Lausanne, 20^th August 2007 – China, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Poland and The Netherlands are ready to start the gold medal challenge in the 2007 World Grand Prix Final Round in Ningbo. The Beilun Gymnasium will host the round robin from Wednesday 22^nd to Sunday 26^th. The best five plus China have qualified after nine Preliminary Rounds played in the last three weeks. Brazil was the best team (only one match lost, against Italy), followed by Italy and Russia. Poland had a strong backfire, winning the last six matches in a row and entering the Final Round for the first time ever. The Netherlands, which weren’t participating last year, are back: their best result is the 4^th place in 2003. China was already qualified as host country.

Match Schedule 2007 World Grand Prix Final Round

Wednesday, 22^nd August 2007

Match 1          13:30  Brazil (2) vs Poland (5)

Match 2          15:30 Italy (3) vs Russia (4)

Match 3          19:30  China (1) vs Netherlands (6)

Thursday, 23^rd August 2007

Match 4          13:30  Russia (4) vs Brazil (2)

Match 5          15:30  Italy (3) vs Netherlands (6)

Match 6          19:30  Poland (5) vs China (1)

Friday, 24^th August 2007

Match 7          13:30  Brazil (2) vs Netherlands (6)

Match 8          15:30  Russia (4) vs Poland (5)

Match 9          19:30  Italy (3) vs China (1)

Saturday, 25^th August 2007

Match 10        13:30  Netherlands (6) vs Poland (5)

Match 11        15:30  China (1) vs Russia (4)

Match 12        19:30  Brazil (2) vs Italy (3)

Sunday, 26^th August 2007

Match 13        13:30  Netherlands (6) vs Russia (4)

Match 14        15:30  Poland (5) vs Italy (3)

Match 15        19:30  China (1) vs Brazil (2)

INFO

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