December 29. Sydney. Centre 200. A - 2,232.
Belarus - Russia 1-5 (0-2, 1-2, 0-1)

First period:
0-1 RUS  2:04  Kaigorodov,1 (Zherdev, Lyubushin)
0-2 RUS  7:52  Perezhogin,2 (Grigorenko, Taratukhin)
Penalties: Belarus bench (too many men) 5:31. Zherdev RUS (interference) 9:04. Korneev RUS (tripping) 13:04. Ezhov RUS (interference) 14:56. Pestunov RUS (high-stick) 17:59.
Second period:
1-2 BLR  0:13  Kostitsyn,1 (Volkov)
1-3 RUS  1:30  Grigorenko,2 (Kaigorodov, Perezhogin)
1-4 RUS 12:46  Taratukhin,1 (Korneev, Koltsov)
Penalties: Grigorenko RUS (slashing) 3:54. Parakhonko BLR (hooking) 5:01. Denisov BLR (tripping) 8:23. Kulakov BLR (interference) 13:24. Ovechkin RUS (slashing) 17:35.
Third period:
1-5 RUS  5:50  Polushin,2 (Tyutin, Ovechkin)
Penalties: Kutsevich BLR (slash) 6:53. Ovechkin RUS (high-stick) 7:13. Artyukhin RUS (slashing) 10:30. Koltsov RUS (slashing) 11:44. Zhidkikh BLR (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:44. Shishkanov RUS (tripping) 19:20. Zakharov BLR (boarding) 20:00.

Goaltenders: Kamovich (L,0-1-0) 40/45 - Barulin (W,1-0-0) 29/30.

Shots:
BLR  11 10  9 -- 30
RUS   5 24 19 -- 48

Power play: Belarus 0/5, Russia 0/4.

Referee: Ulf Radbjer (Sweden).

Russia: Tyutin(even/0) - Grebeshkov(even/2), Ovechkin(+1/2) - Trubachev(even/2) - Polusin(even/2). Koltsov(+3/5) - Korneev(+3/2), Grigorenko(+2/5) - Taratukhin(+2/2) - Perezhogin(+3/5). Lyubushin(+1/2) - Fakhrutdinov(even/0), Zherdev(+1/2) - Kaigorodov(+3/4) - Anshakov(+1/2). Ezhov(even/0) - Kondratiev(+1/3), Shishkanov(even/6) - Pestunov(even/1) - Artyukhin(even/1).