Malta clenched a 3-1 victory against Iceland
at the Cottonera Sports Complex in which is the first victory of the locals in the European Championships.
A nervous Malta squad faced San Marino and lost in three straight sets. It was a totally different story when an extremely motivated
Malta beat Iceland 3-1. Malta took the first set 25-20, but lost the second set 21-25. The Maltese recovered well with powerful spikes by Carmen Gauci and Alison Borg Hayman and won this set 25-23 after trailing for
most of this set. The final set was totally in the Maltese favour and close the set and the game 25-17.
Malta meet Cyprus in the final match of thetournament on Sunday.
Standings are as follows:
P W L Pts
Points
Cyprus 2 2 0 4
San Marino 2 1 1 3
Malta 2 1 1 3
Iceland 2 0 2 2
