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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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