France
“The key for our win was the block; we defended a lot of balls and this was the turning point of the game” said France’s head coach Laurent Tillie.
The home guys of Latvia cemented their second place in the standings of the group by downing Hungary 3:1 (24-26, 25-14, 25-14, and 25-16). Latvia was paced by Hermans Egleskalns with 23 points and Lauris Iecelnieks added 17 to the count of the local heroes. Arpad Baroti scored 13 for Hungary with Szabolcs Szalai also finishing in double digits (11).
