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#
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Open
Teams
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Av. Rt.
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1
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United
States of America
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2771
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2
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India
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2696
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|
3
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Norway
|
2692
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|
4
|
Spain
|
2687
|
|
5
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Poland
|
2683
|
|
6
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Azerbaijan
|
2680
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|
7
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Netherlands
|
2672
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|
8
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Ukraine
|
2666
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|
9
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Germany
|
2664
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10
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England
|
2662
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11
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India 2
|
2649
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12
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Armenia
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2642
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13
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Iran
|
2636
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14
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Uzbekistan
|
2625
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15
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France
|
2621
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16
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Hungary
|
2621
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17
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India 3
|
2619
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18
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Czech
Republic
|
2612
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|
19
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Croatia
|
2611
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20
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Romania
|
2605
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21
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Turkey
|
2602
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22
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Greece
|
2602
|
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23
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Israel
|
2598
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|
24
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Serbia
|
2595
|
|
25
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Georgia
|
2580
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|
26
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Italy
|
2574
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27
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Denmark
|
2566
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28
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Brazil
|
2563
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|
29
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Australia
|
2559
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30
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Argentina
|
2558
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31
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Sweden
|
2556
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|
32
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Cuba
|
2552
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|
33
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Austria
|
2546
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|
34
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Slovakia
|
2543
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|
35
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Lithuania
|
2540
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|
36
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Switzerland
|
2534
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|
37
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Peru
|
2533
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38
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Egypt
|
2530
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39
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Kazakhstan
|
2526
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40
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Montenegro
|
2521
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41
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Slovenia
|
2510
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42
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Chile
|
2510
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43
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Iceland
|
2509
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44
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Canada
|
2496
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|
45
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Mongolia
|
2478
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|
46
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Indonesia
|
2472
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|
47
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Paraguay
|
2467
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|
48
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Moldova
|
2462
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|
49
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Uruguay
|
2460
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50
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Belgium
|
2460
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51
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Colombia
|
2456
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52
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Philippines
|
2452
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53
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Portugal
|
2440
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54
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Albania
|
2434
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55
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Finland
|
2433
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|
56
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Singapore
|
2427
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|
57
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Estonia
|
2414
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58
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Andorra
|
2398
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59
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Ireland
|
2396
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60
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Faroe
Islands
|
2394
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61
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North
Macedonia
|
2389
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|
62
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Mexico
|
2389
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63
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Bulgaria
|
2387
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|
64
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Latvia
|
2382
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65
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Bangladesh
|
2380
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|
66
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Ecuador
|
2370
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67
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Kosovo
|
2343
|
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68
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Scotland
|
2342
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|
69
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South
Africa
|
2342
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70
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Kyrgyzstan
|
2337
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71
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Bolivia
|
2324
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72
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Venezuela
|
2317
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73
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Zambia
|
2314
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74
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Malaysia
|
2304
|
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75
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Morocco
|
2286
|
|
76
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Dominican
Republic
|
2286
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|
77
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Costa
Rica
|
2280
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78
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Tunisia
|
2270
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79
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Nigeria
|
2263
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80
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Luxembuorg
|
2263
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81
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Japan
|
2258
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82
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Yemen
|
2257
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83
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Guatemala
|
2249
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84
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Panama
|
2246
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85
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Iraq
|
2244
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86
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New
Zealand
|
2242
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87
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Tajikistan
|
2242
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88
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South
Korea
|
2228
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89
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El
Salvador
|
2222
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90
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Monaco
|
2216
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91
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Uganda
|
2216
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92
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Trinidad
& Tobago
|
2213
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93
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Angola
|
2209
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94
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Zimbabwe
|
2208
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95
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Lebanon
|
2198
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96
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Wales
|
2192
