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Corona Braşov and Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc on Wednesday won their regular season matches as part of the Erste Liga ice hockey competition. Defending champions Corona Brasov on home turf defeated Hungarian opponents Jegesmedvék of Miskolc 6-4. Corona came from behind, being lead 4-nil. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc grabbed a 6-2 home win against Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák.

The regular season’s top team is the Hungarian side Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia. With 78 points on their record sheet, the Hungarians are on a par with ACSH Gheorgheni. In Erste Liga’s play-offs, Jégkorong Akadémia take on Újpest, ACSH Gheorgheni go against Jegesmedvék, Debrecen play Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, while Corona are pitted against Ferencváros. We recall in the previous edition of Erste Liga’s final, in the game against Ferencvaros Corona emerged as winner, 4-nil on aggregate.

Three of the teams representing Romania in the European women’s handball competitions grabbed comfortable wins in this past Wednesday’s domestic championship games. As part of the National League’s 17th round, CSM Bucharest grabbed a 28-21 home win against CSM Târgu Jiu. We recall CSM are the best-placed Romanian team in the Champions League. Dunărea Brăila defeated CSM Iasi, 32-23, at home, while SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea trounced CSM Slatina, 41-31, also on home turf.

CSM Bucharest have a comfortable lead according to the as-it-stands table. Another team playing in the Champions League, Rapid Bucharest, on Wednesday competed in Romanian Cup’s round of 16. Rapid grabbed a 46-16 away win against second-tier team Star Mioveni, securing a place in the quarterfinals where they go against CSM Târgu Jiu on March 16.

As part of the Challenger tennis tournament, in Bahrain’s Manama, an event with 200,000 USD in prize money all told, the Romanian-Spanish pair made of Victor Cornea and Sergio Martos Gornes on Wednesday advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals. Cornea and Martos Gornes defeated Benoit Paire and Yusuf Qaed, 6-2, 7-6. The top-seeded Romanian-Spanish pair received 2, 030 USD and were granted 20 points according to the ATP rankings.

13 February 2025
Sports roundup

Romania’s national rugby team on Saturday grabbed their second consecutive win this fall. In a test-match hosted by the Triumphant Arch stadium in Bucharest, the national squad defeated Canada, 35-27. Ovidiu Neagu had two successful tries. Tevita Manumua, Cristi Chirica and Yanis Horvat had one successful try each. Alin Conache converted two tries. It was also Conache who converted two penalty kicks. We recall this past summer in Ottawa, Canada defeated Romania, 35 to 22.

The Romanian national rugby squad’s autumn campaign included yet another home win last week when they defeated Tonga, 25-15. Also on Bucharest’s Triumphant Arch stadium, on November 23 Romania play Uruguay.

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In women’s handball, all three Romanian teams that this past weekend played in the Champions League sustained defeats.

In Group A on Saturday, Gloria Bistrita-Nasaud were defeated away from home by Danish opponents Nykøbing Falster, 32 to 24. On Sunday, CSM Bucharest were defeated, away from home, by Ferencváros Budapest, 28 to 31. CSM are 4th-placed, while Gloria are 7th-placed. In Group B, Rapid Bucharest sustained a 25-28 home defeat by Hungarian opponents Győr. Rapid Bucharest are 7th-placed in their group.

The European Championship is drawing near, so the Champions League goes into recess until January. At the end of the group phase, the first two teams in descending order in each group advance to the quarterfinals. 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th-placed teams engage in playoff matches in a bid to advance to the quarterfinals. 7th and 8th-placed teams no longer have a place in the League.

SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea have advanced to the group phase of Europe’s second-tier competition, EHF European League. On Sunday, SCM grabbed a 31-28 away defeat against Debrecen in the second leg of the third preliminary round. We recall a week ago SCM Ramnicu Valcea had also won the home game against Debrecen, 33-31.

ACSH Gheorgheni ice hockey team have strengthened their lead position in the Erste Liga regional competition. ACSH Gheorgheni on Sunday grabbed a 3-2 home win against Hungary’s Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia. ACSH Gheorgheni have 40 points in 16 matches. Jégkorong Akadémia are 2nd-placed with 35 points in 18 fixtures. Debrecen are 3rd-placed, with 30 points in 16 matches. Corona Brasov follow suit, with 19 points, yet Corona have only played 14 matches.

