RRI Sports Club – Handball

The Swedish women’s team has won the 47th edition of the Carpati Trophy. In the finals, Sweden defeated Romania 26-17 in front of a 7-thousand-strong crowd in Cluj. Romania’s coach Tomas Ryde of Sweden wanted to play down the defeat, arguing that to him ‘it was more important to see the girls doing their best on the field’. Coach Ryde believes the results will come, provided the girls keep an optimistic outlook for the future and keep working hard. “I’m glad the fans were behind us, even if we were not at our best in the finals. This is the kind of atmosphere that should surround the national squad”, Alexandru Dedu, the head of the Romanian Handball Federation said after the game. Romania will play Serbia in the World Cup playoffs in June.

Steliu Lambru, 25.03.2015, 13:48

The Swedish women’s team has won the 47th edition of the Carpati Trophy. In the finals, Sweden defeated Romania 26-17 in front of a 7-thousand-strong crowd in Cluj. Romania’s coach Tomas Ryde of Sweden wanted to play down the defeat, arguing that to him ‘it was more important to see the girls doing their best on the field’. Coach Ryde believes the results will come, provided the girls keep an optimistic outlook for the future and keep working hard. “I’m glad the fans were behind us, even if we were not at our best in the finals. This is the kind of atmosphere that should surround the national squad”, Alexandru Dedu, the head of the Romanian Handball Federation said after the game. Romania will play Serbia in the World Cup playoffs in June.

In the bronze final, Germany outperformed the defending world champions Brazil 25-20. At the awards ceremony Paula Ungureanu was named the best Romanian player of 2014.

In news from the domestic championship, CSM Bucharest has qualified to the Romanian Cup semi-finals after defeating HCM Ramnicu Valcea 32-26.Another three matches are scheduled today: HCM Baia Mare will take on Universitatea Alexandrion Cluj, CSU Neptun Constanta will play HC Dunarea Braila while SCM Craiova will take on CSM Cetate Deva.

In news from men’s handball, HCM Constanta managed to hold Tvis Holstebro to a 34-all draw on home turf, as part of the last fixture of the EHF Cup Group B. The Romanian handballers missed out on the perfect chance to grab a resounding win, given that they had a 6-point lead at half time. HCM dominated the first part of the game, but Holstebro changed tactics in the second half. With only 38 seconds left on the clock, and having only 4 field players, the visiting side displayed a textbook defense and walked home with a point. Ranking first in the group tables is Team Tvis Holstebro with 10 points, followed by Fraikin BM Granollers of Spain with 7 points, HCM Constanta with 4 points and HC Sankt Petersburg with 3 points. The first two teams have advanced to the quarterfinals.

In turn, HC Odorhei has for the first time qualified to the Challenge Cup semi-finals after brushing aside ZTR Zaporoje of Ukraine 22-20 as part of the second leg of the quarterfinals. In the first leg Odorhei had grabbed a 28-16 win in Ujgorod. In the semi-finals, HC Odorhei will take on Benfica Lisbon of Portugal.