Romania’s women’s table tennis team qualified for the 2023 European Team Championships with a 3-0 away win over Turkey in Group A1 of the preliminary tournament on Wednesday, according to the Romanian Table Tennis Federation.

Romania – Turkey – 3:0, in the preliminary matches of the European Championship-2023

Adina Diakonu vs. Ozge Yilmaz 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8)

Bernadette Shox vs Sibel Altinkaya 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-8)

Andrei Dragoman vs. Eche Harak 3-2 (6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5).

Know:

• Romania, the European vice-champions, also beat Turkey in Bucharest (3-0), while the team coached by Mihaela Steff also beat Hungary away (3-1).

• The first two places in the group go directly to Europe. The third-placed teams will play additional qualifying matches for the second group stage.

• And the men’s national team ensured its presence at the European team championship in Malmö (Sweden) from the group with Slovenia and Ukraine, writes Agerpres.