18 November 2024
Sports roundup

Corona Brasov ice hockey team as part of the Erste Liga regional competition’s derby, in Budapest on Sunday defeated Hungarian opponents Ferencváros, 5-3, in a re-enactment of Erste Liga’s 2023 final. Scoring for Corona were Hungarian player Daniel Koger, the Russian Albert Zaghidulin, the naturalized Russian Evgheni Skacikov, who scored two goals, and US player Jared VanWormer.

Also on Sunday and in extra-time, ACSH Gheorghieni secured a 3-2 home win against Ujpest Budapest. In their most severe defeat in recent years, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were outclassed, nil-8, by DEAC Debrecen at home.

In men’s basketball domestic championship, CSM Oradea grabbed a 72-61 away win against defending champions U-BT Cluj Napoca. For the latter team it was the debut game in the domestic championship’s ongoing season. CSM Oradea’s best basketball player was the Romanian international, US-born Kristopher Jameil Richard, with 22 points and 4 recoveries. U-BT Cluj Napoca’s most efficient scorer was NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder’s former player, Zavier Marquis Simpson of the USA, with 20 points, 6 recoveries and 4 assists.

Matches counting towards the Romanian Super league football championship’s 11th round were played at the weekend. On Friday, Petrolul Ploiesti secured a 4-1 home win against Fc Hermannstadt, then in Bucharest, Dinamo and FC Botosani drew, 2-all. On Saturday in Iasi, in the east, the local side Politehnica defeated Universitatea Cluj, 1-nil. UTA Arad grabbed a surprising 3-1 win against CFR Cluj, away. Also on Saturday, in Bucharest, the match pitting Rapid against Otelul Galaţi ended in a blank draw.

In Buzau on Sunday, the local side Gloria grabbed a 1-nil home win against Farul Constanta, then FCSB defeated Sepsi OSK, 1-nil, away. Universitatea Cluj are still at the top of the as-it-stands-table, with 22 points. Following in descending order are Otelul Galati and Petrolul Ploiesti, with 18 points each. The former team have a pending match on their record sheet.

30 September 2024
Sports Flash

The women’s
volleyball team Volei Alba Blaj Wednesday won their 7th national
championship. The team from Transylvania won the championship final against CSM
Târgovişte, 3-2, away from home. Alba had already won the first 2 matches, at
home, 3-0 and 3-2, respectively. The same two teams may be facing each other in
the Romanian Cup finals as well. The final tournament is scheduled on May 13
and 14, in Piteşti. On Saturday, May 13, the semi-finals will be played,
pitting Alba Blaj against CSM Lugoj and Dinamo Bucharest against CSM Târgovişte.
The final is scheduled on Sunday, May 14. Last year, in the final, Alba Blaj defeated
CSM Târgovişte, 3-1.

The
Romanian athlete Andrei Musteţ Wednesday qualified into the second round
of the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, in the 67 kg category. In the
first round, he defeated Sibonelo Thembela Ndzimandze, from Eswatini, the
South-African country formerly known as Swaziland. Musteţ will fight in the
round of last 32 on Saturday against Dulat Bekbauov of Kazakhstan, Asia’s
vice-champion. On Tuesday, in the first round of the 80 kg category, Paul
Andrei Arădoaie lost to Mexico’s Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez. The 3rd
Romanian athlete in the world competition, Emanuel Constantin Mican, takes on Alaa
Eldin Ghoussoun of Syria on Friday, in the second round of the 92 kg category. The
prizes at the World Championships in Tashkent are the highest in the history of
amateur boxing: USD 200,000 for the gold medallist, USD 100,000 for silver and
USD 50,000 for the bronze.

At the Ice
Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group A, the Romanian national team was
defeated in Nottingham on Wednesday by the UK, 7-0. The British national team
tops the group standings with 11 points, followed by Poland with 10 points. Romania
ranks 5th, the last but one place in the group, followed only by
Lithuania, with 0 points. The last leg is scheduled on Friday, when Romania is
to play against Poland. The top team in the group will move up into the ice hockey
world elite, while the last ranking team will be demoted to the division’s
Group B. (AMP)

4 May 2023
Sports Flash

The women’s
volleyball team Volei Alba Blaj Wednesday won their 7th national
championship. The team from Transylvania won the championship final against CSM
Târgovişte, 3-2, away from home. Alba had already won the first 2 matches, at
home, 3-0 and 3-2, respectively. The same two teams may be facing each other in
the Romanian Cup finals as well. The final tournament is scheduled on May 13
and 14, in Piteşti. On Saturday, May 13, the semi-finals will be played,
pitting Alba Blaj against CSM Lugoj and Dinamo Bucharest against CSM Târgovişte.
The final is scheduled on Sunday, May 14. Last year, in the final, Alba Blaj defeated
CSM Târgovişte, 3-1.

