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In an amazing final, Indonesia triumphed over the Olympiad World Champions, Italy, to win the 3rd IOC Grand Prix and the Generali Trophy for the first time. They clinched the match on the penultimate board, providing a great finish to a great match witnessed by a capacity audience that included IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and IOC Vice-President Marc Hodler.

Eddy Manoppo, Henky Lasut, Denny Sacul & Franky Karwur will take the Trophy home to Bali, where they will hope to add a Bermuda Bowl in one years time, when Indonesia plays host to the 2001 World Championships.

In the women's match, by virtue of a substantial victory in the third of their four matches, Europe defeated North America in the Women's match. The winning team was Pony Nehmert, Andrea Rauscheid, Anne Lill Helleman, Anna Malinowski, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Véroniqué Bessis & Catherine d'Ovidio, who repeated the European victory of last year.

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