The city of Oradea in western
\nRomania last week saw a major women’s handball tournament entitled ‘The
\nCentennial Cup’, whose aim was to mark 100 years of Romanian handball. The
\ntrophy went to Hungarian side Ferencvaros Budapest, who secured a 32-30 win in
\nthe finals against CSM Bucharest, a side that is representing Romania in the Champions
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In the first games on Friday the
\nHungarians had defeated Minaur Baia Mare 36-26 while CSM clinched a 28-26 win
\nagainst another Hungarian side, Debrecen. The domestic season in women’s
\nhandball is due to kick off on Tuesday with the games in the Romanian Cup’s
\nround of sixteen. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s national volleyball side
\nwas defeated on Sunday by the Netherlands 3-1 in Group D of the European
\nChampionship underway in Cluj, western Romania. This has been our handballers’
\nthird defeat after a 1-3 against Turkey and 0-3 against Sweden. <\/p>\n
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The Netherlands comes first in the
\nranking followed by Turkey, each with three wins out of three matches. Romania
\nis on the group’s last position and will take on Finland on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
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Last weekend saw the football games
\ncounting towards the sixth leg of Romania’s domestic championship. On Friday,
\nChindia Targoviste and Academica Clinceni ended in a two-all draw their game in
\nBuzau, southern Romania. In Ovidiu, on the Black Sea coast, local side Farul
\nsecured a 3-0 win against Dinamo Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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On Saturday, Universitatea Craiova
\nclinched a 1-0 away win against Gaz Metan Medias while CFR also obtained a 1-0
\naway victory against FC Arges. On Sunday, in Arad, western Romania, local side
\nUTA clinched a 2-0 win against FC Voluntary wile Rapid Bucharest versus FC
\nBotosani, ended with the former’s away 1-0 win. <\/p>\n
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Monday will see the leg’s last two
\ngames, CS Mioveni versus FCU Craiova and FCSB versus Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe. CFR is
\nfirst in the ranking with 18 points out of 18 possible, followed by Rapid with
\n16 points, the only side that has got no goals in the present season. <\/p>\n
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