The two-time tournament champions defeated Belarus 4-1 in their first game in today’s Pool A matches before seeing off 2011 competition hosts Poland in their second by a 4-3 scoreline.

The other results in the first Pool A matches today saw the United States beat Kazakhstan 7-2 whilst Switzerland beat Poland 3-1.

Along with The Netherlands' win in the second round of matches, Belarus thrashed Kazakhstan 8-0 and the US lost 3-1 against Switzerland.

Hosts Germany continued their fantastic start to the competition with a 6-0 win over Ukraine in Pool B.

The Czech Republic, bronze medallists in 2015, beat Russia 3-1 before Australia played out an exciting 3-3 draw with Namibia in the early matches

Australia then went on to win 2-1 against Russia as Germany secured a win over the Czech Republic by the same scoreline.

Namibia recorded a shock 3-2 win over 2011 bronze medallists Ukraine to secure their first three points of the competition.

In the men's tournament, Germany edged passed Czech Republic 6-5 before coming out on top against Poland 6-3 in their late match.

Poland had earlier beaten Kazakhstan 11-3.

Trinidad and Tobago's first match of the day saw them lose 7-6 to Australia before they secured their first win of the tournament with a 6-4 victory over Kazakhstan.

Czech Republic and Australia drew 2-2 in the other late Pool A match.

In Pool B's earlier matches, Russia beat debutantes Belgium 5-4, Switzerland inflicted a 3-1 defeat on South Africa whilst Iran and Austria drew 3-3.

The later matches saw South Africa beat Iran 6-3, Austria defeat Russia 8-4 and Belgium surprisingly come out on top against Switzerland by a 2-0 scoreline.

Tomorrow sees the final round of pool matches take place in both the men’s and women’s tournament whilst the men's quarter-finals will also be played.