* At the Women's European Handball Championship in Sweden (through December 17):
Russia beat Spain 31:24 in its last qualifier, and will take on Germany in the semifinals.
Group II results and final standings:
Russia - Spain - 31:24
Sweden - France - 23:28
Croatia - Denmark - 26:22
1 Russia - 10 points
2 France - 6
3 Sweden - 4
4 Croatia - 4
5 Spain - 4
6 Denmark - 2
* At the Channel One Cup in Moscow, the third of four tournaments in the Euro Hockey Tour, an unofficial European championships involving Europe's top four men's teams:
- Russia lost to Sweden 0:1 on penalty shots.
Channel One Cup results and standings:
Russia - Sweden 0:1 (on penalty shots)
Finland - Czech Republic - 3:2
1 Finland - 1 game/3 points/ goal difference +1
2 Sweden - 1/2/+1
3 Russia - 1/1/-1
4 Czech Republic - 1/0/-1
Euro Hockey Tour standings:
1 Russia - 7/17
2 Finland - 7/10
3 Sweden - 7/8
4 Czech Republic - 7/7
* Russian men's basketball team Dinamo Moscow beat RheinEnergie Cologne (Germany) 96:82 away in 2006/07 Euroleague's qualifying Group A.
Group A results and standings (host teams listed first):
RheinEnergie Cologne - Dinamo Moscow - 82:96
Prokom Trefl Sopot (Poland) - Efes Pilsen Istanbul (Turkey) - 74:81
Climamio Bologna (Italy) - Le Mans (France) - 83:71
Tau Ceramica (Spain) - Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) - 89:74
1 Tau Ceramica - 8 games/15
2 Olympiacos - 8/14
3 Dinamo Moscow - 8/13
4 Efes Pilsen - 8/12
5 Le Mans - 8/11
6 Prokom Trefl Sopot - 8/11
7 Climamio Bologna - 8/10
8 RheinEnergie Cologne - 8/10
* Men's volleyball team Dinamo Moscow beat Sisley Treviso (Italy) 3:0 in European Champions League's qualifying Group B.
Group B results and standings (host teams listed first):
Dinamo Moscow - Sisley Treviso - 3:0 ( 25-16, 25-18, 25-12)
Ortec Rotterdam (Netherlands) - Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece) - 1:3 (22-25, 23-25, 27-25, 29-31)
Noliko Maaseik (Belgium) - Paris Volley (France) - 3:0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-22)
1 Dinamo Moscow - 4 games/8 points
2 Noliko Maaseik - 4/7
3 Sisley Treviso - 4/7
4 Iraklis Thessaloniki - 4/5
5 Paris Volley - 4/5
6 Ortec Rotterdam - 4/4
