Each country was entitled to name a squad of 39 players to contest the championship.
Lancaster will name a 32-man squad on Tuesday, and he has told some senior players that they will not be playing in the championship.
Each team was required to name a 14-player squad for the tournament.
Great Britain named a squad of seven fencers competing across five events.
States may name a squad of up to 25 players for the championships.
If I had to name a squad of 22, there would be more Germans in it than any other nation.
Ray Lewington has named a squad of 14 although, he said, 'in normal circumstances only three would be considered.
On 17 May 2004 Spain named a 23-man squad.
On 18 May 2004, France named a 23-man squad.
On 24 May 2004, Germany named a 23-man squad.
