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1602:South Korea
1597:North Korea
1492:Afghanistan
1424:Isle of Man
1359:recognition
1316:Switzerland
1251:Netherlands
937:Switzerland
907:South Korea
862:Philippines
822:Netherlands
475:World Rugby
471:Rugby union
432:(in French)
389:Cyprus Mail
126:Rugby union
1722:Uzbekistan
1697:Tajikistan
1612:Kyrgyzstan
1592:Kazakhstan
1512:Bangladesh
1502:Azerbaijan
1286:San Marino
1246:Montenegro
1226:Luxembourg
1206:Kazakhstan
1106:Azerbaijan
1030:Yugoslavia
977:Uzbekistan
782:Mauritania
762:Madagascar
752:Luxembourg
732:Kyrgyzstan
722:Kazakhstan
626:Costa Rica
525:Azerbaijan
400:2007-03-28
347:2007-03-23
318:References
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228:Azerbaijan
1808:Hong Kong
1762:Palestine
1687:Sri Lanka
1682:Singapore
1562:Indonesia
1414:Gibraltar
1221:Lithuania
987:Venezuela
927:Swaziland
917:St Lucia
912:Sri Lanka
887:Singapore
787:Mauritius
747:Lithuania
692:Hong Kong
151:in 2006.
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1752:Abkhazia
1702:Thailand
1657:Pakistan
1637:Mongolia
1632:Maldives
1627:Malaysia
1527:Cambodia
1434:Svalbard
1419:Guernsey
1366:Abkhazia
1341:Scotland
1301:Slovenia
1296:Slovakia
1271:Portugal
1126:Bulgaria
947:Thailand
942:Tanzania
897:Slovenia
892:Slovakia
852:Paraguay
842:Pakistan
807:Mongolia
767:Malaysia
663:(Tahiti)
616:Colombia
612:(Taiwan)
590:Cameroon
585:Cambodia
575:Bulgaria
555:Botswana
535:Barbados
306:See also
293:Slovakia
240:Slovakia
46:playing
44:Slovakia
1727:Vietnam
1642:Myanmar
1622:Lebanon
1552:Georgia
1507:Bahrain
1497:Armenia
1336:England
1326:Ukraine
1276:Romania
1236:Moldova
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1181:Hungary
1171:Germany
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1156:Finland
1151:Estonia
1146:Denmark
1131:Croatia
1116:Belgium
1111:Belarus
1101:Austria
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1091:Andorra
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982:Vanuatu
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957:Tunisia
877:Senegal
827:Nigeria
812:Morocco
797:Moldova
712:Jamaica
697:Hungary
667:Germany
656:Finland
651:Ecuador
646:Denmark
631:Croatia
580:Burundi
545:Bermuda
540:Belgium
530:Bahamas
520:Austria
515:Armenia
505:Andorra
495:Algeria
163:bases.
155:History
55:Country
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1707:Turkey
1672:Russia
1607:Kuwait
1587:Jordan
1577:Israel
1537:Cyprus
1522:Brunei
1517:Bhutan
1429:Jersey
1371:Kosovo
1321:Turkey
1311:Sweden
1291:Serbia
1281:Russia
1266:Poland
1261:Norway
1241:Monaco
1211:Latvia
1196:Israel
1176:Greece
1161:France
1136:Cyprus
992:Zambia
967:Uganda
932:Sweden
882:Serbia
872:Rwanda
867:Poland
837:Norway
802:Monaco
792:Mexico
742:Latvia
717:Jordan
707:Israel
687:Guyana
677:Greece
636:Cyprus
570:Brunei
560:Brazil
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297:Israel
289:Monaco
278:Paphos
274:Greece
244:Israel
236:Monaco
232:Paphos
224:Greece
130:Cyprus
69:Cyprus
58:Cyprus
48:Cyprus
1813:Macau
1732:Yemen
1692:Syria
1667:Qatar
1647:Nepal
1582:Japan
1557:India
1547:Egypt
1532:China
1404:Åland
1346:Wales
1306:Spain
1231:Malta
1201:Italy
817:Nauru
777:Malta
757:Macau
727:Kenya
702:India
672:Ghana
605:China
600:Chile
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1617:Laos
1572:Iraq
1567:Iran
1020:USSR
952:Togo
857:Peru
832:Niue
772:Mali
737:Laos
682:Guam
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