 Hungary (11–5) and France (9–4) each defeated the Soviet Union, with the French–Soviet match stopped as soon as France reached 9 wins due to the certainty of the Soviet Union's elimination.The first two pairings saw France defeat the United States (10–6) and Italy beat Hungary (8–8, 59–63).France and Italy each won again in the second pairings, this time France over Hungary (11–5) and Italy against the United States (9–7).