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Sports Weekend

Romania’s national football side on Friday takes on the selection of
Kosovo in an away game counting towards the Group 1 of the Euro 2024
qualifiers. On June 19, the Romanian footballers will be up against Switzerland
in the same group.

This weekend the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, is hosting the European
Fencing Championships right ahead the upcoming European Games in Poland.

The competition in Plovdiv is important because athletes here can get
points, which will enable them to qualify for the Olympics of 2024, whereas the
European Games bring points only to the national teams. Romania is being
represented by its male and female fencers in several contests such as saber,
epee and foil.

In
the Group B of the Golden League competition in women’s volleyball, the
Romanian national side will be taking on Slovakia in an away match. The Czech
Republic tops the group with 9 points, followed by Romania and Slovakia each
with three points. The first side in the group qualifies for the Final Four
tournament, as well as the best of the runners up. In a runners-up ranking
Romania is third after Sweden and France.

In a
game held on Wednesday in Brasov, central Romania, the country’s male
volleyball side obtained its second win in group A of the Golden League,
against Denmark, 3-1. Alexandru Rata proved to be the best Romanian player on
the ground with 22 points scored. In the same group, Turkey outperformed
Portugal 3-1. Romania will be up against Portugal on June 18, also in Brasov,
while Turkey will receive the visit of Denmark on Saturday. Turkey tops the
ranking with 8 points followed by Portugal with 7, Denmark with 6 and Romania
also with 6. The groups’ winners and the organizers will qualify for the Final
Four tournament due in Croatia.

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16 June 2023
Sports weekend

The European Rowing Championships are underway in Bled, Slovenia. Qualifiers have been scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Several Romanian rowers who competed on Thursday have secured their direct qualification to the finals. Among them, the the Romanian womens double scull, four scull and women s pair crews secured their qualification. Joining them was Ionela Cozmiuc in the lightweight womens single sculls. Also competing in the final are Romanian mens quadruple sculls and coxed eight crews.

In news from mens basketball, title holders U BT Cluj Napoca on aggregate have a 3-2 lead in the final of the Championships ongoing edition. U BT Cluj Napoca play CSM CSU Oradea. On Thursday, Cluj grabbed a 81-62 win against Oradea, U-BT Cluj Napoca need only one win if they want to grab the title. It would be the eighth in the clubs history and the third title in a row. The final is being played according to the best in seven games system. The sixth of the seven matches is scheduled in Cluj Napocas multi-purpose sports hall this coming Sunday.

In volleyball, both womens and mens, matches counting towards the Golden League European competition kick-start later this week. Romanian womens national team plays its debut game against Slovakia, in Pitesti. Then the national squad play an away match against the Czech Republic on June 3rd. Also in Pitesti, the return leg against The Czech Republic is scheduled on June 8th. The Romanian womens national teams last fixture is an away confrontation against Slovakia on June 17.The mens national squad this coming Saturday play Portugal, away from home. Also away from home are the games against Denmark and Turkey, on May 31st and June 4th, respectively. Romanias last three fixtures are scheduled on home court, in Brasov, on June the 10th against Turkey, on June 14th against Denmark and against Portugal, on June 18th.

Group 1 closing matches counting towards the Romanian football Super Leagues tenth round are played at the weekend. On Saturday, on the National Arena in Bucharest, FCSB play Rapid Bucharest. On Sunday, CFR Cluj plays a home game against Farul Constanta, while in Craiova, the local team Universitatea plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. Farul Constanta and FCSB have already secured the top and the runner-up position, respectively. The fight is only open for the 3rd place, which secures a position in the Conference Leagues playoffs. In this fight, Cluj are two points clear of Craiova.

26 May 2023
Sports weekend

The European Rowing Championships are underway in Bled, Slovenia. Qualifiers have been scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Several Romanian rowers who competed on Thursday have secured their direct qualification to the finals. Among them, the the Romanian womens double scull, four scull and women s pair crews secured their qualification. Joining them was Ionela Cozmiuc in the lightweight womens single sculls. Also competing in the final are Romanian mens quadruple sculls and coxed eight crews.

