A look at the weekend's most important sporting events
Romanian athlete Ramona Andries came second in the 49 kilogram category of the World Weightlifting Cup in Doha, Qatar. In the snatch event Andries managed to lift 86 kilograms being outperformed by Chinese Rong Zhang with 92.
The Romanian also went second in the jerk contest with 101 kilograms being defeated by Zhang who also won the total competition with 195 kilograms. Andries also came second in the total event with 187 kilograms. The Romanian athlete has thus gathered important points for a place in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 as the contest in Doha was one of the qualifying stages for the world's most prestigious sporting event.
The Romanian women's volleyball side CSM Bucharest conceded a 3-0 defeat on their own ground to the Russian side Dinamo Moscow on Thursday in a game counting towards the Champions League's group E. The game on Thursday was CSM's second game in the group after the one they ended in a 3-1 win against Polish side Chemik Police.
The Romanians will be playing their next game on January 23rd when they are to take on Fenerbahce Istanbul in an away game. The Turkish side tops the group E's ranking with 6 points, followed by Dinamo Moscow with 3 points, CSM with the same number of points and the Polish side with no point.
Romania's national football side is to end the year on the 24th position in the International Football Federation's ranking published on Thursday. This is the highest position the Romanian side has obtained since 2016. At the beginning of the year our footballers were ranking 40th, but went up in the standings after winning 7 out of the 10 international games they played in 2018 and drawing another three. Out of Romania's future opponents in the EURO 2020 qualifiers, Spain is ranking 9th, Sweden 14th, Norway 46th, the Faeroe Islands 98th and Malta 182nd. Belgium tops the ranking followed by the world champions, France, and by Brazil.
This week has seen the games of the 21st leg of Romania's first football league, the last this year. The first game took place on Wednesday. In Craiova, local side Universitatea secured a 2-0 win against Gaz Metan Medias. On Thursday, FC Botosani clinched a 1-0 win against Dunarea Calarasi, while in Giurgiu, southern Romania, local team Astra obtained a 4-1 win against Dinamo Bucharest.
Two matches have been scheduled for Friday, Poli Iasi versus FC Voluntari and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe is up against Concordia Chiajna.
Saturday will be seeing the leg's last games this year. In Cluj, local eleven Hermannstadt will be taking on Viitorul Constanta. The National Arena in Bucharest will be hosting the game pitching local side FCSB against CFR Cluj, which is topping the ranking at present with 43 points. FCSB comes next with 40 points, but if the latter wins at a difference of at lest two goals, they are to end the year on the first position in the ranking.
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