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|
97
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Syria
|
2191
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98
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Algeria
|
2189
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99
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Jordan
|
2180
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100
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Thailand
|
2176
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|
101
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Sudan
|
2161
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102
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Cyprus
|
2148
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103
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Nicaragua
|
2147
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104
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United
Arab Emirates
|
2146
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105
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Madagascar
|
2143
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106
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Pakistan
|
2114
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|
107
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Nepal
|
2110
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108
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Jamaica
|
2107
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109
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South
Sudan
|
2101
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110
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Ethiopia
|
2091
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111
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Puerto
Rico
|
2089
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112
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Sri
Lanka
|
2086
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113
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Botswana
|
2069
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114
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Honduras
|
2049
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115
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Netherlands
Antilles
|
2046
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116
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Malta
|
2040
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117
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Malawi
|
2028
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118
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Haiti
|
2026
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119
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Suriname
|
2019
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120
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Qatar
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2010
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121
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Namibia
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2009
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122
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Libya
|
2008
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123
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Cape
Verde
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2004
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124
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Barbados
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1998
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125
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Myanmar
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1995
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126
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Liechtenstein
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1983
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127
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Mali
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1977
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128
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Jersey
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1968
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129
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Mauritania
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1961
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130
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Bahrain
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1957
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131
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Afghanistan
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1949
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132
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Saudi
Arabia
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1935
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133
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Chinese
Taipei
|
1932
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|
134
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Somalia
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1931
|
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135
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Kenya
|
1928
|
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136
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Ghana
|
1918
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137
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Cote
d'Ivoire
|
1917
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|
138
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Liberia
|
1905
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139
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Sao
Tome and Principe
|
1897
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140
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Hong
Kong
|
1895
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|
141
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Palestine
|
1893
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|
142
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Guam
|
1888
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|
143
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Mozambique
|
1887
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|
144
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Kuwait
|
1865
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145
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Mauritius
|
1865
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|
146
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Oman
|
1865
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147
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Aruba
|
1863
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|
148
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Saint
Lucia
|
1862
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|
149
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Togo
|
1859
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|
150
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Senegal
|
1838
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|
151
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Gambia
|
1836
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|
152
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Guyana
|
1826
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|
153
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Maldives
|
1807
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|
154
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San
Marino
|
1797
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|
155
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Bermuda
|
1796
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|
156
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Sierra
Leone
|
1784
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|
157
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Palau
|
1779
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|
158
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Bahamas
|
1777
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|
159
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Tanzania
|
1763
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160
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Nauru
|
1762
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161
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Rwanda
|
1736
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162
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Cameroon
|
1707
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|
163
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Timor-Leste
|
1704
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|
164
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Lesotho
|
1692
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|
165
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Brunei
Darussalam
|
1657
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|
166
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Eswatini
|
1657
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|
167
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Papua
New Guinea
|
1641
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|
168
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Gabon
|
1608
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|
169
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Guernsey
|
1602
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170
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Fiji
|
1591
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|
171
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Cayman
Islands
|
1586
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|
172
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Burundi
|
1555
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173
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Eritrea
|
1549
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|
174
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Democratic
Rep. of the Congo
|
1546
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|
175
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US
Virgin Islands
|
1492
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|
176
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Djibouti
|
1470
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|
177
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Central
African Republic
|
1436
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|
178
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Seychelles
|
1371
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|
179
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Saint
Vincent & the Grenadines
|
1222
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180
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Dominica
|
1204
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181
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British
Virgin Islands
|
1154
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182
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Laos
|
1063
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183
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Bhutan
|
1000
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184
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Chad
|
1000
|
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185
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Comoros
|
1000
|
|
186
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Equatorial
Guinea
|
1000
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187
