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Women's handball
Eugen Nasta, 20.11.2024, 13:45
Matches counting towards the final round as part of this year’s edition of the Champions League in women’s handball were played late last week. On Saturday and Sunday, all three Romanian teams sustained defeats in their Champions league fixtures. In Group A in Denmark, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud were defeated by Nykøbing Falster, 24 to 32, while CSM Bucharest lost to Ferencváros Budapest, 28 – 31.
According to Group A rankings, CSM are 4th-placed, while Gloria, 7th. In Group B, Rapid played a home match against Hungarian side Győr, sustaining a 25-28 defeat and retaining its 7th-place in the group.
Matches counting towards the League’s 9th round will be played in January 2025. On Saturday, January 11, Gloria take on Norway’s Storhamar, at home, while Rapid Bucharest face Brest Bretagne, away.
In FCSM Bucharest Rapid are pitted against Group A leader, Metz Handball. After 14 rounds as part of the League’s group phase the first two teams in each group advance to the quarterfinals. 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th-placed teams will engage in play-off confrontations for a place in the quarterfinals. 7th- and 8th-placed teams will no longer participate in the League.
EHF European League’s group phase also starts in January. Two Romanian teams take part in the competition. Dunărea Brăila have been distributed in this phase of the competition by default, while SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea went past the preliminary rounds. SCM this past Sunday grabbed a decisive win against Hungary’s Debrecen, 31-28, away. The fixture counted towards the third preliminary round’s second leg. We recall SCM also won the first leg a week ago on home turf, 33-31.
Jointly hosted by Hungary, Austria and Switzerland, the European Championship throws off in late November, so the inter-club competitions go into recess. Alongside Montenegro, Serbia and the Czech Republic, Romania has been included in Group b and will play its matches in Debrecen. Romania will first play The Czech Republic on Friday, November 29. On December 1st, Romania take on Montenegro, while on December 3rd our national squad face Serbia.
Taking part in the final tournament are 14 teams, distributed in six groups. The first two teams in each group play in the main phase, where they will be distributed in two groups of six teams each. The first two teams in the two main groups advance to the semi-finals.
Until then, Romania’s national squad will prove its mettle in the Golden League friendly tournament, to be hosted by the Danish town of Viborg. The national team will play three test matches. On Thursday, they will take on The Netherlands, on Saturday the Romanians play Denmark, while on Sunday, the Romanian national team go against Norway. The national team will then return to Romania for a centralized training stage in Oradea.