In news from mens basketball, title holders U BT Cluj Napoca on aggregate have a 3-2 lead in the final of the Championships ongoing edition. U BT Cluj Napoca play CSM CSU Oradea. On Thursday, Cluj grabbed a 81-62 win against Oradea, U-BT Cluj Napoca need only one win if they want to grab the title. It would be the eighth in the clubs history and the third title in a row. The final is being played according to the best in seven games system. The sixth of the seven matches is scheduled in Cluj Napocas multi-purpose sports hall this coming Sunday.

In volleyball, both womens and mens, matches counting towards the Golden League European competition kick-start later this week. Romanian womens national team plays its debut game against Slovakia, in Pitesti. Then the national squad play an away match against the Czech Republic on June 3rd. Also in Pitesti, the return leg against The Czech Republic is scheduled on June 8th. The Romanian womens national teams last fixture is an away confrontation against Slovakia on June 17.The mens national squad this coming Saturday play Portugal, away from home. Also away from home are the games against Denmark and Turkey, on May 31st and June 4th, respectively. Romanias last three fixtures are scheduled on home court, in Brasov, on June the 10th against Turkey, on June 14th against Denmark and against Portugal, on June 18th.

Group 1 closing matches counting towards the Romanian football Super Leagues tenth round are played at the weekend. On Saturday, on the National Arena in Bucharest, FCSB play Rapid Bucharest. On Sunday, CFR Cluj plays a home game against Farul Constanta, while in Craiova, the local team Universitatea plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. Farul Constanta and FCSB have already secured the top and the runner-up position, respectively. The fight is only open for the 3rd place, which secures a position in the Conference Leagues playoffs. In this fight, Cluj are two points clear of Craiova.

26 May 2023
Sports flash

Sepsi
Sfântu Gheorghe has won the Romanian Cup in football this past Wednesday, when
they secured a 5-4 win against Universitatea Cluj, after the penalty shootout. The scoreboard displayed a blank draw after
regular time, but also after extra time. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe’s hero was a former
footballer of Universitatea Cluj, goal keeper Roland Niczuly, who deflected
three penalty kicks. Scoring for Sepsi were Roland Varga, Alexandru Tudorie,
Ion Gheorghe, Marius Ştefănescu and Mark Tamas, while Jonathan Rodriguez and Adnan
Aganovic wasted their opportunities to score. Scoring for Universitatea Cluj were
Alexandru Chipciu, Ovidiu Bic, Dragoş Tescan and Dan Nistor. Failing to score for
Universitatea Cluj were Ely Fernandes, Jose Gomes and Ivan Martic. Sepsi Sfântu
Gheorghe has won the trophy for the second time running.

In news
from table tennis, the World Individual Championships are ongoing in Durban. In
the round of 32, all four Romanian representatives, on Wednesday, Elizabeta
Samara, Andreea Dragoman, Adina Diaconu and Bernadette Szöcs were eliminated
from competition. The Romanian-Spanish pair made of Ovidiu Ionescu and Alvaro
Robles, silver medalists at the World Championships in Budapest in 2019, was
unable to move past the men’s doubles’ round of 16.

This past Wednesday, Romanian
tennis players Elena Gabriela Ruse and Miriam Bulgaru were defeated in the
second qualifiers round ahead of the women’s singles main draw in the year’s
second Grand Slam event, the Roland Garros tournament. Belgium’s Ruse Greet Minnen defeated Ruse, 6-4,
6-1, while US challenger Kayla Day defeated Miriam Bulgaru, also 6-4, 6-1. Ruse
and Bulgaru received 22,000 Euros each and were granted 20 WTA points. Earning in
their place in the women’s singles’ main draw are four other Romanians, Irina
Begu, Sorana Cîrstea, Ana Bogdan and Patricia Ţig.

In news
from men’s volleyball, head-coach Sergiu Stancu has extended his contract with Arcada
Galaţi, the team with which, since 2019, he has won consecutive five titles.
Arcada Galati did not provide any info on the length of the extended contract.

Sergiu
Stancu is also Romanian men’s national team’s head-coach. This coming Saturday,
in a fixture counting towards the Golden League, the Romanian national team play
its debut match against Portugal, away from home.

