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Team, Country...... Page Team, Country...... Page

 Tamsin Barnett /Natalie Cook, Australia...... 3  Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece ...... 15  Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia...... 3  Heike Jensen/Alice Rohkamper, Australia...... 4  Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy ...... 15  Greta Cicolari/, Italy...... 16  Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria ...... 4  Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria...... 5  Miwa Asao/Ayumi Kusano, Japan...... 16  Sayaka Mizoe/Shinako Tanaka, Japan...... 17  Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium...... 5  Takemi Nishibori/Satoko Urata, Japan...... 17

 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil ...... 6  Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia...... 18  Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil ...... 6  Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil ...... 7  Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico ...... 18  Vivian Cunha/Barbara Seixas, Brazil...... 7  Vanilda Leao/Angela Vieira, Brazil ...... 8  /, ...... 19  Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands ...... 19  Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada ...... 8  Madelein Meppelink/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands....20  Merel Mooren/Margo Wiltens, Netherlands...... 20  Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China ...... 9  Susan Blundell/Anna Scarlett, New Zealand...... 21  Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic...... 9  Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic .... 10  Janne Kongshavn/Ingrid Torlen, Norway ...... 21

 Stine Andreasen/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark ...... 10  Monika Brzostek/Karolina Sowala, ...... 22  Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland...... 22  Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland ...... 11  Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia ...... 23  Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna,  Ekaterina Khomyakova/Anastasia Vasina, Russia...... 23 Georgia ...... 11  Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain...... 24  Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany ...... 12  Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany ...... 12  Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland...... 24  Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany ...... 13  Rieke Brink-Abeler/Angelina Grün, Germany ...... 13  Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States...... 25  Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States...... 25  Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, Great Britain ...... 14  Nicole Branagh/Misty May-Treanor, United States ...... 26  Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain ...... 14  Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States ...... 26

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