.i think Japan is being underrated here (some key japanese players are missing in the roster or what?) the tournament in Japan so we know Japan can play extraordinarily in front of home crowd .
Japan with a very good defensive game can spoil the game of some european teams like Serbia even Russia..we dont know about Kosheleva's form and if Gocharova is still in that good shape..i dont know but it seems to me that Serbia is in reach of Japan to beat...China without Hui also question mark??..