{"id":1068206,"date":"2026-10-07T13:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1068206"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:28:15","slug":"rri-sports-club-handball-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/rri-sports-club-handball-17-id1068206.html","title":{"rendered":"RRI Sports Club &#8211; Handball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">European club handball competitions are in full swing, both in the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s categories. On Wednesday, the two men&#8217;s teams representing Romania in the EHF European League, the second-tier continental competition, played their matches. Unfortunately, both left the court defeated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">CSM Bucharest met the French team Chamb\u00e9ry at the Polivalent\u0103 Hall in the capital, in a match counting towards Group C. The guests secured a clear victory, 33 to 25. The top scorer for the Romanian team was Andrei Dr\u0103gan with 6 goals. For CSM, this was their second consecutive defeat in the group stage. In a week, the Bucharest team will play again on home turf against the Bosnian side RK Izvi\u0111a\u010d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">In Group E, HC Buz\u0103u was defeated away from home by the Spanish team Granollers, 31-37. The Romanian vice-champions maintained a balanced game for only the first five minutes, after which the hosts pulled away. Claudiu Andrei Lazurca was the visitors&#8217; most efficient player, scoring 8 goals. Buz\u0103u remains with one point in the group standings, ranking 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, tied on points with the Portuguese team \u00c1guas Santas Milaneza in 4<sup>th<\/sup>, which has an inferior goal average. HC Buz\u0103u will play its next match on October 13 away against the German team Flensburg, a three-time winner of the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">In the EHF Champions League, Group E, Dinamo Bucharest will play an away game against Barcelona on Thursday. The Catalans lead the standings with two victories in their first two matches, achieved against Denmark&#8217;s Aarhus and France&#8217;s Montpellier. 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