Romania and Japan will meet on Saturday in the main group III of the Women’s World Handball Championship. The match at Juske Bank Boxen (Herning) will start at 16:30 and will be broadcast live on Digisport 2 and Prima Sport 1 and LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro.
Romania – Japan, in the main group III of the Women’s World Cup in handball
In this match, Florentin Pera will count on 16 players, and Christina Nyagu is not in the squad.
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The last meeting between Romania and Japan ended unsuccessfully for our national team: Asian women won 37-20 (World Cup 2019).
How can Romania reach the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup?
The “tricolor” lost the match with Germany (dominating in the first half), and now they can go to the quarter-finals under only one scenario, a fantastic one.
Romania must win their last two games against Japan and Poland to finish second.
At the same time, Denmark must not score more than one point, that is, a loss and a maximum draw in matches against Poland and Germany.
Romania’s results at the Women’s Handball World Cup are 44-19 against Chile, 37-28 against Serbia, 23-39 against Denmark and 22-24 against Germany.
Romania’s program in the main group III
December 9, 16:30 / Romania – Japan
December 11, 19:00 / Poland – Romania.
Ranking of the 3rd group of the Women’s Handball World Cup
1. Germany – 6 b (88:69)
2. Denmark – 4 points (90:71)
3. Poland – 4 b (71:84)
4. Japan – 2 points (82:89)
5. Romania – 2 points (82:91)
6. Serbia – 0 points (70:84).
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What will the fourth board look like
1st place in GP1 vs. 2nd place in GP3
1st place in GP2 vs. 2nd place in GP4
1st place in GP3 vs. 2nd place in GP1
1st in GP4 versus 2nd in GP2
The two teams that advance from Romania’s group will play the 1st and 2nd place winners from the group that includes Sweden, Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Senegal and Cameroon in the quarterfinals.
Romania’s national team at the 2023 Women’s World Handball Championship
Goalkeepers: Diana Chuke (KS Rapid Bucharest), Yuliya Dumanska (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrica-Neseud), Daciana Hosu (SKM Rymniku Vilcha);
Far left: Nicoleta Dinka (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Alexandra Dindiligan (CSM Bucharest);
Inside left: Bianca Bazaliu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Cristina Nyagu (CSM Bucharest), Claudia Pascan (SCM “U” Craiova), Diana Lixendrau (CSM Slatina);
Centers: Eliza Bucheski (Rapid Bucureşti CS), Christina Laszlo (Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Neseud CS), Andrea Popa (Braila Dunai);
Inside right: Daria Bukur (Gloria Buzeu), Alicia Gohirle (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea);
Far right: Alexandra Badia (CS Rapid Bucharest), Sonia Seraficanu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud);
Main: Nicoleta Balog (Dunărea Brăila), Lorena Ostase (CS Rapid Bucharest), Crina Pintea (CSM Bucharest).
>> Here you can read a comprehensive presentation of the 2023 Women’s Handball World Cup
Romania’s record at each World Handball Championship in which it participated
World Cup Spain 2021 – 13th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 202-146 (goal difference +56)
WC 2019 Japan – 12th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 5 losses / 181-227 (-46)
World Cup 2017 Germany – 10th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 2 losses / 150-140 (+10)
World Cup 2015 Denmark – 3rd place: 5 wins / 0 draws / 4 losses / 270-225 (+45)
WC 2013 Serbia – 10th place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 2 losses / 161-127 (+34)
WC 2011 Brazil – 13th place: 2 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 166-183 (-17)
2009 World Cup China – 8th place: 5 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 306-231 (+75)
2007 World Cup France – 4th place: 7 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 323-284 (+39)
2005 WC Russia – 2nd place: 9 wins / 0 draws / 1 loss / 322-249 (+73)
2003 World Cup Croatia – 10th place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 244-206 (+38)
WC 2001 Italy – 17th place: 1 win / 0 draws / 4 losses / 129-135 (-6)
1999 World Cup in Denmark and Norway – 4th place: 5 wins / 0 draws / 4 losses / 250-196 (+54)
1997 German World Cup – 12th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 186-161 (+25)
WC 1995 Austria-Hungary – 7th place: 6 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 232-175 (+57)
1993 World Cup Norway – 4th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 156-129 (+27)
World Cup 1990 South Korea – 7th place: 1 win / 1 draw / 3 losses / 90-100 (-10)
1986 WC Netherlands – 5th place: 5 wins / 1 draw / 1 loss / 151-129 (+22)
World Cup 1982 Hungary – 8th place: 3 wins / 3 draws / 1 loss / 159-122 (+37)
World Cup 1978 in Czechoslovakia – 7th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 78-67 (+11)
1975 USSR WC – 4th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 102-83 (+19)
WC 1973 Yugoslavia – 2nd place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 1 loss / 67-52 (+15)
Netherlands Championship 1971 – 4th place: 2 wins / 1 draw / 2 losses / 51-51 (0)
World Cup Germany 1965 – 6th place: 0 wins / two draws / one loss / 18-21 (-3)
1962 World Cup in Romania – 1st place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 0 losses / 41-17 (+24)
World Cup 1957 Yugoslavia – 9th place: 0 wins / 0 draws / two losses / goal difference 2-9
Total: 164 matches / 91 wins / 12 draws / 61 losses / 4037-3465 (+572) goal difference.
Romania’s best result in the entire history of participation in the Women’s Handball World Cup
Romania’s best results were: the gold won at the 1962 tournament held in our country. 9 teams took part in the competition, and in the grand final, Romania beat Denmark 8-5.
This team included: Liliana Borcha, Ana Starck, Edeltraut Franz, Juliana Nako, Aurelia Soke-Selagianu, Constanta Dumitrascu, Antoineta Ocelea-Vasilie, Felicia Giorgitse, Iryna Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Josefina Ugron, Martina Constantinescu -Shape, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Ana Nemets. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Nikulae Nedeff.
Romania later won three more medals: silver in 1973 (defeated in the final 16-11 against host nation Yugoslavia), also silver in 2005 (lost in the grand final 28-23 to Russia) and bronze in 2015 ( 31-22 against Poland in the minor final).
The World Cup is being held for the first time in three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, from November 29 to December 17, with 32 national teams taking part. 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 after the EC 2022 ranking.
Source: Hot News
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