The newcoming French team produced impressive start steamrolling Euskadi in the opening round while four GM team of Catalonia barely scored narrow win over Argentina. In the second round the French beat Argentina 3-1 to move into 2 point lead, while Catalonia drew The Basque Country in the intra-Spanish encounter.

In the final round Catalonia scored decisive 3-1 victory over France, to take final tie-break victory by scoring more match points. Argentina drew Euskadi and both teams stayed level at 4½ points. Typically, none of the players scored more than 2 points of 3 games.