29 September 2021

FIDE World Women's Team Championship: Quarterfinalists Determined

Team CFR will face FIDE Americas.

Photo: Niki Riga / FIDE
Photo: Niki Riga / FIDE


The qualification stage finished at the FIDE World Women's Team Championship in Sitges, Spain. Four top teams from each pool qualified for the knockout playoff.

Team CFR defeated Armenia 3-1 in the fifth match of Pool A. Kateryna Lagno and Alina Kashlinskaya won their games, while Aleksandra Goryachkina and Alexandra Kosteniuk made draws.   

Having won all the matches, the Russians finished first in the group with 10 points. India (7 points), Armenia (5), and Azerbaijan (4) also got the spots in the playoff.  

Teams Georgia (8), Ukraine (7), Kazakhstan (7), and FIDE Americas (3) qualified for the quarterfinals from Pool B.

Pairings:

CFR - FIDE Americas
Ukraine - Armenia
Georgia - Azerbaijan
India - Kazakhstan 

In the knockout, each duel consists of two matches and the tie is broken by blitz matches.

Tournament on Chess-results

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