Sports weekend

The latest from women's handball, athletics and football

Florin Orban, 14.07.2023, 13:45

The European U-19 Women’s Handball Championship
hosted by Romania draws to a close at the weekend. In this coming Friday’s
semifinals, Portugal plays Denmark while Romania takes on Hungary. The latter
team is the winner of the last two European titles in the U-19 category.

The European U-23 Athletics Championships are
underway in Espoo, Finland, this coming weekend. The Romanian delegation is
made of 20 athletes, of which 8 boys and 12 girls.

The Romanian Super League football championship
resumes this coming weekend. Otelul Galati is pitted against UTA Arad and Rapid
Bucharest goes against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe. On Saturday, holders Farul
Constanţa travels to Sibiu for a fixture against FC Hermannstadt, while CFR
Cluj play a home game against Poli Iaşi. In Ploiesti on Sunday the local side Petrolul
goes against Universitatea Cluj, while in Târgu Jiu, FC U Craiova 1948 takes on
Bucharest side FCSB. On Monday, FC
Botosani plays FC Voluntari, while Dinamo Bucureşti faces Universitatea
Craiova.

The regular season’s home series is made of 15 rounds and draws to a close
in early November. The away series follows, scheduled until March 2024. The first
six teams in descending order compete in Group 1, for the title and for a place
in the European Cups. The other teams play in Group 2, mainly to avoid
relegation. The teams that will be finally ranked 9th and 10th
in Group 2 will be relegated to the second league. Group 2’s 7th and
8th-placed teams will play their playoff fixtures, taking on the
second league’s 3rd and 4th-placed teams. The results
count towards maintaining their place or being promoted to the Super League.