The Asian team won for the first time, by a margin of 10 points to 6.

Asian teams are 1-4-20 over all, and have been outscored by 73 to 17.

Asian and European teams are tied with five titles each.

The third edition took place in January 2009 with the Asian team winning, 10-6.

The players for the Asian teams will be announced later.

He has courted controversy by making decisions that were seen to be against Asian teams.

Japan become the first Asian team to win the World Cup.

China was the only one of four Asian teams to qualify for the knockout stage.

The Asian team took a dramatic 12 to 11 victory in the second annual event, tying the all-time series 1-1.

The Asian teams are qualified as no more than three nations affiliated in the region chose to participate.