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Romania came out 2nd<\/sup> in Group B of the Rugby Europe Championship, the second most valuable rugby tier on the continent after the 6 Nations Tournament. Romania failed to win the group after being defeated by Portugal in Boto\u015fani on Saturday, 34-6. The semi-finals will take place on March 1. Romania will play away against Georgia, and Portugal will take on Spain, at home. A place among the top 4 teams in the competition ensured the Romanians direct qualification to the 2027 World Cup.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In handball, games took place in the women’s European competitions over the weekend. In the Champions League, Group A, on Saturday, Gloria Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud were defeated at home by the French team Metz, 34-8, and on Sunday, CSM Bucharest won in Norway against Storhamar, 32-21. One round before the end of the group stage, CSM are in 3rd<\/sup> place, and Gloria in 7th<\/sup>. In the last round, the 2 teams will play each other in Bucharest. CSM has secured its qualification in the play-offs for the quarter-finals. The Bistri\u0163a team needs a win in the last round, coupled with a defeat of the Norwegian team Storhamar by the group leader, Metz. In Group B, Rapid did not play, as the team they were supposed to meet, namely the Norwegian group Vipers Kristiansand, withdrew from the competition. Rapid is in 7th<\/sup> place and, in order to qualify for the quarter-final play-offs, they must not lose in the last round, in Podgorica, against Buducnost.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the EHF European League, both Romanian teams that played on Saturday won their respective matches. In Group A, Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila defeated the Spanish team Elche 32-29 away from home, and in the next round they will take on Ikast (in Denmark). In Group B, SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea defeated the German team Borussia Dortmund at home, 32-27, and will meet the Norwegian team Larvik on Sunday at home. Both Romanian teams lead their respective groups.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Romanian Men’s Basketball Cup was won by CSO Voluntari, who Sunday won the final against CSM CSU Oradea, 93-83. CSO Voluntari thus won the third Romanian Cup in its history, after the 2021 and 2022 seasons. The Oradea team has played eight finals so far, and has lost all of them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We end with football. Over the weekend, matches counting for round 27 of the Romanian Super League took place. On Friday, Hermannstadt won against Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe 3-2, and Universitatea Craiova beat O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i 2-1 at home. On Saturday, UTA won in Ploie\u015fti against Petrolul 1-0, and Farul Constan\u0163a beat Dinamo 2-0 in Bucharest. On Sunday, the game in Ia\u015fi between Poli and CFR Cluj ended in a 1-all draw, then FCSB defeated Gloria Buz\u0103u 2-0 away from home. The last two matches of the round, pitting Universitatea Cluj against Unirea Slobozia and Rapid Bucharest against FC Boto\u0219ani, are scheduled on Monday. FCSB leads the standings with 49 points, and Craiova follows with 48. (AMP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romania came out 2nd in Group B of the Rugby Europe Championship, the second most valuable rugby tier on the continent after the 6 Nations Tournament. Romania failed to win the group after being defeated by Portugal in Boto\u015fani on Saturday, 34-6. The semi-finals will take place on March 1. Romania will play away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":723688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[29644,30356,35711,29134,28965,42174],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-862583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-basketball","tag-cup","tag-ehf-european-league","tag-football","tag-rugby-europe-championship","tag-superleague"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n