Sports weekend
The latest from football and women's handball
Florin Orban, 13.10.2023, 13:45
Romania’s national football team in Bucharest
on Sunday face the team of Andorra. The Group I fixture counts towards the
preliminaries of the European Championship in 2024. A sanction was placed against
the Romanian Football Federation as of late because of the stands incidents that
occurred during Romania’s match against Kosovo, so the match against Andorra will
be played in an empty stadium. Notwithstanding, children younger than 14 will
be allowed to watch the game.
In Budapest
on Thursday, Romania’s match against Belarus ended in a blank draw. On home turf, Andorra sustained a nil-3 defeat by
Kosovo. Israel’s upcoming home game against Switzerland was postponed to November 15. Switzerland
is at the top pf the table, with 15 points. Romania and Israel follow suit,
with 13 and 11 points, respectively. With 7 points on their record sheet,
Kosovo are 4th-placed. Belarus are 5th-place, with 5
points, while Andorra are at the bottom of the table, with 2 points. Switzerland
and Israel have each played 6 fixtures so far, while the other teams, 7. Advancing
to the European Championships’ final tournament are the first two teams in
descending order.
Romania’ s women’s handball team this coming Saturday take on Greece,
away from home, in a Group 1 fixture counting towards the European Championship
preliminaries 2024. In Mioveni on Wednesday, Cristina Neagu and her teammates trounced
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 49 la 17. Also in Group I, in Karlovac, Croatia
defeated Greece, 32 – 22. 24 teams will take part in the final tournament, that
is the first two teams in descending order in the 8 qualifying groups, plus
the best four 3rd-placed teams. Host teams, that is Austria, Hungary
and Switzerland, qualify straight to the final tournament, and so does defending
champion Norway.
In Romania’s capital city on Sunday, the Bucharest International
Marathon is held. Apart from the main race, other asphalt-running races are
staged. We recall the first edition of Bucharest International Marathon was
held 15 years ago.
