71.  Italy takes on Estonia next while Croatia plays Ukraine in the six-team qualifying group.

72.  Italy takes on Moldova and Georgia next month in the initial games of a qualifying group also including England and Poland.

73.  It topped Zimbabwe and Angola in a qualifying group that also included Togo.

74.  Italy finished second behind England in its qualifying group despite not losing a game and Maldini came under heavy criticism for his selections and overly defensive tactics.

75.  Johnny Weir of the United States upset the defending silver medalist Monday to win a qualifying group at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

76.  Kwan had the luck of the draw, with her closest challengers, Maria Butyrskaya of Russia and Tatyana Malinina of Uzbekistan, in the other qualifying group.

77.  Luxembourg find themselves last in their qualifying group, having lost all eight of their matches so far.

78.  Luxembourg finds itself last in its qualifying group, having lost all eight of its matches so far.

79.  Maria Butyrskaya of Russia, fourth at Nagano, won the second qualifying group.

80.  McDonough and Oblasova won their qualifying groups on Wednesday.