In men's Pool A, reigning champions Serbia, who had their 15-match unbeaten run ended by the United States on Wednesday, returned to winning ways to earn their quarter-final spot.

The top-ranked side beat Turkey 22-10 and South Korea 21-16, but could only finish second in Pool A after the US kept their 100 per cent record.

The Americans beat Korea 22-8, then ended the dreams of hosts and last year's runners-up Netherlands of lifting the title, winning a dramatic encounter 15-14.

In Pool C, France pipped 2018 bronze medallists Slovenia to top spot with a 21-18 victory.

The French side, only ranked 15th in this year's competition, completed the pool stage with a perfect record after beating China 22-9 earlier today.

Slovenia had earlier guaranteed their spot in the last eight with a narrow 18-17 victory over Qatar, but their loss to France means they face a tougher route if they want to repeat or do better than last year's performance.

In the men's quarter-finals, United States face Slovenia, Poland play Puerto Rico, Ukraine take on Latvia and France clash with Serbia.

In the women's competition, defending champions Italy and last year's runners-up Russia are both through to the quarter-finals, although the Russians got their revenge for the 2018 final loss with an 18-10 victory in Pool D.

Italy recovered to earn a knockout spot by inflicting a fourth defeat in four on Indonesia, 17-9, which bumped them above New Zealand in the pool, after the bottom-ranked side of the 20 competing nations narrowly missed out on a slot in the last eight.

New Zealand were overcome 17-16 by Russia in their final pool match and bowed out at the first hurdle.

France topped Pool B with four wins from four, beating Australia in a tense encounter 17-16 before easing to a 20-10 victory over Switzerland.

Australia join them in the last eight, having knocked out sixth-ranked Japan with an 18-16 victory before their winning streak was ended by the French.

Tomorrow's women's quarter-finals see China face Romania, Russia play Australia, France duel with Italy and Spain take on Hungary.