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The group stage of the competition between the strongest teams of the Old World is coming to an end. Before the last round, our Rubin and CSKA retain their chances of getting into the playoffs. All matches will start at the same time (22.45 Moscow time). Bordeaux, Manchester United, Chelsea, Porto, Fiorentina, Lyon, Sevilla and Arsenal have already secured their place in the 1/8 finals. Maccabi X, Zurich, Debrecen, and Glasgow Rangers will definitely take the last places and finish the European Cup campaign. Liverpool is definitely moving into the Europa League.
December 8th. Group "A". Juventus (Italy) - Bayern (Germany), Maccabi X (Israel) - Bordeaux (France). Position: Bordeaux - 13 points, Juventus - 8, Bayern - 7, Maccabi - 0. Group B. Besiktas (Türkiye) - CSKA, Wolfsburg (Germany) - Manchester United (England). Position: Manchester United - 10, Wolfsburg, CSKA - 7, Besiktas - 4. Group C. “Zurich” (Switzerland) - “Milan” (Italy), “Marseille” (France) - “Real” (Spain). Position: Real Madrid - 10, Milan - 8, Marseille - 7, Zurich - 3. Group D. Chelsea (England) - APOEL (Cyprus), Atlético (Spain) - Porto (Portugal). Position: Chelsea - 13, Porto - 9, Atlético - 3, APOEL - 2.
December 9. Group "E". "Liverpool" (England) - "Fiorentina" (Italy), "Lyon" (France) - "Debrecen" (Hungary). Position: Fiorentina - 12, Lyon - 10, Liverpool - 7, Debrecen - 0. Group F. Inter (Italy) - Rubin, Dynamo K (Ukraine) - Barcelona (Spain). Position: Barcelona - 8, Inter, Rubin - 6, Dynamo K - 5. Group G. Stuttgart (Germany) - Unirea (Romania), Sevilla (Spain) - Glasgow Rangers (Scotland). Position: Sevilla - 10, Unira - 8, Stuttgart - 6, Rangers - 2. Group H. Olympiacos (Greece) - Arsenal (England), Standard (Belgium) - Alkmaar (Holland). Position: Arsenal - 13, Olympiacos - 7, Standard - 4, Alkmaar - 3.
Club World Cup schedule. Preliminary round. December 9. Al-Ahly (UAE) - Auckland (New Zealand). Quarterfinals. December 11. Mazembe (DR Congo) -- Pohang Steelers (Korea), Atlant (Mexico) -- Al-Ahly/Auckland. Barcelona (Spain) and Estudiantes (Argentina) will start the tournament with the semi-finals.
HOCKEY. December 7--13. KHL -- Russian Open Championship. Regular season .
After a very busy week in the Kontinental Hockey League championship, there will be an eight-day break due to the performance of the Russian national team at the third stage of the Channel One Cup Eurotour in Moscow.
December 7th. "Metallurg" Mg - "Avangard", "Vityaz" - CSKA, "Traktor" - "Barys", SKA - "Torpedo", "Avtomobilist" - "Salavat Yulaev", "Dynamo" R - " Neftekhimik", "Dynamo" M - "Ak Bars", "Dynamo" Mn - "Lada". December 8th. "Metallurg" NK - "Spartak", "Sibir" - HC MVD, "Amur" - "Lokomotiv". December 9. SKA -- Vityaz, Metallurg Mg -- Barys, Avtomobilist -- Avangard, Dynamo M -- Lada, Dynamo Mn -- Neftekhimik, Dynamo R - "Ak Bars", "Atlant" - CSKA, "Severstal" - "Torpedo", "Traktor" - "Salavat Yulaev". December 10. "Metallurg" NK - "Lokomotiv", "Amur" - HC MVD, "Sibir" - "Spartak". December 11. Avtomobilist - Barys, CSKA - SKA, Atlant - Torpedo, Severstal - Vityaz, Traktor - Avangard, Metallurg Mg - Salavat Yulaev ", "Dynamo" M - "Neftekhimik", "Dynamo" Mn - "Ak Bars", "Dynamo" R - "Lada". December 12. "Amur" - "Spartak", "Metallurg" NK - HC MVD, "Sibir" - "Lokomotiv". December 13. "Salavat Yulaev" - "Barys", "Traktor" - "Ak Bars", "Metallurg" Mg - "Lada", "Dynamo" R - "Dynamo" Mn, "Vityaz" - "Atlant", Severstal - CSKA, SKA - Dynamo M.