The
Romanian athlete Andrei Musteţ Wednesday qualified into the second round
of the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, in the 67 kg category. In the
first round, he defeated Sibonelo Thembela Ndzimandze, from Eswatini, the
South-African country formerly known as Swaziland. Musteţ will fight in the
round of last 32 on Saturday against Dulat Bekbauov of Kazakhstan, Asia’s
vice-champion. On Tuesday, in the first round of the 80 kg category, Paul
Andrei Arădoaie lost to Mexico’s Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez. The 3rd
Romanian athlete in the world competition, Emanuel Constantin Mican, takes on Alaa
Eldin Ghoussoun of Syria on Friday, in the second round of the 92 kg category. The
prizes at the World Championships in Tashkent are the highest in the history of
amateur boxing: USD 200,000 for the gold medallist, USD 100,000 for silver and
USD 50,000 for the bronze.

At the Ice
Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group A, the Romanian national team was
defeated in Nottingham on Wednesday by the UK, 7-0. The British national team
tops the group standings with 11 points, followed by Poland with 10 points. Romania
ranks 5th, the last but one place in the group, followed only by
Lithuania, with 0 points. The last leg is scheduled on Friday, when Romania is
to play against Poland. The top team in the group will move up into the ice hockey
world elite, while the last ranking team will be demoted to the division’s
Group B. (AMP)

4 May 2023
Radio Romania International Sports Club

Erste Liga is Central and Eastern Europe’s leading
ice hockey interclub competition. It has reached its final stage. The winner of
the Liga’s 2023 edition is ACSH Gheorghieni from Romania. It was for the fifth
time running when a Romanian team won the trophy. We recall that in 2009, the
winners were Hockey Club Csíkszereda. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc walked away
with the trophy in 2011, 2021 and 2022. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were defeated in three finals, while Corona
Brasov lost two finals.

Proving their mettle in the Liga’s 2023
edition were ten teams, of which seven were from Hungary and three from
Romania, namely the winner of the previous edition, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, Corona
Braşov and ACSH Gheorghieni. All three Romanian teams went past the first stage
and advanced to the quarterfinals, where Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were unable
to defeat Corona Brasov. There were two semifinals, an all-Hungarian one, with
a 4-3 aggregate win of Ferencvaros Budapest against Jégkorong Akademia, and all-Romanian
one, with another 4-3 aggregate win of ACSH Gheorghieni against Corona Brasov.
In the final, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc defeated Ferencváros, 4-3 on aggregate. Ferencvaros won the first two games in
Romania. In the wake of the two other games played in Budapest, the two clubs
shared their wins. However, the last three games were won by ACSH Gheorghieni. In this past Friday’s game played in Gheorghieni, the
Romanian team won, 2-1. The Hungarian player Peter Vincze drew
first blood for the host team, then Ferencváros’s British player Oliver
Betteridge levelled the score. The fate of the game was sealed by Finnish
player Matias Petteri Haaranen, who has been a Romanian citizen since the summer
of 2022.

Still feeling elated after their Erste Liga’s
excellent run, ACSH Gheorghieni resumed their domestic championship fixtures;
the impact was painful for ACSH Gheorghieni. On Monday, ACSH Gheorghieni were defeated by the National Championship’s
Group A leader, Steaua Bucharest, 3 to 10.

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5 April 2023
Radio Romania International Sports Club

Erste Liga is Central and Eastern Europe’s leading
ice hockey interclub competition. It has reached its final stage. The winner of
the Liga’s 2023 edition is ACSH Gheorghieni from Romania. It was for the fifth
time running when a Romanian team won the trophy. We recall that in 2009, the
winners were Hockey Club Csíkszereda. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc walked away
with the trophy in 2011, 2021 and 2022. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were defeated in three finals, while Corona
Brasov lost two finals.

