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News from volleyball, handball, rugby and football

Steliu Lambru, 12.09.2022, 13:45

In Group A of the
Women’s Volleyball European Championships qualifiers, Romania defeated Israel
away from home on Sunday, 3-2. In another game in the same group, Croatia beat Faeroe
Islands, 3-0. In the final group ranking, Romania comes 1st with 14 points,
followed by Croatia, also with 14 points, Israel (8 points) and Faeroe Islands
with 0 points. Romania and Croatia have qualified to the final tournament hosted
next year by Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Italy.

The Women’s Handball Champions League kicked
off this weekend, with good news for the participating Romanian teams, which
got off on the right foot. In Group A, on Sunday CSM Bucharest played at home against
the Slovenian side Ljubljana, and won cu 30-28. In a Group B match on Saturday,
Rapid defeated Lokomotiv Zagreb of Croatia away from home, 31-27.

On Saturday, in the
Eastern Conference of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, the Romanian Wolves played
their first match at home, against the Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat. The guests
won 25-20. In the other game in the conference, the Georgian side Black Lion defeated
another Georgian team, Batumi, 29-3.

In the 10th
round of the Romanian football League One, on Friday FC Botoșani lost at home
to UTA Arad 1-2. On Saturday, Chindia Târgoviște lost to Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe 1-2,
FC Hermannstadt defeated Petrolul Ploiești 2-1 and FCU Craiova beat Rapid Bucharest
1-0. On Sunday, Farul Constanța beat FC Argeș 3-0 and CFR Cluj defeated CSU
Craiova 2-0. The round concludes on Monday night with games pitting CS Mioveni against
Universitatea Cluj and FCSB against FC Voluntari. Farul tops the current
ranking with 21 points, followed by Rapid (also 21) and FC Hermannstadt (19). (AMP)