VOLLEYBALL. December 8--10. Champions League. 2nd round. CEV Cup. 1/16 finals. 2nd matches . Challenge Cup. 2nd round. 2nd matches . December 12--13. Super League. Men. 9th round. Women. 6th round .
Nine Russian clubs participate in European competitions - four men's and five women's. Khabarovsk “Nugget”, having played both matches in Slovakia, has already qualified for the 1/16 of the Challenge Cup. “Fakel”, “Iskra” and “Uralochka” won the first matches and should be in the 1/8 finals of the CEV Cup. Zenit and the men's and women's teams of the capital's Dynamo started the Champions League successfully.
December 8th. Champions League "Dynamo" M (men) - "Olympiacos" (Greece). EKV. "Uralochka" - "Panathinaikos" (Greece). December 9. Champions League "Dynamo" M (women) - "Fenerbahce" (Turkey), "Foppapedretti" (Italy) - "University-Tekhnolog". EKV. "Salonit" (Slovenia) - "Torch". December 10. Champions League "Unicaja" (Spain) - "Zenith", "Mushinyanka" (Poland) - "Zarechye-Odintsovo". EKV. "Anorthosis" (Cyprus) - "Iskra".
The men's super league plays: December 12. "Yaroslavich" - "Dynamo" M, "Lokomotiv" Ns - "Dynamo-Yantar", "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" - "Gazprom-Yugra". December 13. “Zenit” - “Tyumen”, “Ural” - “Fakel”, “Iskra” - “Lokomotiv-Izumrud”.
BASKETBALL. December 8th. European Cup. 3rd round. December 9--10. Euroleague ULEB. 7th round . December 11--13. Super League. Men.
In the ULEB Euroleague on Wednesday, Khimki will host the current champion, Greek Panathinaikos, and the capital's army team will play away on Thursday against the Roman Lottomatica. On Sunday, our participants in the tournament of the strongest teams on the continent will meet each other as part of the Super League. This is the central match of the first round. CSKA is undefeated in the Russian championship so far, Khimki has one misfire. Matches in the European Cup: Triumph - Valencia (Spain), UNICS - Telekom (Germany), Spartak St. Petersburg - Charleroi (Belgium), Dynamo M - Benetton ( Italy).
HANDBALL. December 7--13. World Championship. Women. China.
On Monday, the Russian national team (head coach Evgeniy Trefilov) in group “B” of the first stage meets with Australia, on Wednesday there is a match with Austria, on Thursday our opponents will be the handball players of Angola. A total of four sixes have been formed, the three best teams from each sextet advance to the second stage (to be held on December 12-15). The championship will last until December 20.
BIATHLON. December 11--13. World Cup stage. Hochfilzen (Austria). Sprint, pursuit, relay races.
BOBSLEIGH, SKELETON. December 11--13. World Cup stage. Winterberg (Germany).
MOUNTAIN SKIING. December 11--13. World Cup stage. Men. Val d'Isere (France). December 12--13. World Cup stage. Women. Are (Sweden).
SKATES. December 11--13. World Cup stage. Salt Lake City (USA).
SKI RACING. December 12--13. World Cup stage. Davos (Switzerland). 10 km (women), 15 km (men), sprint .
SLED. December 12--13. World Cup stage. Lillehammer (Norway).
SNOWBOARD. December 13. World Cup stage. Seoul (Korea).
FREESTYLE. December 12. World Cup stage. Suomu (Finland).