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| Caribbean Fireworks in the country of the rising sun. |
| What had begun with the Olympic title in Barcelona in 1992 and was continued with the WCH title and the repeated Olympic gold medal in 1996, should be documented in Japan, too: No team can defeat Cuba! Leaded by a very strong Regla Torres, who was awarded with money as the best player and blocker of the tournament for the first time, the top favourite won. China, coached by Lang Ping, had the accept the predominance in the final. The German team had its waterloo and had to had home after a depressing 2:3 defeat against the Dominican Republic in the preliminaries. |
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4. BRA
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5. ITA
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6. CRO
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7. NED
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8. JPN
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9. PER, BUL, COM, KOR
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13. GER, USA, KEN, THA
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