Sports Weekend

A look at the latest sporting events involving the participation of Romanian athletes

Florin Orban, 13.09.2019, 13:45

Romanian handball side Dinamo
Bucharest ended in a 28-all draw the away game they played against Swiss
challenger Kadetten Schaffhausen in the Champions League’s group D. The game
was balanced and the score was 15-14 to Dinamo before the break.

The Swiss made a comeback and got
the upper-hand in the second half of the game, which it maintained right until
the end, when Tunisian Amine Bannour leveled the points for the Romanian
champions. Dinamo’s most efficient player was Croatian Ante Kuduz with six
goals scored. Dinamo will be up against IKK Kristianstad on September 18th
in Bucharest.

On Thursday in Montpellier,
Romania’s volleyball side came a cropper against France 3-0 in the European
Championship’s group A. France, the European champions in 2015 needed only 64
minutes to thrash the Romanian side. With 12 points scored, Robert Adrian
Aciobanitei was the best player of the Romanian side who made its comeback to
the competition after 24 years. In the other games of the group Bulgaria
defeated Greece 3-0, while Italy secured also a 3-0 win against Portugal.

Football now. This weekend will be
seeing the matches counting towards the 9th leg of Romania’s first
football league. Two games are scheduled for Friday when Academica Clinceni
takes on Astra Giurgiu, and CFR Cluj is up against FC Voluntari.

On Saturday in Ploiesti, Chindia
Targoviste plays Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while in Bucharest local side Dinamo
plays FC Botosani. On Sunday Poli Iasi takes on FC Hermannstadt, while
Universitatea Craiova is up against FCSB. On Monday Viitorul Constanta is up
against Gaz Metan Medias. FC Botosani tops the table with 18 points followed by
CFR Cluj with 17.

(translated by bill)