Sports Flash
The latest news from the world of sports.
Florin Orban, 10.10.2024, 13:45
Let’s start with women’s volleyball. Romanian champions CSO Voluntari qualified for the Champions League. In the second leg of the competition’s third round, Voluntari defeated Rabotnicki Skopje from North Macedonia 3-nil at home on Wednesday. They had also won the first leg away 3-nil. Voluntari are playing in Group E alongside the Italian team Scandicci, the Polish team Bielsko-Biala and the German team MTV Stuttgart. Voluntari will play their first match on 6th November in Florence against Scandicci.
In the Challenge Cup, CSM Târgovişte defeated the Czech team Ostrava 3-1 at home in the first leg of the first round. The second leg will take place next Wednesday in Ostrava. If they advance to the round of last 32, Târgovişte will face another Czech team, Olymp Prague.
The news in men’s volleyball is not as good. In the first leg of the first Challenge Cup round, SCM Zalău lost to Sporting Lisbon 3-1 away on Wednesday. The Romanians had a good start, winning the first set, but lost the following two. The second leg will be held on 16th October in Zalău. Whoever qualifies will face the Czech team Kladno Volejbal in the last 32.
Moving on to basketball. CSM CSU Oradea pulled off a dramatic win in their opening match in the Group E of the men’s FIBA Europe Cup, defeating Spojnia Stargard from Poland 77-75 on Wednesday on the Oradea Arena. The Romanian vice-champions, who failed to qualify for the Basketball Champions League, won on the last second of the match thanks to Kris Richard. The host team’s best player was Donatas Tarolis, who scored 21 goals. In the other group match, FC Argeş defeated the Estonian side Parnu Sadam 67-65 in Piteşti. The second leg matches will take place on 16th October: Parnu Sadam vs CSM CSU Oradea and Spojnia Stargard vs FC Argeş.
In the EuroCup Group B, U-BT Cluj-Napoca lost at home to the Spanish team Valencia Basket 105-96. This is the Romanian champions’ third consecutive group loss ahead of their next match against Veolia Towers of Hamburg next Tuesday in Germany.
