11.   The format is that the three qualifiers advance with the points they gained against the other two.

12.   The eight other second best finishers are drawn into head-to-head play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers.

13.   The eight other runners up would then meet head to head to decide the last four qualifiers.

14.   The other qualifiers were Australia, the Netherlands, Russia, Italy and Britain.

15.   The other qualifiers were Brad Bridgewater of the U.S., Emanuele Merisi of Italy, Ralf Braun of Germany, Bart Sikora of Poland and Fu Yong of China.

16.   The other qualifiers were Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium and Britain.

17.   The other qualifiers were Mai Nakamura of Japan, Merdedith Smith of Australia, Helene Ricardo of France, Cathleen Rund of Germany and Miki Nakao of Japan.

18.   The other qualifiers were Masami Tanaka of Japan, Svitlana Bondarenko of the Ukraine, and Brigitte Becue of Belgium.

19.   The other qualifiers were Sandra Voelker of Germany, Roxanna Maracineanu of France, Noriko Inada of Japan and He Chiong of China.

20.   The other qualifiers will play their first-round matches in Japan.