21.   The European champion, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is made up mostly of Americans whose parents work in the Saudi oil fields.

22.   The European champions play for long periods where they appear vulnerable and eminently beatable.

23.   The idea was to be a European champion just as Airbus aircraft took on Boeing.

24.   The winner would be the Ukrainian, who also happens to be the defending world and European champion.

25.   When he first won the title, Del Valle had to journey to Aachen, Germany, to face undefeated European champion Eddy Smulders.

26.   When they met in group play in Paris, Germany was the European champion and cofavorite.

27.   Yes, his trainer Cecil Henry remembers what happened when the European champion Arazi tried a somewhat similar trick three years ago, and ran eighth in the Derby.

28.   Yugoslavia, the European champion led by Vlade Divac and Miami guard Predrag Danilovic, also expects to be a contender.

29.   Players of European champion Juventus, except Moreno Torricelli, were left home as the Turin team must play a replay of the Italian Cup third round Wednesday afternoon.

30.   Parker is the daughter of Jill Hammersley, a former European champion and three-time Commonwealth champion.