Russia showed a brave fight against Finland for two periods, before the hosts ran over their opponent. Especially in first period, when Russia closed the score from a 0:3 trail to 2:3, they showed themselve as a strong opponent for Switzerland in the quarterfinal round.
| Russia | Finland | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Sergey Pronyakov (TW) | 46 | Jani Naumanen (TW) |
| 1 | Sergey Mikhalkin (TW) | 31 | Henri Toivoniemi (TW) |
| 4 | Dmitry Uglanov | 7 | Jouni Vehkaoja |
| 7 | Valery Maslov | 8 | Juha Kivilehto |
| 8 | Viacheslav Gotsulyak | 9 | Harri Forsten |
| 9 | Vladimir Gorshenko | 11 | Mika Moilanen |
| 10 | Alexander Taldonov | 12 | Markus Bollsträm |
| 11 | Sergey Azov | 15 | Esa Jussila |
| 12 | Maxim Zemtsovskiy | 16 | Oscar Hänninen |
| 14 | Vladimir Garevskikh | 17 | Mikko Kohonen |
| 15 | Pavel Semonov | 19 | Timo Toivonen |
| 16 | Maxim Pukenis | 21 | Tatu Väänänen |
| 17 | Konstantin Morev | 22 | Jani Kukkola |
| 18 | Arman Karkumbaev | 23 | Mikael Järvi |
| 21 | Igor Kuchin | 25 | Mika Savolainen |
| 22 | Alexey Belyaevskov | 27 | Rickie Hyvärinen |
| 23 | Yuriy Osin | 29 | Mika Kohonen |
| 27 | Alexander Tyapkov | 40 | Lassi Vänttinen |
| 29 | Anatoly Bykov | 42 | Henri Johansson |
| 50 | Alexander Zavertyaev | 50 | Tero Tiitu |
