Sport in Paraguay 1960. Volleyball is also a noteworthy sport in Paraguay. The men's national team won a silver medal in the South American Men's Volleyball Championship in 1958, and two bronze medals, in 1956 and 1979. The women's national team won a silver medal at the 1964 South American Volleyball Championship, and a bronze medal in the 1967 edition. Tennis is also a significant sport in Paraguay. The Paraguay Davis Cup team competed in its first Davis Cup in 1931, and their best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1983-85 and again in 1987. The Paraguay Fed Cup team competed in its
Japan at the Hopman Cup Japan at the Hopman Cup Japan is a nation that has competed at the Hopman Cup tournament on five occasions, the first being at the inaugural annual staging in 1989. Before the introduction of the round robin competition format in 1996, Japan never passed the first round and since its introduction, the nation has never passed the qualification stage of the tournament. Japan also participated in the first two stagings of the now defunct Asian Hopman Cup, a qualifying tournament which ran from 2006 until 2009 and granted the winners entry into the Hopman Cup the following year. In both