Some very close matches in the mens' epee 16 event - France narrowly beat Switzerland 37-36, Italy just pulled ahead to beat Israel 45-42, Czech Republic lost to Korea 45-43 and Germany won their match against Finland in a close 44-43.
The USA lost to Hungary by a considerable margin in a score of 45-29 as did Britain who were beaten by the Ukraine 45-22. Russia enjoyed a victory over China scoring 45-36 and Canada had a close shave with Belarus but came out top 27-26.