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In the last match of the day, Belarus and Portugal delivered a thrilling five-setter full of many turnarounds and a constant change of the lead. Belarus rose like a phoenix after being down two sets, and motivated pushed hard on the attack in a nail-biting next three sets. It worked out just fine as they finished with 69 successful spikes compared to the 56 by Portugal. The team of Viktar Beksha was better also on the block (10 compared by 5 by Portugal). The hosts of the tournament in Santo Tirso, Portugal outclassed their opponent with a better performance from the serving line (7 aces compared to 4 by Belarus). A key element in the game for Belarus was the better performance on tbe block in the third set, when they were able to record 4 successful actions, compared to 0 by Portugal. Uladzislau Davyskiba from Belarus topped the charts with 26 points, becoming also Best Attacker of the match. For Portugal, Marco Evan Ferreira contributed the most with 21 points to his name.

- Portugal opened rather easily in the first set, thanks to 3 aces and better play on attack. Belarus were struggling and leeting some errors affect their game.
- In the second set, Belarus imrpoved on attack, but inspired, the Portuguese team weren't giving up easily the leadership.
- The great change came in the third set, when Belarus scored 4 kill blocks compared to 0 by Portugal.
- Inspired, Belarus made the difference on attack in the fourth set (20 winning spikes compared to 12 by Portugal)
- In a cat-and-mouse game in the last part, Belarus were more precise in the decisive moments finishing well organised attacks in a successful way.