25 May 2023
Sports flash

Sepsi
Sfântu Gheorghe has won the Romanian Cup in football this past Wednesday, when
they secured a 5-4 win against Universitatea Cluj, after the penalty shootout. The scoreboard displayed a blank draw after
regular time, but also after extra time. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe’s hero was a former
footballer of Universitatea Cluj, goal keeper Roland Niczuly, who deflected
three penalty kicks. Scoring for Sepsi were Roland Varga, Alexandru Tudorie,
Ion Gheorghe, Marius Ştefănescu and Mark Tamas, while Jonathan Rodriguez and Adnan
Aganovic wasted their opportunities to score. Scoring for Universitatea Cluj were
Alexandru Chipciu, Ovidiu Bic, Dragoş Tescan and Dan Nistor. Failing to score for
Universitatea Cluj were Ely Fernandes, Jose Gomes and Ivan Martic. Sepsi Sfântu
Gheorghe has won the trophy for the second time running.

In news
from table tennis, the World Individual Championships are ongoing in Durban. In
the round of 32, all four Romanian representatives, on Wednesday, Elizabeta
Samara, Andreea Dragoman, Adina Diaconu and Bernadette Szöcs were eliminated
from competition. The Romanian-Spanish pair made of Ovidiu Ionescu and Alvaro
Robles, silver medalists at the World Championships in Budapest in 2019, was
unable to move past the men’s doubles’ round of 16.

This past Wednesday, Romanian
tennis players Elena Gabriela Ruse and Miriam Bulgaru were defeated in the
second qualifiers round ahead of the women’s singles main draw in the year’s
second Grand Slam event, the Roland Garros tournament. Belgium’s Ruse Greet Minnen defeated Ruse, 6-4,
6-1, while US challenger Kayla Day defeated Miriam Bulgaru, also 6-4, 6-1. Ruse
and Bulgaru received 22,000 Euros each and were granted 20 WTA points. Earning in
their place in the women’s singles’ main draw are four other Romanians, Irina
Begu, Sorana Cîrstea, Ana Bogdan and Patricia Ţig.

In news
from men’s volleyball, head-coach Sergiu Stancu has extended his contract with Arcada
Galaţi, the team with which, since 2019, he has won consecutive five titles.
Arcada Galati did not provide any info on the length of the extended contract.

Sergiu
Stancu is also Romanian men’s national team’s head-coach. This coming Saturday,
in a fixture counting towards the Golden League, the Romanian national team play
its debut match against Portugal, away from home.

25 May 2023
Sports flash

We begin with news from domestic
basketball. In the final of the men’s championships, on aggregate, CSM CSU Oradea
has a 2-nil lead over the 2022 title holders, U-BT Cluj-Napoca. On Sunday, CSM CSU Oradea
secured a 79-73 first-leg win, then on Tuesday, CSM CSU Oradea secured yet another
win, 93-83. The final is played according to the best-in-seven-matches system.
The next two fixtures are scheduled in Cluj-Napoca, on Saturday and on Monday.

In rhythmic gymnastics, the Azeri capital
Baku plays host to the European championships for juniors and seniors. On
Wednesday, in the juniors’ team competition, the Romania delegation is 11th
placed, overall. In the seniors’ version of the contest, representing Romania are
Annaliese Drăgan and Andreea Verdeş in the individual events, and the group
made of Alenia Biringer, Catrina Buniov, Anisia Drăgan, Dalia Marin, Claudia
Mitan and Antonia Stănescu.

The Romanian tennis
player Ana Bogdan on Wednesday sustained a nil-6, 4-6 defeat by US challenger Taylor
Townsend. The confrontation counted towards the round of 16 as part of the WTA
125 tournament in Florence, a competition with 115,000 USD in prize money. Third-seeded
Ana Bogdan was defeated after one hour and 14 minutes
of play. It was more than a year
since Ana Bogdan had sustained a defeat with no set won in the confrontation. For
having advanced to the Florence tournament’s round of 16, Ana Bogdan will
receive a cheque worth 2,000 USD and will be granted 15 WTA points.

