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Click here to read an article by NBC, giving you each teams womens World Cup history and players you should watch out for.
Brazil (South America champion, No. 3 FIVB world ranking)
Player to watch: Helia Souza, Brazil’s 37-year-old captain and starting setter. She tied the women’s volleyball record for all-time Olympic appearances in Athens, her fourth Games.
Recent results:
2007 Grand Prix: 5th
2006 Worlds: 2nd
2004 Olympics: 4th
2003 World Cup: 2nd
Player to watch: Helia Souza, Brazil’s 37-year-old captain and starting setter. She tied the women’s volleyball record for all-time Olympic appearances in Athens, her fourth Games.