A look at the sports action this past weekend.
We begin with rowing. Romania won six medals at the European Rowing Championships that came to an end on Sunday in the Swiss city of Lucerne. Of these six medals, one was gold, four silver and one bronze. The gold medal was awarded to Romania's women's eight, made up of Cristina-Georgiana Popescu, Amalia Beres, Madalina-Gabriela Casu, Roxana Parascanu, Beatrice-Madalina Parfenie, Iuliana Popa, Maria-Magdalena Rusu, Roxana-Iuliana Anghel and Daniela Druncea as cox. They thus successfully defended their continental title. The silver went to the men's pair, formed by the world vice-champions Ciprian Tudosa and Marius Cozmiuc, who ranked third last year, and the women's pair, formed by Adriana Ailincai and Maria Tivodariu, the 2017 world junior champions. Two other silver medals were awarded to the women's four - made up of Ioana Vranceanu, Viviana Bejinariu, Madalina Beres and Denisa Tilvescu - and the women's double sculls formed by Ancuta Nicoleta Bondar and Simona Radis. In the men's double sculls, last year's European vice-champions Marian Florin Enache and Ionut Prundeanu ranked third, winning the bronze medal. Romania thus ranked fourth in the overall medal standing, behind Germany, Holland and Italy.
Moving on to handball, Angola won the Carpati Trophy in women's handball. The competition, which is now in its 51st year, took place in the Romanian city of Braila. In the final match, Angola drew 21-all with Romania's first team, but ranked first in the general standing thanks to a better goal average. Japan ranked third and Romania's second team fourth.
We continue with news from basketball. In the third match of the Romanian men's National League final, CSU Sibiu defeated the defending champions CSM CSU Oradea 71-64 away. Sibiu won their first victory in the final after losing both of their home matches. The final's fourth match will be held on Tuesday in Oradea. The final uses the best-of-five format.
We end with football. The 2018-2019 first league championship has come to an end. On Friday in the final Group 2 leg, FC Botosani defeated Poli Iasi 2-nil away, while Dinamo Bucharest and FC Voluntari drew nil-all in Bucharest. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt defeated Dunarea Calarasi 2-1 at home, and Gaz Metan Medias defeated Concordia Chiajna 3-1 in Medias. Concordia Chiajna and Dunarea Calarasi will relegate, while FC Hermannstadt will go into play-offs with Universitatea Cluj, the side ranking third in the second league. Chindia Targoviste and Academica Clinceni have promoted to the first league. CFR Cluj are the Romanian champions.
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