Sports Weekend
Ștefan Baciu, 28.05.2021, 11:31
After a break of
nearly 2 years, Romania’s women’s volley team will this weekend play its first
official games. Romania will play in the Golden League tournament against
France, Azerbaijan and Spain, all three qualified to the European Championship.
Due to the pandemic, the two-leg system has been replaced with two separate
tournaments, one held in Cluj this weekend, and the second one in France next
week. The team ranking in top position in Cluj will qualify to the Final Four
tournament, to be hosted by Ruse, Bulgaria over June 19-20. The tournament is a
preview of the European Championship to be hosted by Cluj-Napoca over August
16-25. After the draw held last week, Romania will play in Group D alongside Turkey,
the European vice-champions, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Finland and Sweden.
Matches for the other three groups will be played in Bulgaria, Croatia and
Serbia.
This weekend Bucharest
will be hosting the final tournament of the Romanian men’s handball Cup. On
Saturday, Dinamo Bucharest will play CSM Bacău while Steaua Bucharest will take
on Dobrogea Sud Constanța in the semi-finals. The final will be played on
Sunday. Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday defeated CSM Bucharest 34-32. Steaua
Bucharest secured a let-game win in the match against Romania’s champions,
Potaissa Turda, final score 36-34. CSM Bacău defeated CS Minaur Baia Mare 32-24,
while Dobrogea Sud Constanţa won 29-24 against Politehnica Timişoara.
We go out with
news from football. Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe defeated FC Botoşani 1-0 at home
in the last match of round 10 in the group phase. CFR Cluj won the domestic
championship with 54 points, followed by FCSB with 45 points, Universitatea
Craiova with 41 points, Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe with 40 points, Academica Clinceni
with 33 points and FC Botoşani with 31 points. The last two teams, Astra
Giurgiu and Politehnica Iași have been relegated to the second league. This weekend
will see matches counting towards the first leg for the First League promotion
playoffs. On Saturday, CS Mioveni will play FC Hermannstadt, while Dunărea
Călăraşi will take on FC Voluntari. Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe on Sunday will
play Viitorul Constanţa in a playoff match that will decide which teams plays
in the second preliminary round of the new European interclub competition,
Conference League. FCSB and Universitatea Craiova will play in the 2nd
preliminary round of Conference League. CFR Cluj, Romania’s champions, will
play in the first preliminary round of UEFA Champions League. (VP)
