{"id":962513,"date":"2025-12-15T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=962513"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:18:39","slug":"sports-roundup-530","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-roundup-530-id962513.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the European Cup of Nations in ice hockey, Romania played 3 games against Ukraine in Bucharest last week, and lost all of them. On Thursday, Ukraine won 3-2, on Friday 2-1, and on Saturday, 5-4 after overtime, after the Romanian players had led 4-2. Last month, the two teams met in Elektrenai, in Lithuania, and Ukraine also won, 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In rugby, the Romanian Wolves lost to the Belgian team Brussels Devils, 51-22, on Saturday evening away from home, in the fifth and final round of the Rugby Europe Super Cup. The Wolves have lost all 5 matches played this season, and finished last in the standings. In Belgium, they managed 3 tries, thanks to Ionu\u021b Donici, Alexandru Savin and Rare\u0219 M\u00eerzac, 2 of which were converted by Gabriel Jipa and Ioan-\u0218tefan Cojocariu. Jipa also converted a penalty kick. In the final standings, the Spanish club Castilla y Leon Iberians rank first with 25 points, followed by Lusitanos (Portugal), with 20 points, the Brussels Devils with 10 points, Delta (the Netherlands) with 9 points, the Czech team Bohemia Rugby Warriors, also with 9 points, and the Romanian Wolves, with no points. In the semis on January 17, Lusitanos take on the Brussels Devils, and Castilla y Leon Iberians face Delta.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, matches were played for the 20<sup>th<\/sup> round of the Romanian Super League\u2019s regular season. On Friday, in Cluj, CFR beat Csikszereda 3-1. Saturday saw matches of the leading teams in the standings. Runners-up FC Boto\u0219ani tied in Mioveni with FC Arge\u0219 (0-0), but the surprise of the round came in Bucharest, where top-ranking Rapid lost 0-2 to O\u021belul Gala\u021bi. On Sunday, Universitatea Cluj won 1-0 away from home against Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti, then on the National Arena in Bucharest Dinamo won 4-0 in the match against Metaloglobus. In the third match of the day, in Sibiu, Universitatea Craiova defeated Hermannstadt 2-0. On Monday the last two matches of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> round are scheduled: Farul Constan\u021ba vs UTA and Unirea Slobozia vs FCSB. In the standings, Rapid are still in the lead with 39 points, followed by Dinamo Bucharest and FC Boto\u0219ani. (AMP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the European Cup of Nations in ice hockey, Romania played 3 games against Ukraine in Bucharest last week, and lost all of them. 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