Sports roundup

News from ice hockey, handball, football

Florin Orban, 13.12.2021, 13:45

In the regional ice-hockey competition Erste Liga,
Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc Sunday defeated the Hungarian side Dunaújvárosi
Acélbikák, 7-2. In a separate game, Braşov Wolves beat Újpest Budapest 3-1. Sport
Club tops the competition ranking with 59 points out of 26 games. Next comes Újpest,
with 53 points in 27 games, and Ferencváros Budapest, with 52 points in 23 matches.

Also in hockey, this week the city of Brașov is
hosting the World Junior Championships, 2nd Division, Group A
matches. The competition brings together players of under 20 years of age. Taking
part are the national junior teams of Italy, the UK, South Korea, Spain,
Lithuania and Romania.

In men’s handball, Dinamo Bucharest saw its first
defeat in the current National League season. The defending champions lost on Saturday,
away from home, to Minaur Baia Mare, 27-29. Dinamo had won its first 12 matches
in the championship. Topping the current standings are Dobrogea Sud Constanța, which
defeated HC Buzău 21-19 in an away match on Sunday. The Constanţa team has 40
points in 15 matches, and are followed by Dinamo, with 36 points in 13 games, and
Steaua, with 36 points in 14 games.

Over
the weekend, matches were played counting towards the 19th leg of
Romania’s top football league. On Friday, Academica Clinceni beat FC U Craiova 2-1,
while Rapid won against FC Argeș, 2-0 on Bucharest’s National Arena. On Saturday,
UTA Arad and FC Botoșani drew 0-all, with another draw reported in the match
between FC Voluntari and Universitatea Craiova. Also on Saturday, FCSB beat Gaz
Metan Mediaș, 1-0. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfântul Gheorghe defeated Farul Constanța 1-0,
the same score reported in the match pitting CFR Cluj against CS Mioveni.

CFR
Cluj are top of the tables, with 51 points, followed by FCSB, with 43. (tr. A.M. Popescu)