RRI Sports club

A look at the latest sporting events involving Romanian participation

Steliu Lambru, 13.09.2023, 13:45

Romania has been
outperformed 3-0 by the en-titre Olympic Champions France in Varna, Bulgaria,
in the quarterfinals of the European Volleyball Championships hosted by Israel,
Italy, Bulgaria and North Macedonia. France has thus had their revenge after
Romania’s 3-1 win in the group’s stage.

Robert Adrian
Aciobăniţei was Romania’s best scorer with 11 points whereas the best French
player was Jean Patry with 14 points.

The
progress of Romania’s national volleyball side kicked off in group D with two
defeats 0-3 against Portugal and 2-3 against Israel. The Romanians made a
strong comeback though and defeated Turkey 3-2 and Greece 3-1.

They also clinched a surprising 3-1 win against
France, which ended on the first position in the group’s ranking with 12
points. France was followed by Portugal with 9, Romania also with 9, Turkey
with 8, Israel 4 and Greece 3. The first four sides qualified for the round of
16 where Romania first took on Croatia. Our players secured a 3-2 win against
Croatia, the side on the second position in Group B. The Romanians were the
first to get the upper hand 2-0, but the Croatians managed to level the points
later into the game. However Romania succeeded in winning the last set
eventually.

Alexandru Raţă
scored 30 points for Romania, while Petar Dirlic, 29 for the Croatian side. In
the final ranking Romania went 7th.

We recall that at the
previous edition of the aforementioned competition, hosted by France, Slovenia,
Belgium, and the Netherlands in 2019, Romania ranked 21st. Romania’s
prize closet includes a title in 1963, two silver medals in 1955 and 1958 and
two bronze in 1971 and 1977.

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