Romania, who were knocked out by Spain in the quarter-finals of the European Men’s Polo Championship, also lost 18-11 to Montenegro in their opener to finish 5-8.

Romania can finish seventh at the WC men’s polo

The score at halftime between Montenegro and Romania was 4-3, 5-3, 4-2, 5-3.

In Group D, the “tricolors” won 12-8 against the Netherlands, 13-5 against Slovenia and 8-7 against Slovakia. Thus, they took first place and played in a playoff against Georgia, which they won 18-11 to advance to the quarterfinals.

This performance earned them a ticket to the World Championship from February 2 to 18 in Doha. With Spain, in the quarters, Romania lost 7-24.

In the last match of the European Championship, on January 16, the tricolor Poles will play for the final ranking on 7-8 places against Serbia, which also lost the dispute with Greece on Sunday with the score of 10-12. Montenegro and Greece will play for 5-6 places.

In the final of the European Championship, after Sunday’s semi-final, Spain will play against Italy (7:4) and Croatia (11:8) against Hungary.

At the CE 2022 exhibition, Romania took 10th place.

A similar women’s competition ended in Eindhoven, where the Netherlands won after 8-7 in the final against Spain. Bronze went to Greece (7-6 with Italy). Romania finished the European Championship in 14th place, and Alina Olteanu, the author of 21 goals, took the first place in the scorer’s ranking, compared with Rita Kestheyi (Hungary) and Belen Wosseberg (Germany), according to News.ro.