{"id":957866,"date":"2025-12-02T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=957866"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:55:01","slug":"sports-roundup-529","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-roundup-529-id957866.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s female handball side has qualified for the main group of the World Women\u2019s Handball Championship underway in Germany and the Netherlands. The trainees of coach Ovidiu Mihaila ended in the second position of Group A with four points after Denmark but ahead of Japan and Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, in the game, which decided the group\u2019s winner, the Danish side clinched a 39-31 win against Romania. The best Romanian player was Sorina Grozav, with 9 goals scored. Romania enters the main group with two points and on Wednesday will be playing Hungary, the winner of Group B. On Friday they will be taking on Senegal and on Sunday, December 7, on Switzerland. The first two sides in the group will be playing in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s have a look at the latest from men\u2019s basketball competitions. Unfortunately, Romania lost the two matches it played last week in the preliminaries of World Championship 2027.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, our side lost to Greece 91-64 in Thessaloniki, then on Sunday in Pitesti, southern Romania, they lost to Montenegro 80-75. They will have their next match on February 27 against Portugal away.<\/p>\n<p>The regional ice hockey contest Erste Liga had a new leader. ACSH Gheorgheni fell to the second position after a 6-1 defeat by the Hungarian side Budapest J\u00e9gkorong Akad\u00e9mia in Remetea on Sunday. The champions managed to win the first 12 matches in the present season, but got only 2 wins out of the next six games. The new league\u2019s leader is Corona Bra\u0219ov, which on Sunday secured a 5-1 win against Jegesmedv\u00e9k Miskolc.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend saw the matches of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday, Rapid secured a 4-1 home win against Csikszereda. On Saturday in Mioveni, the local side, FC Arge\u0219, clinched a 3-0 win against CFR Cluj, while Dinamo Bucharest obtained a 1-0 home win against \u021belul Gala\u021bi.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday UTA outperformed Hermannstadt 2-1 in Sibiu, while FC Boto\u0219ani secured a 1-0 away victory against Unirea Slobozia; in Ovidiu, FCSB obtained a 2-1 win in their game against Farul Constan\u021ba. On Monday, Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti obtained a 4-1 home victory against Metaloglobus while Universitatea Cluj ended in a goaless draw their game against Universitatea Craiova. Rapid tops the ranking with 38 points followed by FC Boto\u0219ani with 36 and Dinamo with 34.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s female handball side has qualified for the main group of the World Women\u2019s Handball Championship underway in Germany and the Netherlands. The trainees of coach Ovidiu Mihaila ended in the second position of Group A with four points after Denmark but ahead of Japan and Croatia. 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