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Dinamo Bucharest men’s
\nhandball this past Thursday succeeded a great win in the Champions League. Xavi
\nPascual’s trainees outclassed Hungarian opponents Veszpr\u00e9m, 31-29, on home
\ncourt. This was holders Dinamo Bucharest’s second win in the league’s group B.
\nThe feat is all the more notable as Dinamo outperformed a team with an
\nimpressive record. We recall Veszprem played the Champions League final four
\ntimes, in 2002, 2015, 2016 and in 2019. With 4 points, Dinamo are 6th-placed in
\nGroup B. Dinamo Bucharest will travel to Germany for a fixture against Flensburg-Handewitt,
\non November 17.<\/p>\n
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This
\ncoming Saturday, Romanian women’s handball team CSM Bucharest play a Champions
\nLeague match at home, against French opponents Brest Bretagne. CSM Bucharest
\nare 4th-placed in the League’s Group A, with 6 points. At the top of the as-it-stands table are Rostov Don, followed by Ferencvaros of Hungary, with 8 points
\neach. 3rd-palced are Danish team Team Esbjerg, with 7 points. Germany’s
\nBorussia Dortmund are 5th-placed, with 5 points, followed by Brest
\nBretagne, with 4. Croatian team Podravka Koprivnica are the last-but-one team
\nin the group, with 2 points. Montenegro’s Buducnost Podgorica are at the bottom of the
\ntable, with zero points on their record sheet. <\/p>\n
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In
\ndomestic football, eight teams have already advanced to the Romanian Cup’s
\nquarterfinals. They are third-tier squad CSO Filia\u015fi, second-league teams FC
\nBuz\u0103u and Poli Timi\u015foara and League One teams Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, FC Arge\u015f,
\nUniversitatea Craiova, Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe and FC Voluntari. On Thursday, in
\nthe Cup’s last round-of-16 fixtures, FC Buz\u0103u defeated Dun\u0103rea C\u0103l\u0103ra\u015fi 3-nil,
\nSepsi Sfantu Gheorghe grabbed a 1-nil away win against FC U Craiova, in Drobeta
\nTurnu-Severin, while Poli Timisoara secured a 2-nil home win against Rapid Bucharest.
\n<\/p>\n
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League
\nOne’s 16th-round fixtures are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, FC
\nBotosani take on Farul Constan\u0163a. On Saturday, Universitatea Craiova go against
\nCS Mioveni, while CFR Cluj face FC Voluntari. Three matches are to be played on
\nSunday. Gaz Metan Media\u015f take on Academica Clinceni, Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe are
\npitted against Dinamo, while FCSB face FC Arge\u015f. On Monday, UTA Arad play Chindia
\nT\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, while Rapid Bucure\u015fti take on FC U Craiova. CFR Cluj are at the top
\nof the table, with 33 points, followed by Universitatea Craiova, with 25.<\/p>\n
(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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