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1500:Azerbaijan
1305:Uzbekistan
1280:Tajikistan
1195:Kyrgyzstan
1175:Kazakhstan
1095:Bangladesh
1085:Azerbaijan
1017:Yugoslavia
964:Uzbekistan
769:Mauritania
749:Madagascar
739:Luxembourg
719:Kyrgyzstan
709:Kazakhstan
613:Costa Rica
512:Azerbaijan
248:References
182:Soviet Cup
132:See also:
105:Kazakhstan
50:Kazakhstan
29:Kazakhstan
1808:Gibraltar
1615:Lithuania
1391:Hong Kong
1345:Palestine
1270:Sri Lanka
1265:Singapore
1145:Indonesia
974:Venezuela
914:Swaziland
904:St Lucia
899:Sri Lanka
874:Singapore
774:Mauritius
734:Lithuania
679:Hong Kong
276:165411135
184:in 1988.
1843:Category
1828:Svalbard
1813:Guernsey
1760:Abkhazia
1735:Scotland
1695:Slovenia
1690:Slovakia
1665:Portugal
1520:Bulgaria
1414:Category
1335:Abkhazia
1285:Thailand
1240:Pakistan
1220:Mongolia
1215:Maldives
1210:Malaysia
1110:Cambodia
934:Thailand
929:Tanzania
884:Slovenia
879:Slovakia
839:Paraguay
829:Pakistan
794:Mongolia
754:Malaysia
650:(Tahiti)
603:Colombia
599:(Taiwan)
577:Cameroon
572:Cambodia
562:Bulgaria
542:Botswana
522:Barbados
383:Archived
346:Archived
323:Archived
226:See also
174:Alma-Ata
1730:England
1720:Ukraine
1670:Romania
1630:Moldova
1585:Ireland
1580:Iceland
1575:Hungary
1565:Germany
1560:Georgia
1550:Finland
1545:Estonia
1540:Denmark
1525:Croatia
1510:Belgium
1505:Belarus
1495:Austria
1490:Armenia
1485:Andorra
1480:Albania
1310:Vietnam
1225:Myanmar
1205:Lebanon
1135:Georgia
1090:Bahrain
1080:Armenia
969:Vanuatu
959:Ukraine
944:Tunisia
864:Senegal
814:Nigeria
799:Morocco
784:Moldova
699:Jamaica
684:Hungary
654:Germany
643:Finland
638:Ecuador
633:Denmark
618:Croatia
567:Burundi
532:Bermuda
527:Belgium
517:Bahamas
507:Austria
502:Armenia
492:Andorra
482:Algeria
352:28 June
302:28 June
205:Germany
128:History
26:Country
1823:Jersey
1765:Kosovo
1715:Turkey
1705:Sweden
1685:Serbia
1675:Russia
1660:Poland
1655:Norway
1635:Monaco
1605:Latvia
1590:Israel
1570:Greece
1555:France
1530:Cyprus
1355:Taiwan
1290:Turkey
1255:Russia
1190:Kuwait
1170:Jordan
1160:Israel
1120:Cyprus
1105:Brunei
1100:Bhutan
979:Zambia
954:Uganda
919:Sweden
869:Serbia
859:Rwanda
854:Poland
824:Norway
789:Monaco
779:Mexico
729:Latvia
704:Jordan
694:Israel
674:Guyana
664:Greece
623:Cyprus
557:Brunei
547:Brazil
274:
264:
220:Almaty
61:2,465
1798:Åland
1740:Wales
1700:Spain
1625:Malta
1595:Italy
1396:Macau
1315:Yemen
1275:Syria
1250:Qatar
1230:Nepal
1165:Japan
1140:India
1130:Egypt
1115:China
804:Nauru
764:Malta
744:Macau
714:Kenya
689:India
659:Ghana
592:China
587:Chile
172:from
66:Clubs
1235:Oman
1200:Laos
1155:Iraq
1150:Iran
1007:USSR
939:Togo
844:Peru
819:Niue
759:Mali
724:Laos
669:Guam
354:2009
304:2009
272:OCLC
262:ISBN
199:The
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170:SKA
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