Romanian women’s
\nbasketball team Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe sustained a 61-71 home defeat by Spanish
\nopponents Valencia Basket Club, The fixture counted towards Group A as part of women’s
\nbasketball Euro league. A first timer among European basketball’s first-tier teams,
\nholders Sepsi are 7th placed according to Group A tables, with 13 points
\nin 11 games, the same as 8th-placed, bottom-of-the-table Polish team
\nLublin. Sepsi’s next fixture is the away confrontation against Hungarian side
\nMiskolc on January 18.<\/p>\n
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In men’s
\nbasketball, in EuroCup’s Group B, U-BT Cluj-Napoca has succeeded its 10th victory,
\nsecuring a 90-74 home win against Greek opponents Aris Thessalonicca. Holders
\nU-BT have maintained their 3trd position in the group and will next play an
\naway match against Germany’s ratiopharm Ulm.<\/p>\n
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In FIBA Europe
\nCup, CSM CSU Oradea sustained an 81-101 away defeat by Italian challengers
\nVarese, in a fixture counting towards the competition’s Group N. Romanian
\nvice-champions have lost their second fixture in a row. According to group A’s tables,
\nGerman team Chemnitz are at the top, with 6 points. The other three teams in
\nthe Group, Varese, CSM CSU Oradea and Low Countries’ Leiden have 4 points each.
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Romania’ s men national handball team on Friday plays its debut fixture
\nas part of the European Championship in Germany. In Mannheim, Romanian goes
\nagainst Austria in a Group B fixture. On Sunday, Romania takes on Spain, then
\non Tuesday, Romania plays Croatia. EURO 2024 kick-started on Wednesday, with Group
\nA fixtures. <\/p>\n
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In D\u00fcsseldorf, France outclassed North Macedonia, 39 to 29, while Germany
\ndefeated Switzerland, 27 – 14. After a 28-year gap, Romania has regained its
\nplace among the teams vying for a top position in Europe. Romania last participated
\nin a European championship in Spain, in 1996, when our national squad was 9th-placed.
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For the
\nRomanian Super League football teams, winter training sessions are in full swing.
\nOn Wednesday, in Turkey’s Antalya, FC Voluntari defeated Azeri opponents Turan
\nTovuz, 2-nil, while Universitatea Craiova drew against fourth-league German
\nteam Greifswalder, 1-all. Also on Wednesday, in Hungary, UTA Arad defeated Hungarian
\nsecond-league team FC Ajka. <\/p>\n
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