On Thursday in the Israeli city of Beersheba, the team world championship ended with the 9th round matches. The Ukrainian national team, which was the reigning champion of the tournament, relinquished its title long before the competition's finish. The new world champion in the team competition became the Russian national team, which in the last match crushed the Chinese men's team with a score of 3.5:0.5. This victory allowed the Russians to overtake the Chinese by 0.5 points and win first place.
The Ukrainian team defeated the Georgian team with a score of 2.5:1.5, but this was not enough to overtake the Armenians, who, having drawn 2:2 with the Cubans, moved ahead of us by one point.
In the match against the Georgians, Ruslan Ponomariov, Andriy Volokitin and Vasyl Ivanchuk drew their games, while Serhiy Karjakin won.
Tournament table: 1. Russia - 22 points; 2. China (m) - 21.5; 3. Armenia - 18.5; 4. UKRAINE - 17.5; 5. USA - 16.5; 6. Israel - 14.5; 7. Georgia - 13.5; 8. Cuba - 13.0; 9. China (w) – 7.