Sports Roundup

A roundup of the weekends main sporting events

Florin Orban, 21.10.2019, 13:33

Saturday saw the Champions League’s
games in women’s handball. In group B, CSM Bucharest secured a 35-19 home win
against Polish side Perla Lublin and is currently topping the group table with 5
points. Next comes Russian side Rostov-Don with 4 points.

In group C, SCM Ramnicu Valcea lost
to Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro 19-23. The Romanian champions are ranking
third in the group with only 2 points. Brest Bretagne ranks first with 6 points
followed by Buducnost with 4.

In the EHF Cup, Corona Brasov
conceded a 32-33 defeat to Bera Bera of San Sebastian but has qualified for the
competition’s next stage thanks to the 35-30 home win last week. Another
Romanian side Magura Cisnadie lost their away match to Ukrainian side
Galychanka 14-19, but have qualified on aggregate as they won the first match
at home 31-23.

In men’s handball competitions,
Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest ended in a 26-all draw their away game against
Polish side Wisla Plock in the Champions League’s Group D. Nicusor Negru scored
five goals for the Romanian side during the match. In the other group’s
matches, Swedish side Kristianstad clinched a 36-28 win against Cehovskie
Medvedi, while Danish side Gudme defeated Kadetten Schaffhausen of Switzerland
35-30.

With no defeat so far Dinamo is
currently ranking first in the group followed by Gudme with the same number of
points, eight, but with a lower goal average.

Romanian ice hokey side Sport Club
Miercurea Ciuc have consolidated their leading position in the regional Erste
competition after a 5-2 win against Ujpest in Budapest on Sunday. Sport Club
ranks first in the standings with 36 points followed by Ferencvaros Budapest
with 29.

Last weekend saw the games of the
13th leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday in Targu
Mures, central Romania, FC Hermannstadt and FC Voluntari ended in a nil-all
draw their match, while in Bucharest, local side Dinamo secured a 2-0 win
against Gaz Metan Medias. On Saturday, CFR Cluj clinched a 2-0 home win against
Universitatea Craiova.

On Sunday in Calarasi, southern
Romania, the match pitching Academica Clincheni against Viitorul Constanta
ended in a goaless draw, while in Sfantu Gheorghe, local side Sepsi conceded a
3-2 defeat to Astra Giurgiu. In Ploiesti, southern Romania, FCSB clinched a 2-1
win against Chindia Targoviste. CFR Cluj ranks first in the standings with 27
points followed by Viitorul with 25.

(translated by bill)