Ten countries competed for places at the (IWBF) World Championships next year — ten in the men's: , , , , , , , , and ; and four in the women's: Australia, Japan, China and Thailand. For the Australians, it was a rare opportunity to play teams from neighboring countries. Their efforts to help other teams were appreciated; after one game the Kuwait men led a cheer of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" To which the Thai women replied: "Oi! Oi! Oi!" The new zone system has already proved controversial, with defeating in the recent Africa Zone Championships in  to grab the sole spot allocated to Africa, and Canada missing out on one of the four men's spots for the Americas zone. In a shock result, these places went to the , , and . , , , , , and the are to round out the championships as the men's teams from the European Zone. The men's World Championship are to be held in July next year in ,  , while the women's are to be in , . Maureen Orchard. President and Secretary General of the IWBF told Wikinews the women's competition will in no way be inferior to the men's. The women are to be put up in a five-star hotel, and play at Toronto's . Without their men's team competing, the women's competition is expected to generate considerable interest in Canada. The home team is to be joined by teams from the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain,  , the United States,  , Mexico, and  to compete against the winners from the Asia–Oceania Zone.
Ten countries competed for places at the (IWBF) World Championships next year — ten in the men's: Japan, Iran, China, Malaysia, Taipei, Australia, Korea, Kuwait, New Zealand and Thailand ; and four in the women's: Australia, Japan, China and Thailand. For the Australians, it was a rare opportunity to play teams from neighboring countries. Their efforts to help other teams were appreciated; after one game the Kuwait men led a cheer of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" To which the Thai women replied: "Oi! Oi! Oi!" The new zone system has already proved controversial, with Algeria defeating South Africa in the recent Africa Zone Championships in Angola to grab the sole spot allocated to Africa, and Canada missing out on one of the four men's spots for the Americas zone. In a shock result, these places went to the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. Great Britain, Turkey, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are to round out the championships as the men's teams from the European Zone. The men's World Championship are to be held in July next year in , South Korea , while the women's are to be in Toronto, Canada . Maureen Orchard. President and Secretary General of the IWBF told Wikinews the women's competition will in no way be inferior to the men's. The women are to be put up in a five-star hotel, and play at Toronto's . Without their men's team competing, the women's competition is expected to generate considerable interest in Canada. The home team is to be joined by teams from the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, France , the United States, Brazil , Mexico, and Peru to compete against the winners from the Asia–Oceania Zone.
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