Round 8 pairings
| No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | : | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo |
| 1 | 1 | RUS | Russia | 19 | 13 | : | 12 | 19½ | Ukraine | UKR | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | CHN | China | 20½ | 12 | : | 11 | 21 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | ARM | Armenia | 18 | 11 | : | 11 | 20 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 33 |
| 4 | 49 | MKD | FYROM | 18½ | 11 | : | 11 | 20½ | United States Of America | USA | 5 |
| 5 | 14 | GER | Germany | 18½ | 11 | : | 11 | 18 | Hungary | HUN | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | ENG | England | 17½ | 11 | : | 11 | 19½ | Philippines | PHI | 35 |
| 7 | 8 | FRA | France | 18 | 10 | : | 10 | 21 | Cuba | CUB | 15 |
| 8 | 13 | IND | India | 18 | 10 | : | 10 | 19½ | Serbia | SRB | 20 |
| 9 | 18 | ESP | Spain | 19 | 10 | : | 10 | 16½ | Israel | ISR | 12 |
| 10 | 30 | LAT | Latvia | 18 | 10 | : | 10 | 19 | Netherlands | NED | 9 |
Full pairings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Russia is best.
Yes, yes, Russia IS best….
to poop on!