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, 20.12.2019, 13:55

Volleyball Alba Blaj managed their
first win in group D of the Champions League after two defeats. The Romanian
side has outperformed the Hungarians from Vasas Budapesta. Ioana Maria Baciu was
the best scorer of the Romanian side with 16 points. In the group’s other game,
Italian side Conegliano obtained a three-nil away win against French team
Nantes.






Conegliano comes first in the
ranking with 8 points followed by Nantes with 6, Alba Blaj with 3 and Vasas
with one point. Vasas will be taking on Nantes on 21st of January
and Conegliano will be playing Alba Blaj the following day.






The Romanian men’s volleyball team
Dinamo Bucharest was eliminated from the CEV Cup by Arkas Izmir of Turkey after
the latter’s home win 3-1 in the competition’s round of 32.






Romania’s national football side
ends the year on the 37th position in the FIFA ranking. Our
representative started the year on the 25th position. Iceland,
Romania’s opponent in the first tie match of the Nations League for EURO 2020
ranks 39th. Romania’s possible opponents are ranking even lower,
Hungary ranks 52nd and Bulgaria 59th. Belgium tops the
standings followed by France and Brazil. The next ranking will be published on
February 20th.






Thursday saw the matches of the
last leg of Romania’s first football league. FC Botosani secured a 1-0 home win
against Dinamo Bucharest, which registered their third consecutive defeat. On
Friday Astra Giurgiu takes on Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Medias plays
Viitorul Constanta.






On Saturday, FC Hermannstadt plays
on their own turf Poli Iasi from eastern Romania while FC Voluntari on their
own ground plays CFR Cluj. On Sunday, in Sfantu Gheorghe, central Romania,
local side Sepsi plays Chindia Targoviste while in Bucharest, on the National
Arena, FCSB will be up against Universitatea Craiova. CFR tops the ranking, a
point ahead ASTRA.




(translated by bill)





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