51.  Former world champion Maria Butyrskaya was just sixth in the first qualifying group.

52.  France lies two points behind Ukraine in its qualifying group.

53.  From last in the qualifying group to the quarterfinal, possibly against four-time winner Brazil.

54.  Frenchman Laurent Tobel, who surprised by taking one qualifying group over Yagudin, dropped to eighth overall after falling on his opening jump.

55.  Goebel led an American one-two in the second qualifying group with Micheal Weiss second.

56.  Hodgson took the Swiss to their first ever European Championship finals as head of their qualifying group.

57.  Her closest challengers, Maria Butyrskaya of Russia and Tatyana Malinina of Uzbekistan, were in the other qualifying group following Kwan.

58.  In a complicated qualifying group that included Russia, Switzerland and Yugoslavia, Slovenia finished second with five wins and five draws.

59.  In all, Uruguay won seven games, lost five and tied six, finishing fifth in the tough South American qualifying group.

60.  In one Asian qualifying group are Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Thailand.