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China to face Chinese
Taipei in elimination play-offs
 Macau,
China, July 25, 2005 - China's defence of the FIVB Girls'
U18 World Championship will continue on Wednesday against a
friend and a foe they know well: Chinese Taipei.
The two Asian rivals were drawn to meet each other in the
elimination play-off at Monday night's draw at the Tap Seac
Multisport Pavilion. The winner of the game will advance to
the quarter-finals, while the loser will be eliminated.
The other three elimination play-off games will be:
Argentina against Belarus, Ukraine against Italy, and Russia
against Egypt.
In the play-offs to determine the four seeded positions for
the quarter-finals, USA will play Croatia and Brazil will
meet Korea. These four teams won their respective groups on
Monday and have already secured a place in the
quarter-finals.
Looking ahead to the elimination play-off against two-time
defending champions China, Chinese Taipei's head coach, Yu
Chao Cheng, said: "It's a normal game for us, and if we play
how we can then we have a chance.
"We played against China in the Asian Youth Championship in
the Philippines in May and China won 3-0.
"Some of their players have changed, but I think they are
playing at more or less the same level."
Tuesday is a rest day, and the six play-off matches will
take place Wednesday, all at Tap Seac.
The full draw is: Play-off seeding group: USA vs Croatia,
Brazil vs Korea.
Play-off elimination group: Argentina vs Belarus, Ukraine vs
Italy, Russia vs Egypt, Chinese Taipei vs China.
NOTE:
The four teams who won their preliminary round groups
advance directly to the quarter-finals.
The eight teams who finished second and third in the four
groups will take part in the elimination play-offs. The
winners of these four matches will advance to the
quarter-finals, and the losers will be eliminated.
The four teams who finished bottom of the groups have been
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