Austria – Belarus
The match was initially very close (5:5) with Austria even going up 8:7, before Belarus got the initiative (16:12, 21:16) and controlled the game up to the final 25-18.
Belarus stretched that momentum to the second set (6:2, 8:3, 14:6) and rapidly cruised to a second 25-18.
Austria could not keep the pace of their opponents also in the third set (5:1, 16:6) and Belarus easily wrapped it up with a massive 25-13 anchored by Marina Tumas who totaled 18 points.