The head-coach of Romania’s
national women’s volleyball team, the Spaniard Guillermo
Naranjo Hernandez, has called 18 volleyball players for the participation in
the Golden League competition. Among them, two are signed up by foreign teams: Elizabet
Varga plays for South Korea’s Daejeon, while Adelina Budăi-Ungureanu plays for
Pinerolo in Italy. For their debut game in the competition, the pool of
regulars convenes in Pitesti, when on May 27 the national squad takes on the team
of Slovakia. Then on June 3rd, the national team travels to Ostrava, for a fixture
against the Czech national squad. The return match is scheduled on June 8th,
in Pitesti. The Golden League’s last
match is scheduled on June 17th, when Romania takes on Slovakia, in
Nitra. The first two teams in descending order advance to the competition’s semi-finals.

18 May 2023
Sports flash

We begin with news from domestic
basketball. In the final of the men’s championships, on aggregate, CSM CSU Oradea
has a 2-nil lead over the 2022 title holders, U-BT Cluj-Napoca. On Sunday, CSM CSU Oradea
secured a 79-73 first-leg win, then on Tuesday, CSM CSU Oradea secured yet another
win, 93-83. The final is played according to the best-in-seven-matches system.
The next two fixtures are scheduled in Cluj-Napoca, on Saturday and on Monday.

In rhythmic gymnastics, the Azeri capital
Baku plays host to the European championships for juniors and seniors. On
Wednesday, in the juniors’ team competition, the Romania delegation is 11th
placed, overall. In the seniors’ version of the contest, representing Romania are
Annaliese Drăgan and Andreea Verdeş in the individual events, and the group
made of Alenia Biringer, Catrina Buniov, Anisia Drăgan, Dalia Marin, Claudia
Mitan and Antonia Stănescu.

The Romanian tennis
player Ana Bogdan on Wednesday sustained a nil-6, 4-6 defeat by US challenger Taylor
Townsend. The confrontation counted towards the round of 16 as part of the WTA
125 tournament in Florence, a competition with 115,000 USD in prize money. Third-seeded
Ana Bogdan was defeated after one hour and 14 minutes
of play. It was more than a year
since Ana Bogdan had sustained a defeat with no set won in the confrontation. For
having advanced to the Florence tournament’s round of 16, Ana Bogdan will
receive a cheque worth 2,000 USD and will be granted 15 WTA points.

The head-coach of Romania’s
national women’s volleyball team, the Spaniard Guillermo
Naranjo Hernandez, has called 18 volleyball players for the participation in
the Golden League competition. Among them, two are signed up by foreign teams: Elizabet
Varga plays for South Korea’s Daejeon, while Adelina Budăi-Ungureanu plays for
Pinerolo in Italy. For their debut game in the competition, the pool of
regulars convenes in Pitesti, when on May 27 the national squad takes on the team
of Slovakia. Then on June 3rd, the national team travels to Ostrava, for a fixture
against the Czech national squad. The return match is scheduled on June 8th,
in Pitesti. The Golden League’s last
match is scheduled on June 17th, when Romania takes on Slovakia, in
Nitra. The first two teams in descending order advance to the competition’s semi-finals.

18 May 2023
Sports Club

The domestic volleyball championship
just ended in Romania with the country’s cup finals held in Pitesti last
weekend. The winner was CSM Lugoj, which won the trophy for the first time in
the club’s history. Lugoj outperformed CSM Targoviste 3-1 on Sunday and also
secured a 3-2 win against the defending champions Volleyball Alba Blaj in the semis
on Sunday. It was a very good season for the side in Lugoj, which secured the
country’s cup and supercup trophies and also played in the finals of the
Challenge Cup. Dan Brudiu, president of CSM Lugoj told us more on these
performances.

Dan Brudiu: We had
an extraordinarily difficult match in autumn, when we eliminated the
representative of Turkey, a first for a Romanian volleyball side. As you may
know, Turkey, Italy, Russia and Poland are the countries with the best
volleyball sides in Europe. And so is Serbia. So, the match against the
representative of Turkey was a crucial stage in our European performance. We also
managed to outperform the vice-champions of Portugal, Kairos Ponta Delgada, and
two extremely strong sides, Beveren of Belgium, a former CEV Cup winner, and particularly
Jedinstvo Stara Pazova, the incumbent champions of Serbia, which we managed to
defeat in the semis. The finals against Chieri was a real slice and it was an
honour to put up such a great performance in front of more than 4000 fans in
Turin. Like I said it was a great opportunity of putting up such a high-quality
show.