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Niger
|
1000
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188
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Saint
Kitts and Nevis
|
1000
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#
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Women's
Teams
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Av. Rt.
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1
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India
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2486
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2
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Ukraine
|
2478
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3
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Georgia
|
2475
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4
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Kazakhstan
|
2441
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5
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Poland
|
2423
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6
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France
|
2400
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7
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Azerbaijan
|
2399
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8
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United
States of America
|
2390
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9
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Germany
|
2383
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10
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Bulgaria
|
2367
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11
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Armenia
|
2367
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12
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India 2
|
2351
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13
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Hungary
|
2342
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|
14
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Spain
|
2327
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|
15
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Cuba
|
2324
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16
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Netherlands
|
2312
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17
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Serbia
|
2312
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18
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Indonesia
|
2304
|
|
19
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Israel
|
2289
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|
20
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Romania
|
2283
|
|
21
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England
|
2274
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22
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Slovakia
|
2265
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|
23
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Czech
Republic
|
2260
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|
24
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Vietnam
|
2259
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|
25
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Italy
|
2251
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|
26
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Slovenia
|
2245
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|
27
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Greece
|
2236
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|
28
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Turkey
|
2220
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29
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Mongolia
|
2220
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|
30
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Switzerland
|
2219
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|
31
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Estonia
|
2215
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|
32
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Peru
|
2212
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|
33
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Colombia
|
2207
|
|
34
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Sweden
|
2196
|
|
35
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Australia
|
2195
|
|
36
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Brazil
|
2186
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|
37
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Austria
|
2185
|
|
38
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Iran
|
2168
|
|
39
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Philippines
|
2165
|
|
40
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Argentina
|
2154
|
|
41
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Lithuania
|
2148
|
|
42
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Canada
|
2139
|
|
43
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Croatia
|
2117
|
|
44
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Finland
|
2113
|
|
45
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Uzbekistan
|
2094
|
|
46
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Denmark
|
2085
|
|
47
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Norway
|
2079
|
|
48
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Egypt
|
2078
|
|
49
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Belgium
|
2054
|
|
50
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Latvia
|
2054
|
|
51
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Ireland
|
2045
|
|
52
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Malaysia
|
2038
|
|
53
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Moldova
|
2033
|
|
54
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Mexico
|
2005
|
|
55
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Singapore
|
1999
|
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56
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Chile
|
1990
|
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57
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Venezuela
|
1977
|
|
58
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Portugal
|
1962
|
|
59
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Bolivia
|
1952
|
|
60
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Iceland
|
1951
|
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61
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Algeria
|
1946
|
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62
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Turkmenistan
|
1944
|
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63
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Costa
Rica
|
1926
|
|
64
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Bangladesh
|
1917
|
|
65
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Ecuador
|
1916
|
|
66
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Montenegro
|
1911
|
|
67
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Paraguay
|
1889
|
|
68
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Nigeria
|
1882
|
|
69
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Angola
|
1874
|
|
70
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Albania
|
1865
|
|
71
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North
Macedonia
|
1863
|
|
72
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Scotland
|
1850
|
|
73
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Lebanon
|
1836
|
|
74
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New
Zealand
|
1835
|
|
75
|
Dominican
Republic
|
1832
|
|
76
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El
Salvador
|
1828
|
|
77
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Uruguay
|
1808
|
|
78
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Nicaragua
|
1798
|
|
79
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
1780
|
|
80
|
Tajikistan
|
1775
|
|
81
|
South
Africa
|
1764
|
|
82
|
Iraq
|
1762
|
|
83
|
Syria
|
1762
|
|
84
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Monaco
|
1753
|
|
85
|
United Arab
Emirates
|
1734
|
|
86
|
Puerto
Rico
|
1733
|
|
87
|
Zambia
|
1723
|
|
88
|
Botswana
|
1690
|
|
89
|
Guatemala
|
1683
|
|
90
|
Wales
|
1673
|
|
91
|
Panama
|
1656
|
|
92
|
Japan
|
1656
|
|
93
|
Uganda
|
1651
|
|
94
|
Zimbabwe
|
1648
|
|
95
|
Hong
Kong
|
1623
|
|
96
|
Jamaica
|
1609
|
|
97
|
Sri
Lanka
|
1592
|
|
98
|
South
Korea
|
1581
|
|
99
|
Kenya
|
1577
|
|
100
|
Libya
|
1568
|
|
101
|
Nepal
|
1565
|
|
102
|
Andorra
|
1561
|
|
103
|
Madagascar
|
1547
|
|
104
|
Honduras
|
1546
|
|
105
|
Thailand
|
1535
|
|
106
|
Suriname
|
1519
|
|
107
|
Haiti
|
1517
|
|
108
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Malta
|
1513
|
|
109
|
Oman
|
1511
|
|
110
|
Mozambique
|
1494
|
|
111
|
Palestine
|
1488
|
|
112
|
Barbados
|
1485
|
|
113
|
Ethiopia
|
1457
|
|
114
|
Fiji
|
1449
|
|
115
|
Timor-Leste
|
1441
|
|
116
|
Tunisia
|
1435
|
|
117
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Guam
|
1418
|
|
118
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Trinidad
& Tobago
|
1401
|
|
119
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Kosovo
|
1392
|
|
120
|
Pakistan
|
1359
|
|
121
|
Malawi
|
1342
|
|
122
|
Sudan
|
1341
|
|
123
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Namibia
|
1336
|
|
124
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Chinese
Taipei
|
1322
|
|
125
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Cyprus
|
1316
|
|
126
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Cape Verde
|
1316
|
|
127
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Lesotho
|
1312
|
|
128
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Ghana
|
1302
|
|
129
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Aruba
|
1290
|
|
130
|
Senegal
|
1289
|
|
131
|
Bahamas
|
1265
|
|
132
|
Palau
|
1263
|
|
133
|
Kuwait
|
1257
|
|
134
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Myanmar
|
1245
|
|
135
|
Eswatini
|
1212
|
|
136
|
Mauritius
|
1193
|
|
137
|
Guyana
|
1184
|
|
138
|
Eritrea
|
1181
|
|
139
|
Togo
|
1180
|
|
140
|
Cameroon
|
1149
|
|
141
|
Maldives
|
1147
|
|
142
|
Jersey
|
1134
|
|
143
|
Bahrain
|
1131
|
|
144
|
Liberia
|
1114
|
|
145
|
Sao
Tome and Principe
|
1109
|
|
146
|
Cote
d'Ivoire
|
1078
|
|
147
|
Tanzania
|
1033
|
|
148
|
Sierra
Leone
|
1002
|
|
149
|
Bhutan
|
1000
|
|
150
|
Burundi
|
1000
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|
151
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Central
African Republic
|
1000
|
|
152
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Comoros
|
1000
|
|
153
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Djibouti
|
1000
|
|
154
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Gabon
|
1000
|
|
155
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Gambia
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1000
|
|
156
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Laos
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1000
|
|
157
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Mali
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1000
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|
158
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Rwanda
|
1000
|
|
159
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Saudi
Arabia
|
1000
|
|
160
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Seychelles
|
1000
|
|
161
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Somalia
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1000
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|
162
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South
Sudan
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1000
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21/07/2022
44th
Chess Olympiad
(See also results here.)
