Sports weekend

A preview of the weekend's sports.

Florin Orban, 01.04.2022, 13:45

Handball. European women’s handball
matches are scheduled to take place. The quarter-final play-offs will
be held in the Champions League. The Romanian side CSM Bucharest were
initially due to play the Russian side CSKA
Moscow, but Russian and Belarusian sides have been banned from
European cups. CSM will thus go straight into the quarters, where
they will be facing the Danish side Esbjerg at the end of April and
again in early May.

In the EHF European League, the second
leg of the quarter-finals is scheduled, with the Romanian side SCM
Râmnicu Vâlcea taking on the Danish side Herning-Ikast on Friday
away. SCM lost the first leg at home 33-39. On Sunday, Minaur Baia
Mare will be playing the Norwegian side Sola away in Stavanger.
Minaur pulled off a convincing win in the first leg, 40-32. They also
made it to the last four of this competition last year, when the
tournament was hosted by Baia Mare, with Minaur finishing in third
place.

Football.
Matches part of the third leg of Romania’s First League are held
this weekend. In the play-out round, on Friday, CU Craiova are
playing CS Mioveni, while Chindia Târgoviște are playing Dinamo
Bucharest. On Saturday, UTA will be playing Gaz Metan Mediaș, while
Rapid Bucharest will be playing FC Botoșani on their new stadium. On
Monday, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
will be facing Academica
Clinceni at home.

In the play-off round, FC
Voluntari are playing Farul
Constanța at home on Saturday;
FCSB are
playing Universitatea Craiova
on Sunday at home on the
National Arena stadium; and CFR Cluj will be playing FC Argeș at
home on Monday.

CFR
Cluj are currently in the lead in the overall ranking, with 42
points, followed by FCSB with 37. (CM)