Romania’s
\nnational rugby squad take on Belgium in Brussels on Saturday, in the second
\nround of the 2023 Rugby Europe Championship. In the first round, played last
\nweek, The Oaks defeated Poland in Bucharest, 67 – 27, while Belgium
\nsustained a 17- 54 away defeat by Portugal. Starting this year, the competition
\nwill be held in a new format, with teams divided into two groups. Romania is in
\nGroup B alongside Portugal, Belgium and Poland, while Georgia, the Netherlands,
\nSpain and Germany are in Group A. The top two finishers in each group will play
\nin the semi-finals and the winners will meet in the final.<\/p>\n
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The
\nfinal round of the Champions League women’s handball group stage takes place
\nthis weekend. In Group A, CSM Bucharest play Krim Ljubljana away from home on
\nSunday. The Romanian runners-up are at the top of the table with 22 points and have
\nalready qualified directly for the League’s quarter-finals. In second place is
\nNorway’s Vipers Kristiansand are 2nd-placed, with 21 points. The
\nfinal round can only have an effect on the final standings, but the final
\nopponents in the next round of the competition depend on that. On home court, in
\nGroup B, Rapid Bucharest are pitted against Lokomotiva Zagreb of Croatia on
\nSunday. In the quarterfinal’s playoffs, holders Rapid will most likely finish
\n4th in the group and are to face the team that finishes 5th in Group A.<\/p>\n
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The
\nweekend will see matches being played, counting towards the 25th round of the
\nRomanian Super League. On Friday, two games: Universitatea Cluj go against
\nMioveni and Rapid play FC U Craiova. On Saturday, FC Botosani will play UTA in
\nArad and Universitatea Craiova will face CFR Cluj at home. On Sunday, FC Arge\u0219
\nwill meet Farul Constanta in Pitesti and FCSB will play FC Voluntari, away from
\nhome. On Monday, the last two games of the round: Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe against
\nChindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te and Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti against Hermannstadt. Farul are at the
\ntop of the as-it-stands table, with 51 points. The runner-up team are CFR Cluj,
\nwith 50. (EN)<\/p>\n
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