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Poland achieved a 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23) victory over the Netherlands to join the home side into the semifinals of the continental Olympic qualification tournament in Apeldoorn. With a game at hand, the Poles topped the current Pool A standings on a 2-0 win-loss record, followed by the Dutch, who finished the pool stage on 2-1. Poland had the lead for the most part of the first set, outscoring the opponents on all counts. The Dutch caught up several times, but after 20-20, Agnieszka Kakolewska in blocking and spiking and Magdalena Stysiak from the serving line ruled on the court before Natalia Medrzyk attacked successfully for a 25-20 win.

Malwina Smarzek-Godek was on fire in the hard-fought second set to score a total of nine points, including two blocks, towards the 25-23 close, which she shaped up with a successful spike for the last point. The Netherlands stormed to an early 5-0 lead in the third set, which Poland immediately wiped out over the next five rallies. As the home side did great in blocking and the Poles made way too many unforced errors, similar patterns repeated several times throughout the set with Poland even stepping upfront at 21-20 and 22-21.

At the end, however, the Dutch won the set at 25-23 on a kill block by Yvon Belien. The Netherlands had the lead throughout the first half of the fourth set, but Poland took over throughout the second half. Smarzek was back to her high-scoring mode and firing one point after another, she went on to kill the match winner at 25-23. With 25 points to her name, Smarzek became the top scorer of the game.