In addition to the Russian team and the host of the tournament Japan, it will play the South American champion (determined on September 22), the champion of Asia (September 21), the champion of North and Central America and the Caribbean (September 21), and the winner of a special invitation by the FIVB and the organizers.
The tournament is held since 1993. The Russian national team became the winner in 1997, the silver medalist (2001) and bronze (1993). In tournaments of 2005 and 2009, the Russians did not participate.
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