, but the now the Turks and the Slovenes are only one and two points behind, respectively.
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