Sports Weekend

A roundup of the weekend's main sporting events

Steliu Lambru, 16.06.2023, 13:45

Romania’s national football side on Friday takes on the selection of
Kosovo in an away game counting towards the Group 1 of the Euro 2024
qualifiers. On June 19, the Romanian footballers will be up against Switzerland
in the same group.

This weekend the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, is hosting the European
Fencing Championships right ahead the upcoming European Games in Poland.

The competition in Plovdiv is important because athletes here can get
points, which will enable them to qualify for the Olympics of 2024, whereas the
European Games bring points only to the national teams. Romania is being
represented by its male and female fencers in several contests such as saber,
epee and foil.

In
the Group B of the Golden League competition in women’s volleyball, the
Romanian national side will be taking on Slovakia in an away match. The Czech
Republic tops the group with 9 points, followed by Romania and Slovakia each
with three points. The first side in the group qualifies for the Final Four
tournament, as well as the best of the runners up. In a runners-up ranking
Romania is third after Sweden and France.

In a
game held on Wednesday in Brasov, central Romania, the country’s male
volleyball side obtained its second win in group A of the Golden League,
against Denmark, 3-1. Alexandru Rata proved to be the best Romanian player on
the ground with 22 points scored. In the same group, Turkey outperformed
Portugal 3-1. Romania will be up against Portugal on June 18, also in Brasov,
while Turkey will receive the visit of Denmark on Saturday. Turkey tops the
ranking with 8 points followed by Portugal with 7, Denmark with 6 and Romania
also with 6. The groups’ winners and the organizers will qualify for the Final
Four tournament due in Croatia.

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