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For starters, here is news from women’s
\nhandball, as Romania’s national squad has had an auspicious start in the EURO
\n2020 qualifiers. In the central Romanian town of Brasov, this past Wednesday,
\nRomania grabbed a 27-24 win against Ukraine, then on Sunday, the national team secured
\na 25-20 away win against Faeroe Islands.<\/p>\n
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Romania’s Valentina Ardean-Elisei
\nplayed the last match of her career against Ukraine, as Valentina has
\nofficially announced her retirement from the national team. Valentina Ardean-Elisei
\nwas born on June 5, 1982 in Focsani. Elisei turned pro when she was first
\nsigned up by Universitatea REMIN Deva, a team with which, in 2002, she won the
\nChallenge Cup European trophy. Between 2004 and 2006 Valentina had a stint with
\nSerbian squad Knjaz Milo\u0161. Then she was signed up by Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea,
\nwith which she won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 2007. We recall that in 2010,
\nValentina Ardean Elisei was a Champions league finalist, also with Oltchim.
\nThen Valentina played for Cetate Deva, when Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea was
\ndismantled. In 2014 she joined HCM baia Mare, with which she reached as far as
\nthe Champions League’s quarterfinals. In 2016, Valentina Ardean-Elisei was
\nsigned up by Sport Club Municipal Craiova. Valentina has been playing for
\nGloria Bistrita since 2018. She made her debut with the national team in 1999.
\nWith the national team, Valentina Ardean-Elisei won silver at the World Championships
\nin Russia in 2005. Also, she won bronze at the 2010 edition of the European
\nChampionship, jointly hosted by Denmark and Norway.<\/p>\n
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We stay with women’s handball, as a
\npress release of CSM Bucharest has shown the team’s head-coach, Swedish Tomas
\nRyde has handed in his resignation because of personal reasons. Assistant coach
\nAdrian Vasile will be taking over. According to the aforementioned press
\nrelease, Vasile has been with CSM Bucharest since 2014 and has had a
\nsignificant contribution to CSM’s winning the Champions League in 2016. Vasile
\nalso contributed to the team’s winning all the national trophies between 2014
\nand 2016.T<\/p>\n
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Tomas Ryde’s decision has occurred a
\nfew days ahead of CSM Bucharest’s debut game in the Champions League’s new
\nedition. On Sunday, CSM travels to Denmark for a fixture against Team Esbjerg,
\nin a game counting towards the League’s Group B. Russian side Rostov-Don and
\nPolish team Perla Lublin are also part of Group B.<\/p>\n
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The other Romanian team playing in
\nthe Champions League, SCM Ramnicu Valcea, will have its debut game at home, against
\nGerman opponents Bietigheim. It is a match counting towards the League’s Group
\nC, which also includes Montenegro’s Buducnost Podgorica and French team Brest
\nBretagne.<\/p>\n
(Translated by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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