Romania’s men volleyball side is presently in
a full training campaign in Brasov, central Romania in an attempt to get in
good shape for their Golden League matches. They will have their first away match
against Portugal on May 27. They will take on Denmark in an away match on 31
May and on Turkey four days later. Romania will play their last three games at
home, in Brasov, on 10 June against Turkey, four days later against Denmark and
against Portugal on 18 June.

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17 May 2023
Sports Club

The domestic volleyball championship
just ended in Romania with the country’s cup finals held in Pitesti last
weekend. The winner was CSM Lugoj, which won the trophy for the first time in
the club’s history. Lugoj outperformed CSM Targoviste 3-1 on Sunday and also
secured a 3-2 win against the defending champions Volleyball Alba Blaj in the semis
on Sunday. It was a very good season for the side in Lugoj, which secured the
country’s cup and supercup trophies and also played in the finals of the
Challenge Cup. Dan Brudiu, president of CSM Lugoj told us more on these
performances.

Dan Brudiu: We had
an extraordinarily difficult match in autumn, when we eliminated the
representative of Turkey, a first for a Romanian volleyball side. As you may
know, Turkey, Italy, Russia and Poland are the countries with the best
volleyball sides in Europe. And so is Serbia. So, the match against the
representative of Turkey was a crucial stage in our European performance. We also
managed to outperform the vice-champions of Portugal, Kairos Ponta Delgada, and
two extremely strong sides, Beveren of Belgium, a former CEV Cup winner, and particularly
Jedinstvo Stara Pazova, the incumbent champions of Serbia, which we managed to
defeat in the semis. The finals against Chieri was a real slice and it was an
honour to put up such a great performance in front of more than 4000 fans in
Turin. Like I said it was a great opportunity of putting up such a high-quality
show.

Romania’s men volleyball side is presently in
a full training campaign in Brasov, central Romania in an attempt to get in
good shape for their Golden League matches. They will have their first away match
against Portugal on May 27. They will take on Denmark in an away match on 31
May and on Turkey four days later. Romania will play their last three games at
home, in Brasov, on 10 June against Turkey, four days later against Denmark and
against Portugal on 18 June.

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17 May 2023
Sports roundup

At the 2023
ICF Canoe Spring World Cup held in Szeged, Hungary, Romania won 3 medals.
Cătălin Chirilă won the canoe single 500m and 1,000m races, and Ilie Sprincean and
Oleg Nuţă won the canoe double 1,000m race. In the competition in Szeged, Romania
was represented by 9 athletes, 2 women and 7 men, and came out 3rd
in the medal table.

Romania has
left empty-handed from the World Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar. The
Romanian participants performed modestly, with the best result reported for Lucian
Borş – Dumitrescu, who reached the eighth-finals of the 66 kg category. The
last medals for Romania in a world judo championship were won in 2015, in
Astana, Kazakhstan, by Andreea Chiţu, in the 52 kg category, and by Corina
Căprioriu, in the 57 kg.

CSM Lugoj won
their first Romanian cup in women’s volleyball. The team from Lugoj Sunday won
the final against CSM Târgovişte, 3-1, in Piteşti. In Saturday’s semis, CSM
Lugoj beat Volei Alba Blaj, the defending champions and trophy holders, 3-2. The
athletes from Lugoj thus conclude a very good season, in which they won the Cup
Winners Cup, the Romanian Cup and played the Challenge Cup final.

This
weekend saw matches counting towards the play-off / play-out stage of Romania’s
football SuperLeague, round 8. In the play-off, Rapid Bucharest drew at home against
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 0-all. Another tie, 1-all, came on Saturday in the match
pitting Universitatea Craiova against Farul Constanţa. On Sunday, in the derby
of this round, played on the National Arena in Bucharest in front of a crowd of
over 40,000, FCSB beat CFR Cluj 1-0. Top of the standings at present are Farul,
with 47 points, followed by FCSB, one point behind.

