Round 8 top team pairings
| No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | : | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo |
| 1 | 7 | POL | Poland | 21 | 12 | : | 12 | 21 | China | CHN | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | RUS | Russia | 20½ | 12 | : | 11 | 19½ | Ukraine | UKR | 4 |
| 3 | 14 | FRA | France | 21 | 11 | : | 11 | 18½ | Spain | ESP | 11 |
| 4 | 35 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 18 | 11 | : | 11 | 19½ | Hungary | HUN | 12 |
| 5 | 28 | VIE | Vietnam | 18½ | 11 | : | 11 | 18½ | India | IND | 6 |
Full pairings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Russia will pull away and win big.