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Final Fours 1966 --
Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY 1979 -- Soviet Union 3-1. 1979 -- Soviet Union 4-1. 1990 -- Tie 1-1. 1990 -- Tie 0-0. 1992 -- CIS 1-0. 1992 -- USA 2-1. 1993 -- Russia 1-0.
1993 -- Tie 0-0. 1994 -- Tie 1-1. 2000 -- Russia 2-0. TEAM Nigmatoulin, Onopko, Chougainov, Smertin, Kovtun, Mostovoi, Karpin, Alenichev, Titov, Bestchastnykh, Khokhlov.
QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Zurich Switzerland 0 Russia 1 (Beschastnykh 74). Oct. 11 in Moscow Russia 3 (Buznikin 19, Khokhlov 57, Titov 90) Luxembourg 0. March 24 in Moscow Russia
1 (Khlestov 8) Slovenia 1 (Knavs 22). March 28 in Moscow Russia 1 (Mostovoi 19) Faeroe Islands 0. April 25 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 0 Russia 1 (Beschastnykh 72). June 2 in Moscow Russia 1
(Kovtun 25) Yugoslavia 1 (Mijatovic 32). June 6 in Luxembourg City Luxembourg 1 (Schneider 48) Russia 2 (Alenichev 16, Semak 76). Sept. 1 in Ljubljana Slovenia 2 (Osterc 62, Acimovic pen.
90) Russia 1 (Titov 72). Sept. 5 in Torshavn Faeroe Islands 0 Russia 3 (Beschastnykh 19, 30, Shirko 88). Oct. 6 in Moscow Russia 4 (Beschastnykh pen. 15, 18, 38, Titov 83) Switzerland 0.
EUROPE GROUP 1STANDINGS
TEAM
GP
W
T
L
GF
GA
P
*Russia
10
7
2
1
18
5
23
**Slovenia
10
5
5
0
17
9
20
Yugoslavia
10
5
4
1
22
8
19
Switzerland
10
4
2
4
18
12
14
Faeroe Islands
10
2
1
7
6
23
7
Luxembourg
10
0
0
10
4
28
0
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002. **Meets Romania in playoff.