RRI Sports Club: Romania qualifies for the World Women’s Handball Championship semifinals
Romania grabs a surprising win over Denmark,31-30
România Internațional, 17.12.2015, 01:22
The Romania national womens handball team on Wednesday evening grabbed a surprising win over Denmark (31-30), managing to advance to the semifinals of the World Handball Championship. Cristina Neagu has been declared best player of the match, after scoring 15 goals.
In the three other fixtures, at this stage of the competition, France lost to the Netherlands, 25-28, Poland registered a surprising win over Russia, 21-20, while Norway defeated Montenegro, 26-25.
In the semifinals, Romania will be taking on Norway, while Poland is pitted against the Netherlands. Romania is the only country to have participated in all final tournaments of the World Championships, since 1957, boasting three medals: gold in 1962 and silver in 1973 and 2005, respectively.
(Translated and edited by: Diana Vijeu)
