Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix 2005 is coming to the second week as the showdown between the defending champions Brazil and the Olympic champions China is in the spotlight in Macao.

China, Brazil, Germany and Poland, all the four teams of World GP Group E, appeared at Wednesday's news conference for the second round games slated on July 1-3.

The top of the table clash between China and Brazil, two of the tournament's three unbeaten sides, is set to play on Sunday at 0800 GMT and both of the coaches refused to dope out an optimistic result.

China's coach Chen Zhonghe said three rivals in Macao are all quite strong and Brazil, who rallied from two sets down to beat China 3-2 in Switzerland early this month, poses a biggest threat on them.

"Brazil is an all-around team and is really tough to play," said Chen.

"I don't want to urge my players to beat them, instead, I expect them to play out their own style. That's most important.

"I hope to win the champion, but in my eyes, I will pay more attention to the process as our target for the tournament is to improve our young players for the next Olympics, " added Chen.

Brazil, who survived seven match points to beat China 3-2 on June 12, seemingly failed to bring the confidence won from the big victory as Brazil's coach Treinador Principal kept a low tone on their next clash.

"To tell the truth, I don't know how to beat China, " said Treinador in the news conference.

China, currently in first place after three matches, will play against Germany (the seventh spot) on the first day, against Poland (the ninth spot) on the second day and against the second placed Brazil on the final day.

Brazil will contend with Germany on the first day, and then take on their second day opponent Poland, who suffered a 3-0 loss (25-22, 25-10, 25-23) to them in first round matches in Ningbo, Southeast China.

Besides Group E in Macao, two more groups will play not-to-missed games in South Korea and the Philippines, which also feature some key contests including a match between the Pan American Cup winners Cuba and world champions Italy in Manila.

Source: Xinhua