The 44th Olympiad is
scheduled to take place from 28th July to 10th August, 2022, at Chennai
(formerly Madras), India. The first round is to be on 29/07/2022.
The event was originally to be held in Russia, but as a consequence of events
in Ukraine, FIDE switched the venue, with the All India Chess Federation
landing the privilege of hosting the premier event in the world chess
calendar - yes, more important than the World Individual Championship many
would say, in view of outreach and inclusion!
FIDE has announced a
list of entrants including 188 Open (usually equates to “men’s”) teams, and
162 women’s teams (at time of writing). These have helpfully been
listed in order of average rating of the players in the team, and the USA,
India and Norway teams head the Open list, in that order, while India,
Ukraine and Georgia head the Women’s list. So, home-country India will
have high hopes of medals. (Full lists in panel on left.)
Russia is of course
absent, and there is no “FIDE” team filled with Russian players who have
switched allegiance. Also conspicuous by its absence is China, which
fact will be due to Sino-Russian political considerations and will be sad
news for the rank-and-file (!) chess-players of China.
On the home front,
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Jersey and Guernsey are all represented,
though Guernsey has no women’s team which is hardly surprising. The
Isle of Man is absent. Rankings at the time of writing (they
change as ratings of team members change) of these teams are as follows:
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Open Teams
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Women’s Teams
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England
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10
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21
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Ireland *
|
59
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51
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Scotland
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68
|
72
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Wales
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96
|
90
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Jersey
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128
|
142
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Guernsey
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169
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*
The Irish Chess Union incorporates both the Republic of Ireland and Northern
Ireland.
Members of the
England squad have been announced as follows:
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Open
Team
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Women’s
Team
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Players:
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GM
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Michael Adams
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WGM/IM
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Jovanka Houska
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GM
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Luke McShane
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WGM
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Katarzyna Toma
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GM
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Gawain Jones
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FM
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Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
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GM
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David Howell
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WIM
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Lan Yao
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GM
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Ravi Haria
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WCM
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Zoe Varney
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Captains:
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IM
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Malcolm Pein
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IM
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Lorin D’Costa *
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* assisted by ECF Women’s Director Agnieszka
Milewska
Some names of
lower-ranked teams in the lists of entrants are perhaps better recognisable
to those who collected stamps in their youth. Thus, amongst the
lowest-ranked Open teams is that of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Once again, there are
teams from both the British Virgin Islands (ranked 180th) and the US Virgin
Islands (ranked 174th), who have been diametrically opposed on
chess-political issues in the past, and will doubtless each be trying to
outdo the other in the final points table.
Rupert Jones’s native
Papua New Guinea is initially ranked 166th.
The name most likely
to stump even the former philatelist is “Eswatini”, which is the Swazi name
for what in British Colonial days was known as “Swaziland”, the renaming on
19/04/2018 having been to mark the 50th anniversary of independence.
This team is initially ranked 165th.
(The
background is a Swazi warrior’s shield, featured on the national flag and
coat of arms.)
Incidentally, the
European Chess Union caters for small nations, and a European Small Nations
Individual Chess Championship is contested among representatives of
min-nations such as Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. The 4th ESNA
Championship, played over 9 rounds, runs from 24/09/2022 to 02/10/2022, and
is being held at the Vadozner Huus, Vaduzin, in the Principality of
Liechtenstein. (See https://www.schach.li/esna/4th-esna-european-small-nations.html/430/l/de)
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