<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Romanian national men’s
\ntable tennis team this past Wednesday in Bucharest’s Multi-purpose Sports Hall grabbed
\na 3-nil win against Slovenia. It was the national team’s last scheduled A6 Group
\nfixture as part of the European Teams Championships’ preliminaries. In the
\ncompetition’s group stage, Romania grabbed four wins, two against Slovenia and two against Ukraine. Both fixtures were played in Bucharest. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Romanian national women’s
\ntable tennis team have already secured their qualification to the European Championships’
\nfinal tournament. Also on Wednesday, the women’s national team defeated
\nHungary, 3-nil. It was our team’s last scheduled A1 Group fixture as part of
\nthe preliminaries. Europe’s vice champion team, Romania won all their group fixtures
\nin the competition: there were two wins against Turkey and two wins against
\nHungary. In the men’s as well as in the women’s version of the European Championships,
\nthe first two teams in the six groups go straight to the final tournament, to be hosted by Sweden’s Malmo in September. Third-placed teams are to play
\nadditional qualifying matches as part of the second round in the group stage. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In news from basketball. In a confrontation counting towards FIBA
\nEuroCup, Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe this past Wednesday women’s team have bene eliminated
\nfrom competition, sustaining a 83-87 home defeat by French opponents LDLC ASVEL in
\nthe second leg, as part of round of 16. Holders Sepsi had also been defeated in the
\nfirst leg they played in Lyon, 76-91. In Group L as part of the FIBA Europe Cup’s
\nmen’s version, CSM CSU Oradea sustained a 66-74 away defeat by Polish
\nopponents Anwil Wloclawek. For CSM CSU Oradea, it was the third consecutive
\ndefeat; notwithstanding, the Romanians still have a chance to advance to the quarterfinals. With
\n9 points, Wloclawek are at the top of the table, followed
\nby Brose Bamberg of Germany, with 8, CSM CSU Oradea, with 7 and Cypriot team Keravnos,
\nwith 6. In Group I, SCM ”U” Craiova a sustained a 64-71 home defeat by French
\nteam Cholet Basket. First-timers in the European cups, SCM ”U” Craiova sustained
\ntheir fifth consecutive defeat in the second round as part of the group stage.
\nSCM U Craiova are the bottom-of-the-table team according to the group rankings.
\n<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In women’s volleyball, CSM Lugoj this past
\nWednesday grabbed a 3-2 win against Belgian side Beveren in the first leg as
\npart of the Challenge Cup’s quarterfinals. The return leg is scheduled on
\nFebruary 8 in Lugoj. We recall that in the previous season, CSM Lugoj were
\nunable to go past the Challenge Cup’s quarterfinals. (EN)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The latest from table tennis, basketball and women’s volleyball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":119726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[29644,30560,34530,35018,28939,30113],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-123224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-basketball","tag-final","tag-group","tag-table","tag-tennis","tag-volleyball"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n