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The latest from men's basketball and women's volleyball
Radio România Internațional, 07.11.2024, 13:45
Attention-grabbing, for starters, are results in men’s basketball. In EuroCup, Group B, U-BT Cluj-Napoca sustained a 80-99 away defat by Turk Telekom in Ankara.
Agerpress news agency wrote U-BT had an auspicious start in this past Wednesday’s confrontation, they had the upper hand in the first quarter of an hour, yet they were dominated in the other three quarters of the match. U-BT’s best player was the American Zavier Simpson, with 22 points, 6 recoveries and 9 assists.
Holders U-BT have thus put an end to a series of three consecutive wins in EuroCup, having sustained defeats in the season’s first three matches. U-BT are 6th-placed in the Group. In the 8th round on home turf, they will go against Lithuania’s Lietkabelis Panevezys on November 13.
In FIBA Europe Cup, CSM CSU Oradea on Wednesday emerged as Group E winners, securing a 85-67 home win against Estonian opponents Parnu Sadam. Vice champions CSM CSU Oradea have already secured their qualification to the competition’s next phase, having ticked their fifth win in a row in the Group, at the end of a game they dominated completely. Of Cristian Achim’s trainees, standing out was Canadian basketball player Kalif Young, with 17 points and 6 recoveries.
In Group E’s other fixture, FC Argeş grabbed a 77-63 home win against Polish side Spojnia Stargard. For FC Arges, their Serbian player Radovan Djokovic succeeded 18 points. CSM CSU Oradea are at the top of the table, with 10 points. Following are FC Argeş and Spojnia Stargard, with 7, and Parnu Sadam, with 6 points.
In the last round, in Pitesti, FC Argeş play CSM CSU Oradea, on November 13. Advancing to the competition’s second stage are the winning teams in each of the ten groups, added to which are the six best runner-up teams. teams.
In women’s volleyball, Voluntary Town Sports Club on Wednesday in Florence sustained a 3-nil defeat by Savino Del Bene Scandicci. In the Challenge Cup, CSM Târgovişte and CSM Lugoj have both won their first leg wins in the round of 32. On home turf, CSM defeated Olymp Praga, 3-1, while CSM Lugoj defeated Hungary’s Székesfehérvár, also at home, 3-1.
CSM Bucharest are still at the top of the table of the National Women’s Handball League, on a par with Corona Braşov. Defending champions CSM on Wednesday grabbed a 21-18 win against HC Zalău. Vice-champions Rapid Bucharest succeeded a 39-26 away win against SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea. The third Romanian team in the Champions League, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud, sustained a 24-26 away defat by Corona from Brasov.
