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Philippe Barca-Cysique on attck for France |
Nobuyoshi Hosokawa makes a spike for Japan |
France's best scorer Laurent Capet as normal, with his mouth open on attack |
Team talk time for Japan |
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France captain Dominique Daquin in full flow on attack |
Frantz Granvorka's spike is blocked by Nobuhiro Ito (No3) and Ryu Morishige (No13) |
Atsushi Kobayashi blocks another spike from Frantz Granvorka |
Frantz Granvorka signs for the fans |
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Philippe Barca-Cysique helps out the media |
The after match press conference with (from left to right) French captain Dominique Daquin and French coach Philippe Blain and Japanese coach Mikiyasu Tanaka and captain Shigeru Aoyama |
France celebrate a 3-1 victory |
The Japanese team are happy after taking the third set 25-22 |
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Daisuke Usami on attack for Japan |
Lo´c Lemarrec sets for Jean Charles Monneraye |
Ryu Morishige tries to beat Laurent Capet |
A view from the stands at Palais des Sports de Beaulieu in Nantes |
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France captain Dominique Daquin gets up for the block against Nobuharu Saito |
Japan is represented well in the stands |
Takahiro Yamamoto was Japan's best scorer on the night |
Takahiro Yamamoto about to unleash another spike |
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