The semifinal matches of the B-Pool European Championship among national teams took place in Slovakia and Bulgaria recently.

According to the results of the Group “A”, the Ukrainian team where the majority of the players are from Kropivnitskyi city, has failed to defeat Lithuania and participate in the playoff series and receive a ticket to the Division “A”. The Lithuanian team defeated Ukraine with score 7-5. Whereas the Finnish dominated Romania 20-14, Switzerland lost to Slovakia 11-9 and the Polish team defeated Belarusians 12-2.

Israel won a thriller against Russia 5-3 at the B-Pool European Championship in Bulgaria.

So, Lithuania and Israel teams will struggle for a place in the Division “A” during playoff series.