In Pool A, pool hosts Serbia, who did not play today, remain top with three wins from as many matches.

In today’s action at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Belgium earned their second win of the tournament with a thrilling 29-31, 21-25, 25-13, 25-22, 15-11 triumph over Russia, who remain second in the pool.

France earned their first win in the other game in the pool as they defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 25-19, 25-14, 26-24.

In Pool B at the Kolodruma Sport Hall in Plovdiv, Poland earned their fourth successive win with a 25-15, 25-15, 25-8 triumph over Spain to remain unbeaten.

The pool’s other game saw the Czech Republic run out 26-24, 28-26, 25-15 winners over Greece, to move into third place, a point behind Bulgaria in second.

In Pool C at the Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar, pool hosts Croatia, who did not play today, were joined on three wins out of three by Italy.

Italy defeated Slovakia 25-19, 25-18, 25-27, 25-17, while in the pool’s other match Belarus overcame Switzerland 25-23, 25-15, 25-15.

In Pool D, at the BT Arena in Cluj Napoca, Romania, Turkey went top of the standings as they won their fourth straight game by beating Finland 25-19, 25-12, 25-15.

The Netherlands, who did not play today, are also unbeaten with three wins from three, although one undefeated record will go tomorrow when The Netherlands face Turkey.

The other match in the pool today saw Ukraine defeat Sweden 25-23, 25-17, 25-20, to move into third place.

Two more days of pool play are scheduled across four venues, before the competition moves to the knockout stage.