(This is the other Women's World Cup competition being held this week. It is in the newest Olympic sport, women's freestyle wrestling, and like that other Women's World Cup, should be very competitive and exciting)    Most of the world's best women's wrestling teams will collide this weekend at the third Women's World Cup of freestyle wrestling, held in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 11-12. This is a dual meet tournament, where every one of the seven teams entered competes against the other teams.    The field features the two top wrestling teams from the World Championships, Japan and the United States. These two countries are developing a healthy rivalry, especially after both dominated the rest of the field at the recent World Championships in New York City in September.    Wrestling fans from both nations can not overlook the rest of the field, which will try to knock off the top two teams in order bring more parity to women's wrestling worldwide.     Russia was third at the 2003 World meet, China was fourth at the World Championships and Canada was sixth in the Worlds. All three nations have high quality athletes and a strong lineup from top to bottom, and will be very competitive in Japan this weekend.    The field also includes Greece and Germany, nations that were in the top 10 in New York and also have some talented individuals.    With Japan hosting the event, after five of its team members won World gold medals in New York, the question is whether any nation has a chance to beat Japan on its home mats. Japan is entering its entire 2003 World team, plus a few talented backups, meaning the team has every intention of winning big.    Japan has not been shy about its place as the dominant nation in the sport. In fact, team officials are being quoted on the official web page about setting a goal of winning every single bout during the weekend.    "We would like to win every competition completely," said team manager Hikaru Suzuki. "I am discussing with coaches how we should make a line-up of the wrestlers. I will make a line-up of best wrestlers when we compete against USA, Russia and China, but we also have to make a team of strong wrestlers when we compete against Canada and Germany.    "Each team has six competitions in two days. It is a tough schedule. Team manager, coaches and wrestlers are united to win the victory and to win every match," said Suzuki.    It's not just the coaches that have this kind of confidence going in. Consider this quote attributed to World Champion Chiharu Icho at 51 kg. It sounds like a backhanded compliment to the wrestlers from the rest of the world, in comparison to the Japanese team.    "Overseas wrestlers have surprisingly improved their skills and strength and I don't think we, Japanese wrestlers will win gold medals with ease unless we also try much harder to improve our wrestling techniques and power," said Icho.    The Japanese team will be under tremendous scrutiny and pressure to dominate in Tokyo like they did in New York last month. Women's wrestling is important in that nation, and their most recognized athlete, heavyweight Kyoko Hamaguchi, is a media darling over there. "I had a good rest after the World Championship," said Hamaguchi. "During my rest, I had press coverage almost everyday and I had good refreshment by talking with people."     Hamaguchi is not shy about her goals for the World Cup, either. "In the World Cup, I would like to win every match by a fall. I would like to concentrate only on the World Cup rather than the Athens Olympic Games now. All the wrestlers at 72kg are my rivals. I am practicing so hard to become an unrivalledly strong wrestler just like Hulk," she said.    Certainly, Team USA would like to have some success against Japan this weekend, perhaps to help bring the Japanese team back to earth. Coach Terry Steiner is bringing his entire World team to Tokyo, aiming for the kind of strong performance that each athlete provided in New York City.    Individually, U.S. women's wrestlers posted a 1-3 record against Japanese women's wrestlers at the World Championships, with the lone win coming from World Champion Kristie Marano, who pinned Norie Sato in 2:13 at 67 kg.    The other matches were all in the gold-medal finals and they were rather close. Saori Yoshida beat Tina George, 5-2 at 55 kg. Kaori Icho needed overtime to beat Sara McMann, 4-3 at 63 kg. Hamaguchi was challenged by Toccara Montgomery in her 4-1 finals win. We could see rematches of each of these bouts, and it's not just the U.S. wrestlers who are looking forward to it.    "One of my strongest competitors is Sara McMann from USA," said Kaori Icho. "I beat her by a fall in the World Championship two years ago, but she defeated me in an international championship in Sweden and then I beat her again this year. Two wins and one lose against her. In World Cup, I want to be much careful at a match against her to beat her again without losing any points."    Against the other five World Cup competing nations, U.S. women's wrestlers posted a 10-2 record during the World Championships. This makes them favored to emerge unbeaten from their bouts heading into the final match of the tournament. Japanese organizers made the Japan vs. USA match the last dual meet of the event, hoping that it will be a battle of undefeated powerhouses.    Team USA will have to wrestle well for this to come true. Coach Steiner did not bring any backups, so the team must stay free of injury in the early rounds. In addition, both Russia and China will have strong athletes at each division, with the potential to force close bouts with the Americans in their dual meets. The U.S. team has been having some intense training in Colorado Springs leading up to the World Cup, but all of the athletes from every team will not be peaking like they were at the World meet in Madison Square Garden.    In the first session of the tournament, Team USA faces Greece and Canada, matches they will be favored to win. Canada will be itching for another shot at the Americans, after the USA swept all four gold-medal matches over Canada at the Pan American Games this summer. In addition, the Yanks beat the Canadians all four times they wrestled at the World Championships.    In the second session of the meet, the United States will get an ultimate challenge, facing Russia and China in back-to-back bouts. If the U.S. survives that battle, it gives them confidence going into the final day.    The third session will be held in the morning of the second day. The United States only has to wrestle Germany during this session, while Japan wrestles twice, first against tough Russia then against Greece. If all goes well, the USA and Japan will have unbeaten marks for the final bout of the tournament, held on one showcased mat. It could be a spectacular match, especially if Team USA gets an early win over a talented Japanese star. But, then again, as we have seen in the men's Freestyle World Cup, sometimes things do not go according to the plan as set by the organizers, especially with a team format.    TheMat.com takes a look at each of the teams in the field, and gives a little perspective of their chances in the meet. Never has the Women's World Cup attracted this strong a field, and with another big showcase in Tokyo, the sport should continue to gain more and more attention.    JAPAN  48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Makiko Sakamoto and Miyu Yamamoto  51 kg/112.25 lbs. - Chiharu Icho and Nikako Hattori  55 kg/121 lbs. - Saori Yoshida  59 kg/130 lbs. - Seiko Yamomoto and Rena Iwama  63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Kaori Icho and Ayoka Shoda  67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Norie Saito and Eri Sakamoto  72 kg/158.5 lbs. - Kyoko Hamaguchi    Japan is entering its entire World team, including all five World Champions: Chiharu Icho (51 kg), Saori Yoshida (55 kg), Seiko Yamamoto (59 kg), Kaori Icho (63 kg) and Kyoko Hamaguchi (72 kg). Hamaguchi has five World titles, Yamamoto four World titles and Kaori Icho two World titles. Japan has five backups, all of who are accomplished wrestlers. Expect Japan to rest some of its stars in early bouts, to have them all fresh in time for the match with the USA.     It could be i