Wednesday belonged to the Blues in the Junior Series. Italy, The Azzuri, strengthened their position at the top of the rankings with 60 VP on the day, despite losing 10-20 to Czech Republic in Round 14. Meanwhile France, Les Bleus, had a perfect day, 75 VPs out of 75, to move up from tenth to sixth in the standings. Italy now leads with 295 VPs from Netherlands 285.5, Poland 270, Germany and Norway 268 and France 260.

In the Schools Championship, Poland scored 58 VPs from three matches against other teams in the top half of the field: 25-4 against Bulgaria, 16-14 against Germany, and 17-13 against England. The biggest total for the day, however, was achieved by Latvia, who took 25 against both Sweden and Wales plus 16 against Italy to score 66 and move up four places in the overall rankings. Poland leads with 147 VPs from England 132, Sweden 127, Bulgaria 118.5, Denmark 116 and Israel 114.