​Romania will play its first match at the Women’s World Handball Championship on December 1, but Cristina Nyagu will not be able to help the tricolors in the first stage of the competition, according to coach Florentin Pera.

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Christina Nyagu is expected to return to the field in the Main Groups of the Women’s Handball WC

Nyagu injured his right knee (posterior medial angle injury) during the match between CSM Bucharest and VSC Debrecen (Champions League) and Florentin Pera announced that he is likely to miss the Group E matches (with Chile, Serbia and Denmark) and will return on the field in the main group stage.

“Kristina Nyagu is currently in the process of recovery. He did not train with the team. Trained separately, did an infiltration yesterday.

She was not present at the team’s training camp in Bucharest to be vetted and infiltrated. The medical staff is making every effort to help her recover. I am waiting for a sign from the doctor when he can enter.

It will be difficult for Christina as she has not trained for the past two weeks. Even if the preparation will start in the next few days, it will take some time. She is a very valuable player, the leader of the team, the captain of the team, it is a big loss.

I hope that at least in the second part of the competition, in the main groups, they will be able to enter and help us achieve our goal. She wants to finish qualifying for the Olympic Games. The first step is the World Cup. There will be fiery matches, each match will be like a final” – Florentin Pera, Romanian coachreports AS.ro.

At the World Handball Championship, Romania is in Group E along with Denmark, Serbia and Chile. The first three places qualify for the main competition group.

• Romania – Chile / December 1 / 19:00 / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

• Romania – Serbia / December 3 / 19:00 / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

• Denmark – Romania / December 5 / 21:30 / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning.

*Romanian matches will be on LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro and live on Digisport.

The big goal of our girls at the final world tournament is to get into the top 7 places: they would get the right to participate in pre-Olympic tournaments, and the selection for the 2024 Olympics in Paris is the big dream of our camp.

Know:

• Romania is the only nation in the world to have participated in all editions of the World Cup, and in 2023 it will be held for the 26th time.

• The World Cup will be held for the first time in three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, from November 29 to December 17, with 32 national teams at the start.

• Europe has 16 places at the World Cup, and three of them have been taken directly by the host teams. They were joined by Montenegro, France and the Netherlands according to the EC 2022 rating.

Romania’s national team at the 2023 Women’s World Handball Championship

Goalkeepers: Diana Chuke (CS Rapid Bucharest), Yulia Dumanska (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Daciana Hosu (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea);

Far left: Nicoleta Dinka (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Oleksandra Dindiligan (CSM Bucharest);

Left integers: Bianca Bazaliu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Cristina Nyagu (CSM Bucharest), Claudia Pascan (SCM “U” Craiova), Diana Lixendrau (CSM Slatina);

Centers: Eliza Buceski (CS Rapid Bucharest), Cristina Laslo (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Andreea Popa (Brăila Danube);

Right: Daria Bukur (Gloria Buzeu), Alicia Gohirle (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea);

Far right: Alexandra Badia (CS Rapid Bucharest), Sonia Seraficanu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud);

Turns: Nicoleta Balog (Brăila Danube), Lorena Ostase (CS Rapid Bucharest), Crina Pintea (CSM Bucharest).