Malta suffered another two defeats yesterday in the world team championships being held in Dortmund, Germany.

The Maltese went down 3-0 to Syria and Puerto Rico.

It was against Syria that the Maltese players obtained the best results with Edward Baldacchino and Alex Soler losing 3-1 against Sanou and Baath respectively. Andrew Gambina lost 3-0 against Mosslly.

Against Puerto Rico, the Maltese had some hopes of even managing a lone victory, but their hopes were dashed to the ground as they lost 3-0.

Playing in Group M of the Men’s fourth division, Malta lost 3-0 to Pakistan and Macao in earlier matches.

Today they play their final qualifying match against Morocco.