Sports flash
The latest from ice hockey, women's handball and men's tennis
Eugen Nasta, 13.02.2025, 13:45
Corona Braşov and Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc on Wednesday won their regular season matches as part of the Erste Liga ice hockey competition. Defending champions Corona Brasov on home turf defeated Hungarian opponents Jegesmedvék of Miskolc 6-4. Corona came from behind, being lead 4-nil. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc grabbed a 6-2 home win against Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák.
The regular season’s top team is the Hungarian side Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia. With 78 points on their record sheet, the Hungarians are on a par with ACSH Gheorgheni. In Erste Liga’s play-offs, Jégkorong Akadémia take on Újpest, ACSH Gheorgheni go against Jegesmedvék, Debrecen play Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, while Corona are pitted against Ferencváros. We recall in the previous edition of Erste Liga’s final, in the game against Ferencvaros Corona emerged as winner, 4-nil on aggregate.
Three of the teams representing Romania in the European women’s handball competitions grabbed comfortable wins in this past Wednesday’s domestic championship games. As part of the National League’s 17th round, CSM Bucharest grabbed a 28-21 home win against CSM Târgu Jiu. We recall CSM are the best-placed Romanian team in the Champions League. Dunărea Brăila defeated CSM Iasi, 32-23, at home, while SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea trounced CSM Slatina, 41-31, also on home turf.
CSM Bucharest have a comfortable lead according to the as-it-stands table. Another team playing in the Champions League, Rapid Bucharest, on Wednesday competed in Romanian Cup’s round of 16. Rapid grabbed a 46-16 away win against second-tier team Star Mioveni, securing a place in the quarterfinals where they go against CSM Târgu Jiu on March 16.
As part of the Challenger tennis tournament, in Bahrain’s Manama, an event with 200,000 USD in prize money all told, the Romanian-Spanish pair made of Victor Cornea and Sergio Martos Gornes on Wednesday advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals. Cornea and Martos Gornes defeated Benoit Paire and Yusuf Qaed, 6-2, 7-6. The top-seeded Romanian-Spanish pair received 2, 030 USD and were granted 20 points according to the ATP rankings.