Proving their mettle in the Liga’s 2023
edition were ten teams, of which seven were from Hungary and three from
Romania, namely the winner of the previous edition, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, Corona
Braşov and ACSH Gheorghieni. All three Romanian teams went past the first stage
and advanced to the quarterfinals, where Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were unable
to defeat Corona Brasov. There were two semifinals, an all-Hungarian one, with
a 4-3 aggregate win of Ferencvaros Budapest against Jégkorong Akademia, and all-Romanian
one, with another 4-3 aggregate win of ACSH Gheorghieni against Corona Brasov.
In the final, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc defeated Ferencváros, 4-3 on aggregate. Ferencvaros won the first two games in
Romania. In the wake of the two other games played in Budapest, the two clubs
shared their wins. However, the last three games were won by ACSH Gheorghieni. In this past Friday’s game played in Gheorghieni, the
Romanian team won, 2-1. The Hungarian player Peter Vincze drew
first blood for the host team, then Ferencváros’s British player Oliver
Betteridge levelled the score. The fate of the game was sealed by Finnish
player Matias Petteri Haaranen, who has been a Romanian citizen since the summer
of 2022.

Still feeling elated after their Erste Liga’s
excellent run, ACSH Gheorghieni resumed their domestic championship fixtures;
the impact was painful for ACSH Gheorghieni. On Monday, ACSH Gheorghieni were defeated by the National Championship’s
Group A leader, Steaua Bucharest, 3 to 10.

—–

5 April 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu
stopped in the second round of the WTA 1000 in Miami, a competition with 8.8 million
dollars in prize money. The Romanian tennis player lost to Chinese Qinwen Zheng
2-6, 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday. Begu’s performance has been rewarded with a check of
30,885 dollars and 35 WTA points.

This weekend will be seeing two
games in the finals of the regional ice-hockey competition Erste Liga in
Budapest. The games will be pitching Romanian side ACSH Gheorgheni against
Hungarian side Ferencvaros. The first
two games were won by the Hungarian side in Romania, 3-2 and 2-1 and the team
to win the finals is the one which has four victories.

Romania’s national football side
on Saturday makes its debut in the preliminaries for the European Championship 2024.
The Romanians will be playing first the representative of Andorra in the Group
I of the preliminaries, which also include Switzerland, Israel, Kosovo and
Belarus. The first two sides in each of the ten preliminary groups will qualify
and the last three places will be decided in the Nations’ League play-offs in
March, next year. After the game against Andorra, Romania will be playing the
representative of Belarus in Bucharest. According to press agencies quoting
Gracenote surveys, Romania’s national eleven stands 42% chances to qualify for
the aforementioned competition.

The Romanian women’s handball
side Rapid Bucharest will be taking on Krim Ljubljana in a home match of the play-offs
for the Champions League qualifiers. Krim won the first home match 29-24. If
they beat Krim, Rapid will advance to the competition’s quarters to play
Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand, winners of the last year’s edition.

(bill)

24 March 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu
stopped in the second round of the WTA 1000 in Miami, a competition with 8.8 million
dollars in prize money. The Romanian tennis player lost to Chinese Qinwen Zheng
2-6, 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday. Begu’s performance has been rewarded with a check of
30,885 dollars and 35 WTA points.

This weekend will be seeing two
games in the finals of the regional ice-hockey competition Erste Liga in
Budapest. The games will be pitching Romanian side ACSH Gheorgheni against
Hungarian side Ferencvaros. The first
two games were won by the Hungarian side in Romania, 3-2 and 2-1 and the team
to win the finals is the one which has four victories.

Romania’s national football side
on Saturday makes its debut in the preliminaries for the European Championship 2024.
The Romanians will be playing first the representative of Andorra in the Group
I of the preliminaries, which also include Switzerland, Israel, Kosovo and
Belarus. The first two sides in each of the ten preliminary groups will qualify
and the last three places will be decided in the Nations’ League play-offs in
March, next year. After the game against Andorra, Romania will be playing the
representative of Belarus in Bucharest. According to press agencies quoting
Gracenote surveys, Romania’s national eleven stands 42% chances to qualify for
the aforementioned competition.

The Romanian women’s handball
side Rapid Bucharest will be taking on Krim Ljubljana in a home match of the play-offs
for the Champions League qualifiers. Krim won the first home match 29-24. If
they beat Krim, Rapid will advance to the competition’s quarters to play
Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand, winners of the last year’s edition.

