61.   Preliminary rounds opened last Friday with teams from eight nations participating.

62.   Placed in different groups in the preliminary round, this will be the first meeting of the two rivals.

63.   A preliminary first round in May ended without reported progress.

64.   According to tournament rules team that finishes higher in the preliminary round will proceed to the semifinal.

65.   AEK will participate in the August preliminary rounds of the Champions League.

66.   After the preliminary round, only Hungary and Italy are unbeaten.

67.   Ahead of the election, a preliminary round of balloting was held Wednesday to pare the list of five candidates down to one.

68.   Also advancing to the second preliminary round were Masahiro Kuramoto, Hideki Kase and Eiji Mizoguchi.

69.   All four teams will compete in the preliminary round of the Olympic ice hockey competition.

70.   As in the three previous years he won the elite tournament, Sampras lost a round-robin match in the preliminary round.