Volleyball Alba Blaj managed their
\nfirst win in group D of the Champions League after two defeats. The Romanian
\nside has outperformed the Hungarians from Vasas Budapesta. Ioana Maria Baciu was
\nthe best scorer of the Romanian side with 16 points. In the group’s other game,
\nItalian side Conegliano obtained a three-nil away win against French team
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Conegliano comes first in the
\nranking with 8 points followed by Nantes with 6, Alba Blaj with 3 and Vasas
\nwith one point. Vasas will be taking on Nantes on 21st of January
\nand Conegliano will be playing Alba Blaj the following day. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian men’s volleyball team
\nDinamo Bucharest was eliminated from the CEV Cup by Arkas Izmir of Turkey after
\nthe latter’s home win 3-1 in the competition’s round of 32. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s national football side
\nends the year on the 37th position in the FIFA ranking. Our
\nrepresentative started the year on the 25th position. Iceland,
\nRomania’s opponent in the first tie match of the Nations League for EURO 2020
\nranks 39th. Romania’s possible opponents are ranking even lower,
\nHungary ranks 52nd and Bulgaria 59th. Belgium tops the
\nstandings followed by France and Brazil. The next ranking will be published on
\nFebruary 20th. <\/p>\n
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Thursday saw the matches of the
\nlast leg of Romania’s first football league. FC Botosani secured a 1-0 home win
\nagainst Dinamo Bucharest, which registered their third consecutive defeat. On
\nFriday Astra Giurgiu takes on Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Medias plays
\nViitorul Constanta. <\/p>\n
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On Saturday, FC Hermannstadt plays
\non their own turf Poli Iasi from eastern Romania while FC Voluntari on their
\nown ground plays CFR Cluj. On Sunday, in Sfantu Gheorghe, central Romania,
\nlocal side Sepsi plays Chindia Targoviste while in Bucharest, on the National
\nArena, FCSB will be up against Universitatea Craiova. CFR tops the ranking, a
\npoint ahead ASTRA. <\/p>\n
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