(bill)

24 March 2023
Sports weekend

Romania’s men’s national handball
team on home court defeated the Faeroe Islands team, 25-17. The fixture counted
towards the preliminaries as part of the 4th group of the European Championship, to
be hosted by Germany in 2024. In the first leg, the Faeroe Islands team grabbed
an unexpected 28-26 win. In another group 4 fixture, Austria outclassed
Ukraine, 31-28. With 8 points, Austria is at the top of the table, Romania is
the runner-up team, with 4, while Ukraine and the Faeroe Islands are 3rd
and 4th-placed, respectively, with 2 points each. In the group’s upcoming legs, Faeroe Islands
goes against Ukraine, Romania faces Austria, then Austria takes on Faeroe Islands, while Ukraine plays Romania.
The first two teams in each of the eight preliminary groups qualify to the
final tournament, alongside the best four 3rd-placed teams.

In
the ice hockey Erste Liga, the Romania team ACSH Gheorgheni is a whisker away
from advancing to the competition’s final stage. In a home game on Sunday, ACSH
Gheorgheni defeated another Romanian team, Corona Brașov, 2-1. It was the 5th fixture
in a series of seven. With an aggregate score of 3-2, ACSH
Gheorgheni has the lead, while the return leg is scheduled on the skating rink
in Brasov. In the other semifinal, the Hungarian team Budapest Akademia sustained a 1-3 home defeat by Ferencvaros Budapest, also from Hungary. The latter
team has a 3-2 lead on aggregate.

In
news from football, matches counting towards the Romanian Super league’s 30th
round, the last round of the regular season, were played at the weekend. On
Friday, FC Botoșani and CS Mioveni drew, 1-all, while CSU
Craiova defeated UTA Arad, 2-1. On Saturday, FC Arges sustained a nil-1 defeat
by Petrolul Ploiesti, while Farul Constanta grabbed a 2-1 win in the match against
Rapid Bucharest. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt defeated FCU Craiova, 1-nil, while FCSB
defeated Sepsi Sfântul Gheorghe, also 1-nil. Farul Constanța, CFR Cluj, FCSB,
CSU Craiova and Rapid București play in Group 1, while playing in Group 2 are Petrolul
Ploiești, Universitatea Cluj, FC Voluntari, FC Hermannstadt, FC Botoșani, Chindia
Târgoviște, UTA Arad, FC Argeș and CS Mioveni.

Counting towards the League’s 23rd
round and interrupted in the 26th minute because of the racist
slogans shouted in the stands, the match pitting Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe against
FCU Craiova will be replayed. The result will definitely decide the team that will
play in the League’s Group 1. With 40 points, 6th-placed FCU Craiova
is at the bottom of the table according to Group 2 rankings, while Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe is 7th-placed, with 39 points. (EN)

13 March 2023
Sports weekend

Romania’s men’s national handball
team on home court defeated the Faeroe Islands team, 25-17. The fixture counted
towards the preliminaries as part of the 4th group of the European Championship, to
be hosted by Germany in 2024. In the first leg, the Faeroe Islands team grabbed
an unexpected 28-26 win. In another group 4 fixture, Austria outclassed
Ukraine, 31-28. With 8 points, Austria is at the top of the table, Romania is
the runner-up team, with 4, while Ukraine and the Faeroe Islands are 3rd
and 4th-placed, respectively, with 2 points each. In the group’s upcoming legs, Faeroe Islands
goes against Ukraine, Romania faces Austria, then Austria takes on Faeroe Islands, while Ukraine plays Romania.
The first two teams in each of the eight preliminary groups qualify to the
final tournament, alongside the best four 3rd-placed teams.

In
the ice hockey Erste Liga, the Romania team ACSH Gheorgheni is a whisker away
from advancing to the competition’s final stage. In a home game on Sunday, ACSH
Gheorgheni defeated another Romanian team, Corona Brașov, 2-1. It was the 5th fixture
in a series of seven. With an aggregate score of 3-2, ACSH
Gheorgheni has the lead, while the return leg is scheduled on the skating rink
in Brasov. In the other semifinal, the Hungarian team Budapest Akademia sustained a 1-3 home defeat by Ferencvaros Budapest, also from Hungary. The latter
team has a 3-2 lead on aggregate.