In the play-out
matches, on Friday FC Botoşani defeated Voluntari on home turf, 2-0. On Saturday,
Hermannstadt beat Petrolul Ploieşti 1-0, and Universitatea Cluj outplayed Chindia
Târgovişte, 2-0. On Sunday, UTA Arad won 2-0 against Mioveni, and FC U Craiova defeated
FC Argeş, 2-1. CS Mioveni is certain to be relegated to a lower league, one
round before the end of the play-out stage, while struggling to avoid
relegation are also FC Argeş, with 21 points, and Chindia, with 22. In the last
round, this coming Friday, FC Argeş take on Petrolul Ploiesti, and Chindia face
FC Voluntari. (AMP)

15 May 2023
Sports roundup

At the 2023
ICF Canoe Spring World Cup held in Szeged, Hungary, Romania won 3 medals.
Cătălin Chirilă won the canoe single 500m and 1,000m races, and Ilie Sprincean and
Oleg Nuţă won the canoe double 1,000m race. In the competition in Szeged, Romania
was represented by 9 athletes, 2 women and 7 men, and came out 3rd
in the medal table.

Romania has
left empty-handed from the World Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar. The
Romanian participants performed modestly, with the best result reported for Lucian
Borş – Dumitrescu, who reached the eighth-finals of the 66 kg category. The
last medals for Romania in a world judo championship were won in 2015, in
Astana, Kazakhstan, by Andreea Chiţu, in the 52 kg category, and by Corina
Căprioriu, in the 57 kg.

CSM Lugoj won
their first Romanian cup in women’s volleyball. The team from Lugoj Sunday won
the final against CSM Târgovişte, 3-1, in Piteşti. In Saturday’s semis, CSM
Lugoj beat Volei Alba Blaj, the defending champions and trophy holders, 3-2. The
athletes from Lugoj thus conclude a very good season, in which they won the Cup
Winners Cup, the Romanian Cup and played the Challenge Cup final.

This
weekend saw matches counting towards the play-off / play-out stage of Romania’s
football SuperLeague, round 8. In the play-off, Rapid Bucharest drew at home against
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 0-all. Another tie, 1-all, came on Saturday in the match
pitting Universitatea Craiova against Farul Constanţa. On Sunday, in the derby
of this round, played on the National Arena in Bucharest in front of a crowd of
over 40,000, FCSB beat CFR Cluj 1-0. Top of the standings at present are Farul,
with 47 points, followed by FCSB, one point behind.

In the play-out
matches, on Friday FC Botoşani defeated Voluntari on home turf, 2-0. On Saturday,
Hermannstadt beat Petrolul Ploieşti 1-0, and Universitatea Cluj outplayed Chindia
Târgovişte, 2-0. On Sunday, UTA Arad won 2-0 against Mioveni, and FC U Craiova defeated
FC Argeş, 2-1. CS Mioveni is certain to be relegated to a lower league, one
round before the end of the play-out stage, while struggling to avoid
relegation are also FC Argeş, with 21 points, and Chindia, with 22. In the last
round, this coming Friday, FC Argeş take on Petrolul Ploiesti, and Chindia face
FC Voluntari. (AMP)

15 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
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

Romanian national womens handball team on Wednesday in Portugals Paredes secured a 28-24 win in the second leg of the playoff tie against Portugal. With 5 goals, Romanian national squads Lorena Ostase was the top scorer. Therefore, Romania succeeded a laid-back qualification to the 2023 edition of the World Championship. We recall that in the first leg Romania trounced Portugal, 35-20.

At the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Turkeys Antalya, Romanias womens national team came in 5th, a position that earned the Romanian teams qualification to the World Championships, to be hosted by the city of Antwerp in Belgium this coming fall. In Belgium, the first nine teams in descending order will secure their ticket to the 2024 edition of the Olympic Games. As part of the competition, Ana Bărbosu and Amalia Ghigoarţă have made it to all-around final, with the 9th and the 10th grade, respectively. With the second grade in the competition, Sabrina Voinea competes in the floor final, also competing in the vault final, with the fifth grade in the competition. Ana Barbosu has also qualified to the floor final, from the 7th position. With the 5th grade in the competition, Amalia Ghigoarţă has also qualified to the floor final.

