Netherlands – team
The Dutch players caught a marvelous start (8:3) and got up 16:12 by the second technical time-out; the game was evidently controlled by the players coached by Edwin Benne (21:16) before Estonia attempted a comeback and closed the gap up to 19:21. The final rush was extremely close but the Netherlands eventually had the upper hand at 25-22.
The Netherlands got to the front in the early phases of the second set (8:3) and stretched the gap to 16:8; they changed gear after the second technical time-out (19:10, 23:14) and finally pocketed the provisional 2:0 (25-16).
The game followed a similar plot in set 3 with the Netherlands setting the pace (10:3, 17:9) and keeping a good margin (19:11) before closing the game in straight sets (25-18).
