Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (19) def. Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (30) 2-1 (21-14, 19-21, 15-13).
Koekelkoren/van Walle lead the head-to-head 2-0, also winning at the 2016 FIVB Fuzhou Open.
In Pool F, Koekelkoren/van Walle are 1-0 and Finsters/Tocs are 0-1.
Next up for Belgium is Mohamed Abicha / Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco (43) and Latvia plays Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (6). Both matches will be played Sunday, 30 July.