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Bigger hill to climb for Cuba
 Taipei,
Chinese Taipei, July 6, 2005 - The third pool of the
World Grand Prix is to begin on Friday in Taipei where
four teams - Brazil, Cuba, Korea and the Netherlands -
are preparing for battle prior to advancing to the final
round the following week in Sendai, Japan.
Brazil, Cuba and Netherlands have the strongest
possibility while Korea, who have two victories to their
name, are under going a change in generation aiming at
the Olympic Games in 2008.
All four teams have new and young players learning from
the experienced ones but in addition to the two
traditional strong teams of Cuba, who are unbeaten, and
Brazil (5-1), the Netherlands (4-2) have produced some
exceptional performances, which has seen them jump to
fifth in the overall rankings.
Pic: Cuba beat the Netherlands 3-2 in the second week
“For Cuba, it will be much tougher to play against these
three teams,” said Felipe Calderón the head coach of
Cuba. “But we will be well prepared for the coming games
and try our best to qualify for the final.”
Brazil is building a younger team as well, trying to
pass on experiences within a very short time, and they
just need at least one victory to secure themselves a
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