In
news from football, matches counting towards the Romanian Super league’s 30th
round, the last round of the regular season, were played at the weekend. On
Friday, FC Botoșani and CS Mioveni drew, 1-all, while CSU
Craiova defeated UTA Arad, 2-1. On Saturday, FC Arges sustained a nil-1 defeat
by Petrolul Ploiesti, while Farul Constanta grabbed a 2-1 win in the match against
Rapid Bucharest. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt defeated FCU Craiova, 1-nil, while FCSB
defeated Sepsi Sfântul Gheorghe, also 1-nil. Farul Constanța, CFR Cluj, FCSB,
CSU Craiova and Rapid București play in Group 1, while playing in Group 2 are Petrolul
Ploiești, Universitatea Cluj, FC Voluntari, FC Hermannstadt, FC Botoșani, Chindia
Târgoviște, UTA Arad, FC Argeș and CS Mioveni.

Counting towards the League’s 23rd
round and interrupted in the 26th minute because of the racist
slogans shouted in the stands, the match pitting Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe against
FCU Craiova will be replayed. The result will definitely decide the team that will
play in the League’s Group 1. With 40 points, 6th-placed FCU Craiova
is at the bottom of the table according to Group 2 rankings, while Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe is 7th-placed, with 39 points. (EN)

13 March 2023
RRI Sports Club

This week we have learnt the
definitive configuration of the semifinals of the regional competition Erste
Liga. The latest play-off match took place in Budapest on Monday pitching Ferencváros
against the Polar Bears of Miskolc. Ferencvaros won the match 2-1 sealing a 4-2
win on aggregate and advancing to the competition’s semifinals. There they will
be playing another Hungarian side, Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia, which secured a
4-0 play-off win against FEHA 19. The other two sides vying for a place in the
finals come from Romania and they are ACSH Gheorgheni and Corona Braşov. ACSH
clinched a 4-0 aggregate win against Hungarian side Dunaújváros, while Corona
outperformed Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc 4-1.

Out of the three Romanian sides
in the best-of-seven contest, two have qualified for the semifinals. Sport Club
Miercurea Ciuc was stopped in its tracks by Corona, after winning the latest
two editions of the Erste League. In 2021, the side from Harghita secured a 4-2
aggregate win against Corona Braşov and a year later obtained a 4-1 win against
Hungarian side Ferencváros.

Eight sides played in the
National Championships. Apart from the aforementioned Gheorgheni, Miercurea
Ciuc and Brasov, the Bucharest sides Steaua and Sportul Studentesc joined the competition
and so did CSM Galati, Fenestela 68 and Sapientia U23. Although the season isn’t
over yet, we already know three of the sides directly qualified for the
play-offs, namely Corona, Steaua and Gheorgheni

Galati, Fenestela, Miercurea ciuc
and Sapientia will be vying for the fourth place. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc is
the defending champion.

(bill)

1 March 2023
RRI Sports Club

This week we have learnt the
definitive configuration of the semifinals of the regional competition Erste
Liga. The latest play-off match took place in Budapest on Monday pitching Ferencváros
against the Polar Bears of Miskolc. Ferencvaros won the match 2-1 sealing a 4-2
win on aggregate and advancing to the competition’s semifinals. There they will
be playing another Hungarian side, Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia, which secured a
4-0 play-off win against FEHA 19. The other two sides vying for a place in the
finals come from Romania and they are ACSH Gheorgheni and Corona Braşov. ACSH
clinched a 4-0 aggregate win against Hungarian side Dunaújváros, while Corona
outperformed Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc 4-1.

Out of the three Romanian sides
in the best-of-seven contest, two have qualified for the semifinals. Sport Club
Miercurea Ciuc was stopped in its tracks by Corona, after winning the latest
two editions of the Erste League. In 2021, the side from Harghita secured a 4-2
aggregate win against Corona Braşov and a year later obtained a 4-1 win against
Hungarian side Ferencváros.

Eight sides played in the
National Championships. Apart from the aforementioned Gheorgheni, Miercurea
Ciuc and Brasov, the Bucharest sides Steaua and Sportul Studentesc joined the competition
and so did CSM Galati, Fenestela 68 and Sapientia U23. Although the season isn’t
over yet, we already know three of the sides directly qualified for the
play-offs, namely Corona, Steaua and Gheorgheni

Galati, Fenestela, Miercurea ciuc
and Sapientia will be vying for the fourth place. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc is
the defending champion.

