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3836:Balkans Cup
3801:Pacific Cup
3781:Griffin Cup
3667:Philippines
3652:New Zealand
3484:Philippines
3439:New Zealand
3429:Netherlands
3369:Ivory Coast
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2711:Paralympics
2601:Rugby union
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1629:14–0 (1999)
1625:Japan def.
1552:Japan def.
1533:Japan def.
1502:Japan def.
1497:Philippines
1495:Japan def.
1490:El Salvador
1488:Japan def.
1155:Philippines
921:El Salvador
862:Points For
701:Alternative
579:Philippines
533:Kevin Moore
444:Appearances
354:Biggest win
223:IRL ranking
3887:Categories
3870:wheelchair
3826:Nordic Cup
3741:Anzac Test
3414:Montenegro
3095:Affiliate
3017:Montenegro
2657:Water polo
2635:Volleyball
2589:Ice hockey
2572:Gymnastics
2506:Wheelchair
2481:Basketball
2460:Water polo
2443:Volleyball
2414:Wheelchair
2357:Ice hockey
2335:Gymnastics
2235:Wheelchair
2210:Basketball
1724:References
741:Reiji Sano
738:Tai Hooper
735:Sou Miyake
729:Yuchi Mori
564:Tony Smith
517:Ken Isaacs
504:Tama River
484:Max Mannix
208:Willie Lux
204:Head coach
76:newspapers
3751:Asian Cup
3746:The Ashes
3607:Argentina
3519:Singapore
3474:Palestine
3344:Hong Kong
3219:Australia
3214:Argentina
3165:Singapore
3144:Hong Kong
3125:Observer
3023:Palestine
2985:Argentina
2858:Affiliate
2789:Australia
2678:Baseball5
2673:Badminton
2535:Floorball
2318:eFootball
2264:Floorball
2098:23 August
2072:23 August
2047:23 August
2022:23 August
1997:23 August
1972:23 August
1947:23 August
1922:23 August
1535:Hong Kong
1528:Hong Kong
1504:Hong Kong
1477:Hong Kong
1475:Japan vs
999:Hong Kong
762:Tom Bowes
583:Asian Cup
553:World Cup
437:World Cup
427:Australia
106:July 2016
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3524:Slovakia
3504:Scotland
3469:Pakistan
3279:DR Congo
3264:Colombia
3249:Cameroon
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3168:Thailand
3162:Pakistan
3037:Slovakia
3000:DR Congo
2997:Colombia
2991:Bulgaria
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2870:Cameroon
2706:Olympics
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2476:Baseball
2421:Softball
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2340:Handball
2330:Goalball
2276:Football
2230:U-23 3x3
2198:Baseball
1872:13 March
1847:13 March
1792:13 March
1689:See also
1566:Portugal
1560:Thailand
1554:Thailand
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1483:Thailand
1311:Thailand
1233:Portugal
771:Ed Craig
575:Thailand
490:and the
459:Samurais
373:Thailand
232:Uniforms
176:Samurais
172:Nickname
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3574:Ukraine
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3153:Namibia
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3105:Estonia
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2940:Nigeria
2930:Morocco
2920:Lebanon
2905:Ireland
2890:Germany
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2814:Jamaica
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2775:Members
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2247:Cricket
1822:21 July
1753:21 July
1669:Newtown
1633:Lebanon
1611:Morocco
1465:Results
1077:Morocco
1038:Lebanon
850:Played
784:Ranking
779:Matches
647:Primary
470:History
329:Lebanon
214:Captain
90:scholar
3687:Turkey
3677:Serbia
3637:France
3617:Canada
3612:Brazil
3569:Turkey
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2688:Tennis
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3539:Spain
3499:Samoa
3404:Malta
3399:Libya
3384:Kenya
3379:Japan
3364:Italy
3354:India
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3289:Egypt
3259:Chile
3147:India
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2915:Kenya
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369:Japan
346:Tokyo
333:Japan
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