CONTESTANTS
| Players | Countries&Territories | |
| ASIA | 11 | China, ChineseTaipei, HongKongChina, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | 
| MIDDLE & NEAR EAST | 2 | Israel, Turkey | 
| EUROPE 1(A to L) | 14 | Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, CzechR.,
      Denmark, Finland, France, Germany.Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania,Luxembourg, | 
| EUROPE 2(N to Y) | 14 | Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, RussianFederation, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UnitedKingdom, Yugoslavia | 
| AFRICA | 3 | Madagascar, Morocco, SouthAfrica | 
| NORTH&CENTRAL AMERICA | 5 | Canada, U.S.A., Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico | 
| SOUTH AMERICA | 6 | Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Chile,Peru, Venezuela, | 
| OCEANIA | 2 | Australia, NewZealand | 
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