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| Country | Men | Women | Young Men | Young Women | Male Goalkeeper | Female Goalkeeper | Total |
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 Argentina | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
 Australia | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
 Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
 China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
 India | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
 Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Netherlands | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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