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  • Sport Club RRI

    Sport Club RRI

    At least three women handball sides from Romania have made headway in the
    European Cups. In the Champions League, CSM Bucharest stands good chances to
    directly qualify for the quarterfinals if it outperforms Danish side Odense in
    the away game they are going to play on Sunday. Odense ranks second in Group A,
    two points ahead the Romanian champions, but this advantage can be cancelled in
    case of a Romanian win. The first game opposing the two sides in Bucharest, in
    September went to the Romanians 28-24.




    Another Romanian side, the vice-champion Rapid Bucharest also stands good
    chances to qualify for the competition’s next stage. Rapid ranks seventh in
    Group B, a point less than the Hungarian side Ferencvaros. In the event of a
    home win on Sunday against Danish side Esbjerg and if Ferencvaros loses to
    Metz, in France, Rapid goes into the play-offs for the League’s quarterfinals. Both
    sides that represented Romania in last year’s competition were stopped in their
    tracks in the quarters.




    In the EHF European League, a leg before the end of the groups competition,
    Romania already boasts two sides in the quarterfinals. The first Romanian side
    to have assured its place in this stage of the competition was Gloria Bistrita
    with an away win against French team Nantes, their main Group C opponent. On
    Saturday, the Romanians will be up against German side Bensheim / Auerbach. In
    the quarters, Gloria may be playing either the Norwegian side Sola or the Spanish
    side Malaga.




    Dunărea Brăila qualified last Saturday, after a win against the group’s
    leader Thuringer of Germany. At the end of this week, Dunărea will be up
    against Chambray Touraine in France. After the final ranking configuration, in
    the quarterfinals, Dunarea will be playing the Norwegians from Storhamar or Podravka
    Koprivnica of Croatia. The third Romanian side in the European League, CSM
    Târgu Jiu, is hankering for a win after five consecutive defeats. CSM will be
    playing at home on Sunday the Hungarian side Mosonmagyaróvár.


    (bill)

  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The world’s number three tennis
    player, Romanian Simona Halep, on Monday qualified for the quarter finals of
    the Australian Open after a 6-4, 6-4 win against Elise Mertens of Belgium. The performance
    has brought Halep, a Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion, 525,000 AUD and
    430 WTA points. The Romanian will be up against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in
    the quarter-finals.






    Romanian fencer Ana-Maria Popescu
    on Sunday won the women’s individual epee contest in the Doha Grand Prix. The
    Romanian secured a 15-9 win against Mara Navarria of Italy in the finals. We
    recall that Popescu’s prize closet also includes a World Cup, which she won in
    Tallinn in November last year and came in second at the World Cup in Havana on
    January 10th. Ana-Maria tops the World Cup ranking and is very close
    to qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.






    Last weekend saw the fixtures of
    the European Cups in women’s handball. In the Champions League on Saturday, SCM
    Ramnicu Valcea secured a 31-16 home win against Krim Mercator Ljubljana in
    their first match of Group 2. Hungarian side Gyor tops the group’s ranking with
    8 points followed by Brest Bretagne of France with 8 points and Buducnost
    Podgorica of Montenegro with 4 points. SCM is on the fourth position with 2
    points as well as Krim and the Swedish side Savehof.






    In a Group One fixture, CSM
    Bucharest lost to Hungarian side Ferencvaros 23-33. Metz Handball of France is
    ranking first with 8 points, followed by the Danish side Team Esbjerg with 6
    points and the Norwegians from Vipers Kristiansand with 5. Russian side Rostov
    Don is on the fourth position followed by Ferencvaros and CSM each with 3
    points.






    Romanian handball side Gloria
    Bistrita-Nasaud secured their first win in the EHF Cup. The Romanians
    outperformed Danish side Odense Handbold 25-23 in a home game. Odense comes
    first in the group’s ranking with 6 points followed by ERD of Hungary with 5,
    Gloria with 4 and Polish side MKS Lublin with only one point.


    In the competition’s group B,
    Magura Cisnadie of Romania lost at home to the Danish from Kobenhavn Handball
    33-28 and are still at the group’s bottom with no points.




    (translated by bill)



  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The world’s number three tennis
    player, Romanian Simona Halep, on Monday qualified for the quarter finals of
    the Australian Open after a 6-4, 6-4 win against Elise Mertens of Belgium. The performance
    has brought Halep, a Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion, 525,000 AUD and
    430 WTA points. The Romanian will be up against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in
    the quarter-finals.






    Romanian fencer Ana-Maria Popescu
    on Sunday won the women’s individual epee contest in the Doha Grand Prix. The
    Romanian secured a 15-9 win against Mara Navarria of Italy in the finals. We
    recall that Popescu’s prize closet also includes a World Cup, which she won in
    Tallinn in November last year and came in second at the World Cup in Havana on
    January 10th. Ana-Maria tops the World Cup ranking and is very close
    to qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.






    Last weekend saw the fixtures of
    the European Cups in women’s handball. In the Champions League on Saturday, SCM
    Ramnicu Valcea secured a 31-16 home win against Krim Mercator Ljubljana in
    their first match of Group 2. Hungarian side Gyor tops the group’s ranking with
    8 points followed by Brest Bretagne of France with 8 points and Buducnost
    Podgorica of Montenegro with 4 points. SCM is on the fourth position with 2
    points as well as Krim and the Swedish side Savehof.






    In a Group One fixture, CSM
    Bucharest lost to Hungarian side Ferencvaros 23-33. Metz Handball of France is
    ranking first with 8 points, followed by the Danish side Team Esbjerg with 6
    points and the Norwegians from Vipers Kristiansand with 5. Russian side Rostov
    Don is on the fourth position followed by Ferencvaros and CSM each with 3
    points.






    Romanian handball side Gloria
    Bistrita-Nasaud secured their first win in the EHF Cup. The Romanians
    outperformed Danish side Odense Handbold 25-23 in a home game. Odense comes
    first in the group’s ranking with 6 points followed by ERD of Hungary with 5,
    Gloria with 4 and Polish side MKS Lublin with only one point.


    In the competition’s group B,
    Magura Cisnadie of Romania lost at home to the Danish from Kobenhavn Handball
    33-28 and are still at the group’s bottom with no points.




    (translated by bill)