Sports Roundup
Steaua Bucharest won the Balkan Cup in men's volleyball, and Romanian ice hockey teams won straight victories in Erste Liga.
Florin Orban, 27.10.2025, 13:45
Romania left the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, with no medals. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea was the best-ranking Romanian athlete, 4th in the floor final, with Denisa Golgotă ranking 7th in the same event. In the beam competition, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea finished in 7th place. Romania last won a World Championship medal in 2015, in Glasgow, when Marian Drăgulescu won silver in vault and Larisa Iordache won bronze in the all-around event.
Steaua Bucharest won the men’s volleyball Balkan Cup on Sunday in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This success secures the Bucharest-based team’s qualification for the Challenge Cup, the club said on its Facebook page. It is the first time in the last 13 years that a team from Romania wins this competition, after Universitatea Cluj in 2012. In Sunday’s last game, Steaua defeated the host team, Kakanj, 3-0. The Turkish team Spor Toto Ankara came in second, after 3-1 against OFI Crete, which ranked third.
All the Romanian teams taking part in the regional Erste Liga ice hockey competition Sunday won their respective matches. ACSH Gheorgheni beat Ujpest Budapest 6-1, in the new Remetea Ice Arena. Corona defeated another Hungarian team, FEHA19, 5-3, at the Olympic Ice Rink in Brașov. And finally, at the Vakar Lajos Ice Rink in Miercurea Ciuc, Sport Club defeated Dunaujvarosi Acelbikak 6-4. Gheorgheni leads the standings with 33 points in 11 games. Corona is next, with 27 points in 13 games.
Over the weekend, matches were played in the 14th round of the Romanian Football Super League. On Friday, in Miercurea Ciuc, Csikszereda and Petrolul Ploiești drew 1-1. The game in Mioveni between FC Argeș and Dinamo Bucharest also ended with the same score. On Saturday, Universitatea Cluj defeated Oțelul 2-1 in Galați, while in Cluj, Farul Constanța beat CFR 2-0. The first game on Sunday, pitting Metaloglobus Bucharest against Universitatea Craiova in Clinceni, ended goalless, while on Bucharest’s National Arena FCSB beat UTA 4-0. FC Botoșani, Rapid and Craiova lead the standings, with 28 points each, 4 points ahead of their opponents. (AMP)
