Today the spectators in the sport pavilion of Leça da Palmeira could witness two exciting semifinals with breath-taking finish.
Both matches ended with the same score (5-3) meaning that the last match which ended in a draw decided the fate of a team.
In the first semifinal the Danes of Varde took the advantage over Mostoles with victories of Nelin and Schroder over Fernandez and Alfonso Legazpi while Ruben Legazpi beat Merckx. On a 4-2 score in favor of Varde the remaining match became the decider: De Bruijn and Ferreira fought points after point until a draw finally let the Danes advance to the final. 
The second semifinal showed a similar scenario between Andernos and FC Porto. At first Zanetti beat Jaspers and Forthomme won Blomdahl, then Soares succeded in a great comeback and took the victory from the hand of Barbeillon. Again on a 4-2 score for the French team the last match proved to be the decider and it ended again with a draw between Costa and Marechal that allowed Andernos in the final game.
The final with Varde and Andernos was somehow less tense: Forthomme, Marechal and Barbeillon took the lead in their respective matches towards 3 clear victories, at that point the result of the match between Zanetti and Merckx had no longer any impact on the final outcome and Andernos could finally cheer with its many supporters.
All results and rankings on the CEB website.