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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)



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