(bill)

1 March 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian mens handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday grabbed a 32-27 home win against Polish opponents Wisla Plock. The fixture counted towards Champions Leagues group A. Wisla Plock drew first blood, but Dinamo came from behind and secured the lead all throughout the game. Dinamo have thus succeeded their third group win and the second consecutive win in the competition. Dinamos top scorer were the Serbian Lazar Kukic, with 7 goals and Nicuşor Negru, with 6. Dinamos two goalies were also in top shape, the Algerian Khalifa Ghedbane and the naturalized Iranian Saeid Heidarirad, with five saves each. Also in Leagues Group A, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Danish opponents Gudme, 41-36. On Thursday, Hungarys vice-champion, Veszprém, defeated Croatian opponents PPD Zagreb, 32-28, while German side Magdeburg defeated FC Porto, 41 – 36. Veszprém are at the top of the table, with 13 points. Second-placed are Paris Saint-Germain with 12. Dinamo are 5th-placed, with 7 points. On December 1st, Xavi Pascuals trainees take once again take on Wisla Plock, this time away from home.

In news from womens basketball, in a match counting towards Group C as part of FIBA EuroBasket 2023 preliminaries, in Timisoara, in the west, Romanias national team on Thursday was defeated by Hungary, 99-40. According to Agerpres, Romanian national team, with fix first-time players in the line-up, did not measure up to the standards imposed by the much better Hungarian team, which was all the more visible in the first quarter of the game, when Romania scored 4 points, whereas Hungary, 32. In Group Cs other match, in Huelva, Spain secured a 120-54 home win against Iceland. Spain are at the top of the table in the group, with 6 points, followed by Hungary, with 5 points. Romania are 3rd-placed, with 4 points, while Iceland are 4th-placed, with 3. On Sunday, Romanias national team take on Iceland, in Reykjavik.

This coming weekend will see matches being played, counting towards the Erste Liga ice hockey regional competition. On Sunday, Corona Brasov face Ujpest Budapesta, SC Miercurea Ciuc play Jégkorong Akadémia, also from Budapest, while HC Gheorgheni take on Ferencváros. (EN)

25 November 2022
Sports weekend

Romanian mens handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday grabbed a 32-27 home win against Polish opponents Wisla Plock. The fixture counted towards Champions Leagues group A. Wisla Plock drew first blood, but Dinamo came from behind and secured the lead all throughout the game. Dinamo have thus succeeded their third group win and the second consecutive win in the competition. Dinamos top scorer were the Serbian Lazar Kukic, with 7 goals and Nicuşor Negru, with 6. Dinamos two goalies were also in top shape, the Algerian Khalifa Ghedbane and the naturalized Iranian Saeid Heidarirad, with five saves each. Also in Leagues Group A, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Danish opponents Gudme, 41-36. On Thursday, Hungarys vice-champion, Veszprém, defeated Croatian opponents PPD Zagreb, 32-28, while German side Magdeburg defeated FC Porto, 41 – 36. Veszprém are at the top of the table, with 13 points. Second-placed are Paris Saint-Germain with 12. Dinamo are 5th-placed, with 7 points. On December 1st, Xavi Pascuals trainees take once again take on Wisla Plock, this time away from home.

In news from womens basketball, in a match counting towards Group C as part of FIBA EuroBasket 2023 preliminaries, in Timisoara, in the west, Romanias national team on Thursday was defeated by Hungary, 99-40. According to Agerpres, Romanian national team, with fix first-time players in the line-up, did not measure up to the standards imposed by the much better Hungarian team, which was all the more visible in the first quarter of the game, when Romania scored 4 points, whereas Hungary, 32. In Group Cs other match, in Huelva, Spain secured a 120-54 home win against Iceland. Spain are at the top of the table in the group, with 6 points, followed by Hungary, with 5 points. Romania are 3rd-placed, with 4 points, while Iceland are 4th-placed, with 3. On Sunday, Romanias national team take on Iceland, in Reykjavik.

This coming weekend will see matches being played, counting towards the Erste Liga ice hockey regional competition. On Sunday, Corona Brasov face Ujpest Budapesta, SC Miercurea Ciuc play Jégkorong Akadémia, also from Budapest, while HC Gheorgheni take on Ferencváros. (EN)

25 November 2022