In the second leg as part of the womens volleyball CEV Cup final, Romanian title holders Volei Alba Blaj this past Wednesday in Florence sustained a nil-3 defeat by Italian opponents Scandicci. In Targu Mures a week ago, the latter team had also won the first leg of the tie 3-1. For Volei Alba Blaj it was the fourth European final they have played in the last six years. CSM can boast playing in the finals as part of all European Interclub competitions, in the Champions League, in 2018, in the CEV Cup, in 2019 and in the Challenge Cup, in 2021.

This coming weekend will see matches being played, counting towards the second round of the Group1/ Group2 stage as part of the Romanian Superleague. In Group 1 on Saturday, CFR Cluj play a home game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. On Sunday, Universitatea Craiova receive the visit of Rapid Bucharest. In Bucharest on Monday, FCSB play a home game against Farul Constanţa. Being 4 points clear of CFR Cluj, Farul continues to be the leader in the standings.

In Group 2 this coming Friday, FC U Craiova play a home game against FC Voluntari. In Arad, the local side UTA take on FC Botosani. On Saturday in Group 2, FC Hermannstadt play an away fixture against Dacia Mioveni. On Sunday, Petrolul Ploiesti play a home game against Universitatea Cluj. In Pitesti on Monday, FC Argeş play a home game against Chindia Târgovişte. According to Group 2 rankings, Petrolul Ploiesti are at the top of the table, with 27 points. They are followed by FCU Craiova, with 26. (EN)

13 April 2023
Sports flash

Romanian national womens handball team on Wednesday in Portugals Paredes secured a 28-24 win in the second leg of the playoff tie against Portugal. With 5 goals, Romanian national squads Lorena Ostase was the top scorer. Therefore, Romania succeeded a laid-back qualification to the 2023 edition of the World Championship. We recall that in the first leg Romania trounced Portugal, 35-20.

At the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Turkeys Antalya, Romanias womens national team came in 5th, a position that earned the Romanian teams qualification to the World Championships, to be hosted by the city of Antwerp in Belgium this coming fall. In Belgium, the first nine teams in descending order will secure their ticket to the 2024 edition of the Olympic Games. As part of the competition, Ana Bărbosu and Amalia Ghigoarţă have made it to all-around final, with the 9th and the 10th grade, respectively. With the second grade in the competition, Sabrina Voinea competes in the floor final, also competing in the vault final, with the fifth grade in the competition. Ana Barbosu has also qualified to the floor final, from the 7th position. With the 5th grade in the competition, Amalia Ghigoarţă has also qualified to the floor final.

In the second leg as part of the womens volleyball CEV Cup final, Romanian title holders Volei Alba Blaj this past Wednesday in Florence sustained a nil-3 defeat by Italian opponents Scandicci. In Targu Mures a week ago, the latter team had also won the first leg of the tie 3-1. For Volei Alba Blaj it was the fourth European final they have played in the last six years. CSM can boast playing in the finals as part of all European Interclub competitions, in the Champions League, in 2018, in the CEV Cup, in 2019 and in the Challenge Cup, in 2021.

This coming weekend will see matches being played, counting towards the second round of the Group1/ Group2 stage as part of the Romanian Superleague. In Group 1 on Saturday, CFR Cluj play a home game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. On Sunday, Universitatea Craiova receive the visit of Rapid Bucharest. In Bucharest on Monday, FCSB play a home game against Farul Constanţa. Being 4 points clear of CFR Cluj, Farul continues to be the leader in the standings.

In Group 2 this coming Friday, FC U Craiova play a home game against FC Voluntari. In Arad, the local side UTA take on FC Botosani. On Saturday in Group 2, FC Hermannstadt play an away fixture against Dacia Mioveni. On Sunday, Petrolul Ploiesti play a home game against Universitatea Cluj. In Pitesti on Monday, FC Argeş play a home game against Chindia Târgovişte. According to Group 2 rankings, Petrolul Ploiesti are at the top of the table, with 27 points. They are followed by FCU Craiova, with 26. (EN)

13 April 2023