My prediction that Montenegro would ride a wave of home-court advantage all the way to the title is now today’s chip wrappings.  The hosts are not one of the eight nations that can go on to win the title.  They will now be in the placement games with the best they can hope for being a 9th place finish.  The four quarter finals take place on 23 August and will all be streamed live here.  Japan is the only non-European team still in the mix.

The draw for the quarter finals is:

15:15

Hungary (3-1-0) v Romania (3-0-1);

Japan (3-0-1) v Denmark (3-1-0)

19:30

Russia (4-0-0) v Sweden (3-0-1);

France (3-1-0) v Norway (4-0-0)

Match times are UK, (group record in brackets (W-D-L)).