Sports Round-up
The latest news from football, handball and ice hockey.
Florin Orban, 28.10.2024, 13:45
The Romanian football Superleague matches were held this weekend. This leg’s derby was undoubtedly Sunday’s match hosted by the National Arena between FCSB and Rapid Bucharest, attended by almost 40,000 spectators. The match ended in a draw, nil-all. It was a relatively balanced match, with FCSB attacking more, but not well enough to make the difference. Rapid put on a good defence and even had a number of opportunities to score. In the overall ranking, FCSB are in 6th place and Rapid in 10th.
The 14th leg in domestic football began on Friday. In Cluj, CFR drew 3-all against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe. On Saturday, UTA Arad defeated Gloria Buzău 1-nil at home; Petrolul Ploieşti defeated Politehnica Iaşi 3-1 at home; and Hermannstadt Sibiu lost to Dinamo Bucharest nil-2 at home. On Sunday, Unirea Slobozia pulled off a surprising win against Oţelul Galaţi, defeating them 2-nil away. The leg’s final two matches are held on Monday: FC Botoşani vs Universitatea Cluj and Farul Constanţa vs Universitatea Craiova.
The Romanian women’s handball side are preparing for the European Championship getting under way at the end of next month. In Cluj, Romania took part in a new edition of the Carpati Trophy. They played three matches, losing two of them. On Friday, they defeated North Macedonia 36 to 25, before losing to Switzerland 36 to 27 on Saturday. In their final match, on Sunday, Romania lost to Brazil, 34 to 31. Switzerland went on to win the trophy, with 6 points, followed by Brazil, also with 6 points but with fewer goals scored. The European Championship will be hosted jointly by Austria, Hungary and Switzerland. Romania will be in Group B, playing in Debrecen, alongside Montenegro, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Romania’s goal is to finish in the top 12.
Let’s end this roundup with ice hockey. The three Romanian sides competing in the Erste Liga regional competition won some of the matches played on Sunday against Hungarian sides. Corona Braşov defeated FEHA19 3-2, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc defeated Jegesmedvek 4-0, and ACSH Gheorgheni defeated Ujpest 8-0. Gheorgheni top the ranking with 31 points in 13 matches.
