At this time none of the teams competing on this card have a realistic chance of getting into the finals but this does set up next year’s rankings. Finland and France face off to determine second and third place behind Red Devil in the “B” bracket. Finland sit at 9-6 with their one team loss being to Red Devil who France beat en route to their 8-7 overall record. Finland on the other hand defeated Korea who beat France while both France and Finland defeated the USA.

Finland vs. France:
70 kg Niko Puhakka vs. Makhtar Gueye
76 kg Janne Tulirinta vs. Farouk Lakebir
84 kg Lucio Linhares vs. Karl Amoussou
93 kg Toni Valtonen vs. Malick N’diaye

Spain vs. Europe on the other hand is a battle to keep from being last in the “A” bracket. Europe currently sit 5-10 and Spain 6-9 with the next closest finished team being Japan at 9-11. Spain’s one team victory was surprisingly against bracket leader Holland while Europe only defeated the aforementioned Japan.

Spain vs. Europe:
84 kg Rafael Rodriguez vs. Jordan Radev
93 kg Jose Beltran Martinez vs. Jason Ponet
+93 kg Rogent Lloret vs. Michael Kita