Romania’s U18 Women’s National Handball Team finished 14th at the World Cup in North Macedonia after losing to Portugal 35-32 (17-20) on Monday night in Skopje in the 13th -14 place match.

Romanian women’s U18 handball teamPhoto: Facebook – Handball Federation of Romania

The team coached by Aurelian Roshka had a good first half, leading by four goals, 16-12, 17-13, 19-15, but at halftime the difference was three goals, 20-17.

The tricolor lost in the second half, in which they scored only three goals in the first 12 minutes and three in the last ten, Portugal won with a score of 35-32, writes Agerpres.

Maria Diana Lixendraou scored 7 goals, Anamaria Mihaela Grigore 6, Maria Noemi Mezei 5, Mariam Nadia Mohamed 5, Alicia Lorena Boychuk 2, Mihaela Andrea Mihai 2, Teodora Lavinia Damian 2, Christina Eliza Dancu 1, Orsolya Maria Mozes 1, Denisa Marina Paul 1.

Among the winners were Constanca Sequeira with 13 goals, Luciana Rebelu 7 and Naide Gonçalves 6.