RRI Sports Club

Handball

Florin Orban, 28.11.2018, 12:38

The Romanian men’s handball side and defending champions Dinamo
Bucharest are on the brink of a great achievement. They have the chance to
qualify for the Champions League play-off stage if they finish on the first or
second position in their group. Before that, Dinamo must win their final group
match, which they will be playing on Thursday away against the Swiss side Wacker
Thun. So far, the Swiss have lost eight of their nine matches in Group D and
are bottom of the table in this group. They have only one point, which they won
in a draw in a home match back in September against the Finnish side Riihimaen
Cocks, the side currently occupying the last but one place in the group. Also
in September, Dinamo Bucharest pulled off a narrow win against Wacker Thun,
35-34.

We move on to women’s handball, with the European Championship set
to kick off on Thursday in France. The host country and defending world
champions France will face Olympic champions Russia in the opening match in
Nancy, as part of Group B. Romania play in Group D, alongside world
vice-champions Norway, the Czech Republic and Germany. The Group D matches will
be held in Brest. Romania will face the Czech Republic on 1st
December. Two days later, they will be playing against Germany and then, on the
5th December, Norway. The top three sides will make it to the next
stage. In their last test ahead of the European Championship, the Romanian
women’s handball side won the Carpati Trophy last weekend in Bucharest. They
defeated the second Romanian side in the final, 33-24. Previously, they also
defeated Serbia 29-26. The second Romanian side had themselves defeated Russia
25-24. Russia ranked third in the Carpati Trophy competition after defeating
Serbia 33-32.