There were quite a few upsets in the overal Olympiad. The biggest shock was #48 Portugal over #9 Azerbaijan by the score of 3.5-.5! Results can be found here.

#48 Portugal (POR) – #9 Azerbaijan (AZE) 3.5-.5
#81 Mongolia (MGL) – #69 Tunisia (TUN) 3.5-.5
#50 Australia (AUS) – #15 Romania (ROM) 3-1
#66 Peru (PER) – #29 Switzerland (SUI) 3-1
#104 Tajikistan (TJK) – #91 Wales (WLS) 3-1
#61 Colombia (COL) – #28 Croatia (CRO) 2.5-1.5
#56 Egypt (EGY) – #31 Sweden (SWE) 2.5-1.5

#10 Bulgaria (BUL) – Indonesia (INA) 2-2
#63 Luxembourg (LUX) – Philippines (PHI) 2-2
#69 Singapore (SIN) – #39 Lithuania (LTU) 2-2
#40 Bosnia Herzegovina (BIH) – #5 France (FRA) 2-2
#41 Macedonia (MKD) – #23 Moldova (MDA) 2-2

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