Sports Roundup

Steliu Lambru, 07.09.2020, 13:07

Handball. The Romanian
men’s side Potaissa Turda defeated the Croatian side HRK Gorica to reach the EHF
Cup second preliminary round. Potaissa won the second leg away 32-27 to advance
to the next stage after losing the first leg at home 26-24.

Rugby. CSM Știința Baia
Mare and SCM Timișoara will be facing each other in the Romanian rugby super-league
final. In the semifinals, Știința Baia Mare defeated Dinamo Bucharest at home 76-19,
while SCM Timișoara pulled off a narrow win against Steaua Bucharest, 21-20. Playing
for the 5th place, Tomitanii Constanța defeated Universitatea Cluj 29-23.

Football. Romania’s national
side drew 1-all against Northern Ireland at home in a Nations League Group 1
match. They will next be playing Austria, who defeated Norway 2-1 in the same
group. The match will take place in Klagenfurt. Iceland, which Romania will be
playing in a 2020 EURO qualifying match, lost to England 1-nil at home, in
Group A.

Rowing. Romania won 10
medals, namely 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze, at the European Rowing Under-23 Championships
in Duisburg, in Germany, thus finishing first in the nations ranking.