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The latest from women's handball and football

Florin Orban, 19.01.2024, 13:45

Matches
counting towards the 11th round as part of the Champions League in Women’s
Handball’s group stage are scheduled at the weekend. Romanian teams’ fixtures
are scheduled on Sunday. Rapid Bucharest travel to Denmark for an away Group B
match against Ikast. At present, Romanian vice-champions are 7th
placed, with 7 points, and are in dire need of a good result if they want to keep
their hopes alive they can still earn a place among the first six teams so they
can go past the group stage. With 13 points, Ikast are 3rd-placed in
the group. In Group A, CSM Bucharest play a home game against Swedish team
Savehof, a bottom-of-the-table team with a record of ten defeats in ten games
played. Holders CSM are 4th-placed in the group.

Three other
Romanian teams play in Europe’s second-tier competition, the EHF European
League. On Saturday, Gloria Bistrița receive the visit of French top-flight
team Nantes. According to group C table, Gloria Bistrita are 2nd-placed,
with 4 points in two games played, the same as-top-of the-table French team,
which has, however, a better goal average. Also on Saturday, CSM Târgu Jiu play
an away game against Norway’s Sola. CSM Targu Jiu are at the bottom of the table
in Group D, with zero points on their record sheet. In Croatia on Sunday, Dunărea
Brăila play Lokomotiva Zagreb, a bottom of the table team in Group B. With two
points, Dunarea Braila are second-placed in the group, after German team Thuringer.

Matches
counting towards the Romanian football Super League’s 22nd round are
scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe play Poli Iași,
while Rapid Bucharest play FC U Craiova 1948. On Saturday, Universitatea Cluj play
a home game against FC Hermannstadt, while in Ploiesti, the local team Petrolul
play a home game against Bucharest team Dinamo. On Sunday, CFR Cluj play an
away match against FC Botoșani, while Universitatea Craiova play a home fixture
against Farul Constanta. On Monday, FC Voluntari take on Oțelul Galați, while FCSB
are pitted against UTA Arad. With 44 points, that is 8 points clear of the runner-up
team, CFR Cluj, FCSB are at the top of the table.