Venice Cup, Lyon, Day 2

A fabulous start to the round-robin stage of the Venice Cup meant that after the first day's play, we are lying in second place.   Hats off to the Dutch for three perfect 20-0 victories.

The format of the event is that for the first week, countries play each other with the top eight progressing to the knock-out stages.   Therefore, we have provided a solid foundation for the rest of the event but there is a long, long way to go.

It can be seen from the current standings that the highly fancied French and Americans teams had slow starts.

1	NETHERLANDS	60.00
2	ENGLAND	49.21
3	CHINA	40.49
4	NEW ZEALAND	39.71
5	POLAND	38.60
6	INDONESIA	35.67
7	BRAZIL	35.48
8	EGYPT	35.42
9	RUSSIA	31.35
10	ISRAEL	30.41
11	SWEDEN	30.37
12	MOROCCO	30.01
13	FRANCE	29.74
14	USA2	25.23
15	USA1	25.21
16	ITALY	24.41
17	CANADA	19.96
18	INDIA	19.32
19	ARGENTINA	17.76
20	AUSTRALIA	16.34
21	JORDAN	14.80
22	CHINESE TAIPEI	10.51

Today we play Sweden, India and USA II and we are hoping for more of the same!