11.   Magnus Larsson and Thomas Enqvist won their singles matches Friday and the Swedes clinched their quarterfinal place without conceding a set.

12.   New Zealand having secured a quarterfinal place take on Pakistan in their final group outing in Lahore.

13.   Next Wednesday, United faces Bayern Munich with a quarterfinal place at stake in the Champions Cup.

14.   New Zealand and Australian club teams the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Seagulls clinched their quarterfinal places on Friday night.

15.   Now they must fight for a quarterfinal place among themselves.

16.   Now they must fight for a quarterfinal place between themselves.

17.   Spain and Russia were already guaranteed quarterfinal places.

18.   Spain also needed a late clincher against already-eliminated Romania Tuesday to gain a quarterfinal place against England, which is getting stronger as each game goes by.

19.   Spain will now play Israel on Monday for a quarterfinal place.

20.   The German and Spanish titlists only need one more point from two games to clinch quarterfinal places.