(Beijing, April 18) The "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 FIE World Championships opened at the Beijing National Conference Center at 9 a.m. today. In the first-coming men's team foil eighth-finals, all strong teams brought out the best to progress to the next round.

Except that top-seeded and second-seeded Germany and France entered the quarterfinals directly, the other 12 teams had to fight for the remaining six places in the quarterfinals. The six eight-finals were between Spain and the US, Russia and Ukraine, Hong Kong China and Japan, Italy and Brazil, Canada and China, and Poland and the UK.

As a result, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy, China and Poland beat their respective opponents to progress to the next round. The scores of the six matches were 45-36, 45-21, 44-37, 45-21, 45-19 and 45-40 respectively.

The four quarterfinals will see the competitions between Germany and the US, Russia and Japan, Italy and China, and Poland and France.