The Romanian water polo
\nvice-champions CSM Oradea will be facing the Spanish side Club Nataci\u00f3 Terrassa
\nin the Champions League third preliminary round. The first leg will take place
\non the 21st of September in Spain, and the second on the 25th
\nof September in Romania, on the Ioan Alexandrescu Olympic Pool in Oradea. Even
\nif they lose, CSM Oradea remain in the European competitions, playing in the
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CSM Oradea finished second in the
\nsecond preliminary round in a group won by the Italian side Brescia and which
\nalso included the Spanish side Club Nataci\u00f3 Barcelona and the Georgian side Lokomotiv
\nTbilisi. In their first match, CSM were thrashed by Brescia 4-16. They then
\nwent on to defeat the Georgian side 25-6. In their final match on Sunday, CSM
\nnarrowly defeated Barcelona 9-8, with their Japanese international player Yusuke
\nInaba scoring the winning goal 44 seconds ahead of the end of the match. <\/p>\n
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Club Nataci\u00f3 Terrassa won a group
\nthat also included the French side Team Strasbourg, the Romanian champions
\nSteaua Bucharest and the Serbian side VK \u0160abac. The matches were played at a
\nvenue in Terrassa, 30 km from Barcelona. This was a much more balanced group,
\nwith tighter results. Steaua lost their first match to the Spanish side 9-12.
\nThey also lost their second match to Strasbourg 7-9 and won their final group
\nmatch against the Serbian side 17-13. They finished third in the group and were
\nnot able to advance to the next stage. <\/p>\n
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