On Friday, Switzerland outclassed the team of Albania in straight sets, thus grabbing their first 3 points in the tournament On the way to their first victory, the Swiss showed better play on the block (6) and with 9 aces in total made it difficult for Albania's reception. After this victory, both Switzerland and Romania have 3 points each in the current standing, while Albania is last with 0 points in Pool E. Slovakia top te charts with 6 points. 

• Both Switzerland and Albania were spiking hard in the first set, but the outstanding performance on the serving line, helped the Swiss players to open in their favour.
• Motivated, Albania pushed hard on the attack and finished with 14 winning spikes in the second set (compared to the 12 by Switzerland). However, this wasn't enough and the players around SWISSSS coach, took the 2-0 lead after good play on the net (2 blocks) and another 3 aces.
• Albania finally improved on blocking and in serving in the third set, but it resulted that it was too late for a comeback. Switzerland, too, put up a real fight and with slightly better performance on attack, seized a straight-sets victory.
• Jovan Djokic from Switzerland contributed the most for his team's victory, recording 22 points.
• For Albania, Anton Qafarena added 18.