Round 7 top team pairings
| No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | : | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo |
| 1 | 7 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 19½ | 11 | : | 11 | 16½ | Russia | RUS | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | CHN | China | 18 | 10 | : | 11 | 16½ | Armenia | ARM | 3 |
| 3 | 35 | PHI | Philippines | 17½ | 10 | : | 10 | 16 | Hungary | HUN | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | UKR | Ukraine | 17 | 10 | : | 10 | 17½ | Spain | ESP | 18 |
| 5 | 23 | MDA | Moldova | 18½ | 9 | : | 9 | 16 | Germany | GER | 14 |
| 6 | 29 | ARG | Argentina | 15 | 9 | : | 9 | 16 | India | IND | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | USA | United States Of America | 17 | 9 | : | 9 | 16 | Turkey | TUR | 31 |
| 8 | 12 | ISR | Israel | 14½ | 9 | : | 9 | 16 | France | FRA | 8 |
| 9 | 26 | GEO | Georgia | 16½ | 9 | : | 9 | 15 | England | ENG | 11 |
| 10 | 38 | MEX | Mexico | 16 | 9 | : | 9 | 17 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 33 |
Full pairings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Russia is lucky that Gashimov isn’t playing.